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Volunteers needed to boost pivotal study into nation's health
Every adult and young person in Scotland is being invited to join a major study that will help shape the nation's healthcare.
It isn't what you know, it's what you think you know
Survey of over 2,000 adults in the UK identifies potential pitfalls of science communication.
Her Majesty The Queen Consort marks tenth year as University Chancellor with visit
Her Majesty The Queen Consort has today marked her tenth year as Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen with a visit to the University's Science Teaching Hub, which opened last year.
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Law professor shares water governance experience with Indian counterparts
An Aberdeen Law School academic has started the year by delivering a series of presentations on the planet's most valuable resource to international audiences.
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Dr Jenna Ross OBE receives honour from Princess Anne
Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences Dr Jenna Ross OBE has received her honour from the Princess Royal at a ceremony in the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
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£6m study on impact of environment on immune system in unborn babies and young children
A multi-million pound project to research the development of the immune system in babies in the womb and young children has been launched.
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Great Tapestry of Scotland improving visitor perception, according to University research
An independent study led by the University has highlighted that the five-star Great Tapestry of Scotland visitor centre in Galashiels has improved public perception of the historic Borders town.
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Earth's oldest environmental clean-up...400 million years ago
Analysis of world-renowned plant fossils in north-east Scotland has revealed the oldest evidence for environmental clean-up on Earth, over 400 million years ago.
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Prestigious £1.7m Medical Research Council Fellowship for clinical trials scientist
A senior scientist with the University of Aberdeen has been awarded a significant fellowship from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to explore how to maximise the potential for behavioural science to improve how clinical trials are run.
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Content warnings: the classroom is a place for difficult conversations about complicated issues
Professor Timothy C. Baker, from the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture, delves into the controversial debate on content warnings.
The Conversation
The University of Aberdeen is a founding partner of The Conversation UK. See below our academics' articles and opinion pieces on various topics of public interest.
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Tanzania: opposition rallies are finally unbanned – but this doesn't mean democratic reform is coming
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Ghana’s domestic debt restructuring has stalled: four reasons why
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Le chien descend-il vraiment du loup ?
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School uniforms are meant to foster a sense of belonging and raise achievement – but it's not clear that they do
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Q&A: Why are the Scottish and UK governments going to court over gender recognition laws?
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Offshore wind farm construction is noisy – but gadgets used to protect marine mammals are working
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Dominic Ongwen: how the case of a former child soldier exposed weaknesses in international criminal law
Opinion
You are when you eat - how time of eating influences body weight
Did you eat breakfast this morning, or skip this meal to rush to work, or to sleep longer? If you don’t eat breakfast, is it because you don’t feel hungry and can’t face food first thing? If you prefer to hit the snooze button for a longer sleep, or choose to...
COP conferences continue to hold world leaders to account
After Glasgow in 2021, the focus of global attention on international climate change negotiations has moved on to Sharm-el-Sheikh as Egypt takes on the presidency of the UN’s Climate Change Convention for COP27. The University of Aberdeen is represented at COP27 by a team of five staff and students, who...
University's role in tissue bank key to breakthrough of breast cancer research
I have been fortunate enough to enjoy a 30-year-long career in cancer research and I would absolutely say that my greatest achievement has been my involvement in setting up and running the Breast Cancer Now Tissue Bank (www.breastcancertissuebank.org). First established in 2010, we opened the Tissue Bank up to researchers in 2012....
