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Professor Tom Greggs on BBC Radio4
Professor Tom Greggs featured in the popular BBC Radio4 broadcast In Our Time, discussing the great German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer’s theology, in part written as a prisoner of war under Hitler’s regime, is highly influential today. The Divinity department at the University of Aberdeen is home to several experts...
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MTh Ministry Studies Malawi Update
Students on the MTh Ministry Studies programme in Malawi are meeting together again this week at Zomba Theological College to continue their studies. Having successfully completed the modules of the first year of the course, they have returned to take a module on preaching, facilitated by the course coordinator Rev...
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Congratulations to Ruaraidh Macleod, recipient of a Principal's Scholar Award!
Many congratulations to Ruaraidh Macleod, Level 2 Philosophy-Anthropology student, who has been selected as one of the recipients of the Principal's Scholar Award! This is an outstanding achievement, and the Philosophy Department is happy to celebrate with Ruaraidh.
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Congratulations to prize-winning History students
Congratulations to our History students who won this year's various prizes for excellent academic performance! We from the Department of History are extremely proud of your achievement. The prize winners were invited to attend a brief award ceremony during the induction event for new History students in Welcome Week. The...
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MTh Ministry Studies: Intensive one week module on Preaching
The MTh Ministry Studies programme continued at the University last week with a course on Preaching that was delivered by Rev Dr Ken Jeffrey and attended by eight students including Marylee Anderson, Hao Chen, Helen Froud, Stephen Hamilton, Dan Mcelderry, Mike Newlands, Darren Phillip and Edna Pyle. Next week, Dr...
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Principal's Prize for Public Engagement 2018
The School of Divinity, History and Philosophy is pleased to announce that two members of staff have been recognised in the Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement 2018. Professor Tom Greggs and Professor Tom Weber will share the position of runner-up in the Senior Award category. These prizes are awarded to very few individuals throughout...
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2018 National Student Survey Results
We're so pleased to announce the following results from the recent 2018 National Student Survey: Theology and Religious Studies came joint top in the UK for overall student satisfaction, receiving an incredible 100% satisfaction score (find out more). Philosophy (at 93%) came first in Scotland for overall student satisfaction. History (at 92%) came...
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Upcoming deadline: MacLeod Scholarship
The MacLeod Scholarship may be of some interest to our students. The first preference shall be given to applicants whose research field is Modern Gaelic and/or Ecclesiastical research, and the second preference for general Gaelic language or culture. Applicants working in any field in the religious or cultural experience of...
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Upcoming deadline: James Carnegie Scholarship
The deadline for the James Carnegie Scholarship is Friday, the 13th of July 2018. The scholarship is open to applicants holding an offer of admission for any campus-based one year, full-time postgraduate degree programme starting in September 2018. To find out more, check out the website.
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PhD viva success
Many congratulations to Davide Monaco who passed his viva this week with no corrections!