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Thank you for your submissions to the Elphinstone Review!
The Elphinstone Review, the University of Aberdeen’s student-led academic journal, would like to thank all the undergraduate students who submitted to the Call for Papers. The editorial team looks forward to an engaging and exciting V volume in 2019. Please stay updated by following the Elphinstone Review's facebook page and...
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Dr Stuart Durkin publishes case study in the 'Universities Scotland report'
Politics and International Relations Professor, Dr Stuart Durkin, has been working with the Centre for Academic Development on their employability course, and the case study featured in the latest issue of the Universities Scotland report. The Report can be read in the link below. Read the report
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School of Social Science student, Vera Erbanova, publishes in the Undergraduate Awards Library
Vera's essay was named 'highly commended' in an essay competition organised by the Global Undergraduate Awards which is the world's largest academic awards programme. As a result Vera has been invited to Dublin, Ireland for the Global Undergraduate Summit. The essay was part of the course 'Memory Politics' taught by...
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Sociology Professor, Claire Wallace, invited to give evidence at the Houses of Parliament
As part of the House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy, Professor Wallace, head of the New Europe Centre, will be giving evidence at a hearing in the Houses of Parliament on digital connectivity in rural areas. The hearing will cover a variety of issues including, policy towards rural...
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Congratulations Mustafa Khedewi!
Congratulations to Mustafa Khedewi, for being officially recognised as an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, after successfully achieving his required accreditation.
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'Honourable mention' for Museum Anthropology book
"Visiting with the Ancestors: Blackfoot Shirts in Museum Spaces" by Alison Brown, of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, and Laura Peers of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, has received an Honourable Mention in the American Anthropological Association's Council for Museum Anthropology Book Awards.
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Business Training for PhD Students in Social Science and related disciplines
A new training programme is being launched by the Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences (SGSSS) around working with industry, business and the private sector. This training will be of interest to social sciences PhD students who are interested in working in partnership with industry throughout their academic career,...
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The School of Social Science holds Mini Open Day
The School hosted its first Mini Open Day for local secondary schools on 6thJune 2018. We welcomed students and teachers from Hazlehead, Portlethen, Bucksburn, Robert Gordon College, and Albyn. The day began with a welcome from the Head of School, Dr Mervyn Bain. Students then participated in interactive sessions where academic staff introduced them to the basic...
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Congratulations to the Class of 2018!
Following the graduation ceremony on the 18th of June a departmental reception was held in the Edward Wright Building. The School of Social Science would like to congratulate all of our graduates in Sociology, Anthropology, Politics and International Relations.
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Professor Steve Bruce on Postgraduate Study in Sociology at Aberdeen
Professor Steve Bruce participated in a video for postgraduate degrees in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. The Chair of Sociology finished by saying "I have been here for 28 years now and in that time I’ve had a few invitations to apply for jobs elsewhere and I’ve never been...