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Invitation to Join Academic Procession at Founders' Day Chapel Service
Dear colleagues This year's Founders’ Day Chapel Service takes place on Friday 14 February at 11am, in King’s College Chapel. The University Chaplain, Rev Marylee Anderson, will conduct the service, and Rev Dr Shaw J Paterson, the current Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, will deliver...
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Professor Corrie Imrie
Dear colleagues I am sorry to have to share the tragic news that Professor Corrie Imrie from the School of Natural and Computing Science passed away suddenly yesterday. Everyone in the School is shocked and my thoughts go out to all of Corrie’s friends and colleagues and of course his wife, Chris,...
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Winter weather reminder
Dear colleague, The wintry weather is expected to continue, with a yellow warning remaining in place across Grampian, the Highlands and other parts of Scotland today and further snow showers forecast for tomorrow. Your safety is the priority. Anyone considering driving is advised to take appropriate precautions based on advice from Transport...
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Digital Strategy Forum
Dear colleague, On Wednesday 15 January, 3.30pm to 4.30pm, a Digital Strategy Forum will take place where staff will be able to hear from and give feedback to senior staff on matters relating to digital strategy at the University. Colleagues will find out about and comment on the digital activities that...
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King's College campus planned power outage - weekend of 11 to 12 January
Dear colleagues, There will be a major planned power outage over the weekend of January 11th and 12th 2025 between 7am and 7pm both days on the King’s College campus to allow essential servicing and maintenance to be carried out on high voltage transformers and switchgear. The electrical shutdown affects King’s College...
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Graduation celebrations in Qatar
Last week graduates at AFG College with the University of Aberdeen celebrated their graduation ceremony at the Westin Hotel in Doha, Qatar. Here you can see a gallery of images from the ceremony and the alumni dinner.
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Launch of the 2025 Academic Promotion exercise
Dear colleague, I am delighted to confirm the launch of the 2024/25 Academic Promotion exercise. This follows a review of the last exercise which involved the first use of the revised Academic Promotion Policy/Procedure and Framework of Criteria. The review involved consideration of feedback from staff, Heads of School, University Promotion...
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Institutional research leave scheme
Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the launch of the Institutional Research Leave Scheme 2024, a key initiative to enhance our research culture and support the University of Aberdeen's commitment to world-leading research. This scheme provides an opportunity for research and research-related staff across all career stages— including Research Fellows, Advanced...
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QS Sustainability Rankings 2025
Dear colleagues, The University of Aberdeen has been ranked =83rd in the world in the most recent QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025 published earlier today. The University has ranked 25th in the UK (from 99 institutions) and 3rd in Scotland. With a growth in participating institutions from 1,403 last year to...
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Festive Arrangements - Estates related services
Dear colleagues, All staff are reminded of the following arrangements with respect to Estates related services over the festive break: 1 - CATERING SERVICES The following arrangements apply to University catering outlets Aberbean Macrobert – closed from Friday 13 December until Monday 6 January 2025 Aberbean Hardback Café - closed from Friday 20 December until...