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If you are looking for advice or tips on healthy eating, get on Twitter this afternoon to put your questions to Dr Alexandra Johnstone. Today is the launch of #rowettchat on Twitter, with Dr Johnstone hosting the Rowett's first online discussion at 1pm. Follow @rowett_abdn to take part, and don't the forget the...

One of our academics is part of a team which has received funding to host an ESRC seminar series. Dr Sara MacLennan from the Academic Urology Unit will organise the series along side Professor Thomas CBE from the Centre for Sustainable Working Life & Health at Birkbeck University of London, and...

Lunchtime Seminar: Research and FutureLearn28th January 2015, 13:00 – 14:00 Presented by Professors Mike Sharples & Russell Beale, FutureLearn FutureLearn is the University of Aberdeen’s chosen Massive Online Open courses (MOOCs) partner. This lunchtime seminar will address the opportunities which engagement with FutureLearn offers for research. These include: research into MOOCs and...

Nearly a year on from the build-up of Glasgow 2014’s Commonwealth Games, the University’s Sport and Exercise Team are asking: ‘how active are you?’ Staff and students are invited to join the team for a variety of ‘come and try sessions’ for a chance to learn new skills.   Come and Try sessions Swimming –...

To help accommodate spring term teaching schedules an additional run will operate from Monday 12 January to Friday 20 March inclusive.  The timetable for the revised service can be viewed below: Service_9Uspring.pdf Instead of the service terminating at Hillhead at 18:05 it will return, via Old Aberdeen, to Foresterhill before completing its journey...

Please be aware that the OneSource Finance System will not be available during the University Christmas closure.  Orders should therefore be placed before 12:00 on Wednesday 23 December 2014.  The system will be available late morning on Monday 05 January 2015 as we will be running in the interface files...

The latest update for staff from Professor Sir Ian Diamond.

Professor Sir Ian Diamond congratulated staff from across the University who recently completed one of the Professional Taught Programmes delivered by the Centre for Academic Development at an event on Wednesday December 10. Staff were awarded one of the following qualifications: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Learning & Teaching, Postgraduate Certificate...

The Conversation is seeking a number of special articles to run over the Christmas and New Year period. We are looking for some seasonal content to launch from early December, as well as end of year reviews on certain big stories from 2014. The website is also looking for a range of...

It’s coming to that time of year when many of us give and receive lots of gifts.  To make room for all your new ‘stuff’ the University is partnering with Aberdeen City Council and the European Recycling Platform to provide collection points to help you get rid of your old broken...