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Add a little festive cheer to your lunch break at Rocksalt Food Court in the Students’ Union Building. The Rocksalt team is offering a three-course Christmas menu for all to enjoy; just book a table in advance for you and your colleagues.   Lunch is available Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th of...

4 December, 7.30pm to 8.30pm, St Machar Cathedral Please join us for the University Carol Service at St Machar's Cathedral on Wednesday 4 December at 7.30pm. With music from the University Chapel Choir, readings from members of the University community and an opportunity to sing your favourite carols. A wonderful way...

20 November, 7pm to 8.30pm, Sir Duncan Rice Library Meeting Room 1 Come along and hear extracts from 'The Blue Fox', by Icelandic writer Sjón, read aloud in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Doric and English! And hear a fox’s perspective told in the language of the Vikings, Old Norse. 20...

Dear colleague,  Contractors have completed repairs to the mains water pipe in the Polwarth Library however work to the impacted areas across the second, first, ground and basement floors is ongoing. As such, please be aware that the Library will remain closed tomorrow.  We apologise for any inconvenience and will advise when...

Dear colleague,  A major leak in the cold water supply at Polwarth Library has necessitated the closure of the facility this morning.  The issue, which started on the second floor, has affected multiple levels. Contractors are currently on site however the library will be closed until further notice.  Updates will be provided as...

Join us for our November Café Sci when we will be finding out how the social behaviour of dolphins in the Moray Firth has responded to salmon availability, vessel traffic and climatic cycles over the last 30 years and how their behaviours might change in the future as the world...

All University staff and students have access to SafeZone – a free app that quickly connects you with the University Security team. Colleagues find SafeZone useful in a number of different situations, including if you or someone else needs first aid, you feel unsafe on campus, to report suspicious activity, or...

The migration to a new web Content Management System (CMS) started at 9am today (Thursday 31 October).  A copy of our website content will be made, so any changes made in OpenText between 31 October and 5 December will be live on www.abdn.ac.uk but will not be automatically reflected in...

Dear colleague, On Monday 4 November we will be launching our Staff Survey 2024. You will receive an email invitation to participate from messenger@peachymondays.com which will contain a secure link for you to access the survey online. Please look out for the email in your University email inbox. We are undertaking the survey...

Do you know that individuals can request to see the information we hold about them?  This is a right that we all have under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and is known as a Subject Access Request (SAR). Anybody can make a request to any organisation, and it...