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This is it. You know there are only a few weeks left until the exchange year/semester abroad that you’ve been dreaming of for months. Every inch of your body can’t wait to get on that plane and begin a new adventure with your mind open to new experiences, like a sponge dipped in…

This is a sentence I sometimes struggle with. How can you develop the skills employers find attractive during your studies? Every co-curricular activity offered usually promotes itself with the claim, “this is good for your CV”. This can be seen so often it can begin to seem unbelievable. However, through my…

In the process of preparing for my postgraduate career, I didn’t realise that one of the biggest challenges I would have to overcome as a postgraduate would come before coursework began. This challenge was accepting that I belonged in the program.

I was accepted at the University of Aberdeen in…

2018 marks the 20^th year of the Vegbag scheme here at the University of Aberdeen. Currently operated by the Shared Planet Society, the VegBag cooperative is a volunteer run initiative to make local organic vegetables more accessible to students, staff and the wider community. We source our vegetables from Lembas…

If you are a student, you will most likely know that revision is hard.  However, it does not have to be!

I have given my 5 favourite tips to help revision go smoothly and be more enjoyable!

First things first, work out what is the best method…

Now, more than ever, is a great time for outdoors. The weather might seem appalling, but the rewards are that much better – and we have some great locations just outside our doorstep! Whether it is a calm tramp through Caledonian pineland or clambering along the precipice of a mountainside,…

By Liepa Petraviciute

As I write this blog, I’m sitting by my desk, wrapped in my favourite blanket with a cup of tea to uplift my spirit. I’m in my natural habitat, as my housemates would say. A classic…

by Sofia Wigren (2nd Year student – Real Estate from Sweden)

As my first semester here in Singapore comes to an end, I can finally say that it feels a bit more like home. This isn’t my first time moving to…

Emma speaks about things to do around Aberdeen and Scotland. #MyAberdeenJourney

Now that the clocks have gone back, winter is well and truly on its way. Here are five things that you can do to make sure you survive the cold winters of Aberdeen.

Yes, we like to complain about the weather in Aberdeen – it does get…