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Here I am, writing this from what will be my new home for the next five months. This will be a slightly different kind of post, a more personal one. I want to take you with me and give you a little taste of what it’s like to find yourself…

Usually the phrase is, “the good, the bad and the ugly.” However, I haven’t really had any bad or ugly experiences here so I switched the phrase up a little to work in my favor. I have settled in a lot over the past couple of days and this post…

It should come as no surprise that one of the main reasons why students decide to spend time studying in a foreign institution, is to improve their language abilities. Nowadays, having a grasp on a foreign language as a skill on your CV can be advantageous for almost any job…

I’m delighted to have been asked to write a blog about my recent installation as Principal and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Aberdeen and reflect on what has been a busy start to the year. Installation ceremonies are very special occasions for universities. I was delighted that we welcomed more…

Isn’t our university just stunning??

Before I wrote this article, I was struggling to find special places in Aberdeen, that no one has likely heard of. A friend suggested that although places may seem well known to me, they might not be to others. So, I began thinking about how…

My name is Allie, and I am a 20 year old student from North Carolina studying at the University of Aberdeen this semester. I am majoring in journalism with a minor in sociology from my home university, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have always loved to…

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…