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I am a digital content developer for UoA Museums and Special Collections as part of this year’s InternPlus programme. Over the last few months, I have been creating video content for the library and museum’s social media pages. Developing an engaged audience has been particularly important while the various museums…

My name is Zuzanna and I'm currently an intern at postgraduate admissions department through the InternPlus scheme at the University of Aberdeen. Simultaneously I am also a second-year student studying for a joint degree in Business Management and International Relations.

After hearing about the InternPlus Programme for the first time,…

Horror and queerness have gone hand in hand since it’s origins. From the notion of “otherness” and queer monsters in F.W Muranu’s Nosferatu (1922) to the era of the lesbian vampires in Dracula’s Daughter (1936) to more contemporary and intersectional representation of empowered transgender final girls in Assassination Nation (2019).

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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and with it the hopeless romantic’s worst enemy: the bitter realist. Valentine’s Day is a product of capitalism, was made up by the greeting card industry, by florists…and many more such protestations are sure to come your way. But really, isn’t it nice…

When I first came into university 3 years ago, I had the feeling that since I achieved as much as to pass all my exams and actually become a university student myself, my academic skills were great. Well, it did not take much time for me to realise that in…

So far, I have been helping the Business School with a lot of the admin/data entry required to get accredited. It involves a lot of cross-referencing with multiple Excel spreadsheets, making sure the information in the Business School database is up to date and that the university website also has…

I didn’t plan on becoming a vegan, but now that I am one, I never want to go back.

My journey to veganism was gradual and almost accidental: I was a pescovegetarian for about six or seven years, when I befriended a vegan and moved in with her. I had…

I've found being dyslexic incredibly frustrating, comical, upsetting, and positive at various points of my life. I’m Jess, a geologist researcher, with a BSc and PhD from the University of Aberdeen. I love the outdoors, but I always dreaded reading, writing and public speaking - all of which I do…

Happy new year everyone, how are you and how was your winter break? The new year beginning means the start of the new semester creeping up on us. It’s time to start planning your coming back to uni checklist if you are coming back to campus, do not worry I…

Right now, you're probably getting bombarded with messages like "new year, new me" and feel the pressure to conform to the wave of self-improvement advice out there. Maybe this week you have already tried and failed a new diet, sport, sleeping routine - the list goes on. Worry not, we…