Aberdeen uni’s alumna’s donation to restore ‘Black Paintings’
Historic paintings are being brought back to their former glory after a £60,000 donation was to an Aberdeen uni made to repair them.
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Aberdeen researcher to lead major prostate cancer project to answer ‘critical’ questions
A £10.5 million prostate cancer project led by a researcher at an Aberdeen university will use data to answer critical questions about the “under-researched” disease.
Queen guitarist Brian May to celebrate work of Victorian royal photographer
Queen guitarist Brian May is to help celebrate the work of a Victorian royal photographer.
Aberdeen’s May Festival gets bigger and better
Returning for its sixth year, May Festival promises to be bigger and better.
Watch: Aberdeen University rises in national league tables
An Aberdeen university has achieved its highest ever position in a league table.
Aberdeen students visit rural GPs in bid to tackle declining numbers in more remote areas of region
An Aberdeen university scheme is aiming to attract medical students into a career as a rural GP.
Aberdeen uni students’ sit-in cost more than £12,000 to cover extra security costs
Students who staged a sit-in at an Aberdeen university have left the educational body with a security bill of more than £12,000.
Historic Aberdeen home could become student pub after planners give backing
An application to turn an 18th century house in Aberdeen into a pub has been recommended for approval.
Events announced for Aberdeen university’s May Festival
An Aberdeen University festival has announced its programme of events.
Aberdeen students told to lock up property to deter thieves on university campus
Aberdeen students have been urged to stay vigilant and make sure their property is locked up to prevent thefts.
Dead marine creatures found on Aberdeen beach may have been victims of dolphin, says expert
Several dead animals found on an Aberdeen beach may have been the victims of an attack by a bottlenose dolphin – according to a volunteer group.
Aberdeen university scheme offers up free rooms to poorest students
A university has launched a scheme to attract students from poorer backgrounds.
Battle of the Aberdeen’s universities: RGU comes on top after mock trial
Law students have beaten their cross city rivals in a mock trial competition.
Aberdeen scientists create 3D image of active volcano
Scientists have created what they say is the world’s first 3D thermal image of an active volcano.
Aberdeen uni’s artwork gift revealed to be a work by Canaletto that could be worth up to £2m
A painting gifted to the University of Aberdeen has been identified as a £2 million work by a prominent Italian artist – more than 150 years after it was donated.
Aberdeen university seeks women for new vegetable study
An Aberdeen university is looking for women to take part in a new study about diet.
Aberdeen professor predicts £250 billion will be spent on North Sea fields by 2050
A top Aberdeen petro-economist predicts more than £250 billion will be spent on North Sea oil and gas fields over the next three decades.
Aberdeen scheme giving inside look of GP surgery to expand
A pilot scheme designed to show medical students inside GP appointments is to be expanded.
Aberdeen Boat Race: Tough crews set to get rowing with less than an Ocean between them
The River Dee will come alive this weekend, as student rowers battle it out on the water tomorrow to claim glory at the 23rd annual Aberdeen Boat Race.
Artist to display work on oil and gas history at Aberdeen university
A new exhibition in Aberdeen will depict the changes in the oil industry during the last decade.
Aberdeen students in protest as union rejects proposal for lecturers’ pensions
Aberdeen students have staged a sit-in protest after a university union dismissed a proposal for lecturers’ pensions.
Aberdeen researchers find gene link to severe club foot condition
Aberdeen researchers have identified a gene which could play a role in causing the most severe cases of club foot.
Aberdeen university staff saddle up to tackle North Coast 500 for charity
A record-breaking cyclist has prepped university staff to help them tackle Scotland’s equivalent of Route 66.
Four-legged pals helping Aberdeen students settle in to university
Students at a North-east university may have noticed two new furry faces around campus.
University of Aberdeen receives royal award for health research
A city university has received the highest national honour at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace.
Aberdeen uni academics hoping to win £15m Carbon XPrize
A team of Aberdeen experts are set to find out if they have made the final of a competition that would net them a £15 million prize.
Maggie Chapman re-elected as Aberdeen university’s rector
An Aberdeen university has announced its newly-elected rector.
Athletics: Oxford boat race winner Lauren legging it as she adapts to new challenges in North-east
A couple of years ago, Lauren Kedar was a world class rower.
Lecturers in walkout at Scottish universities over pensions row dispute
A wave of strike action in a bitter row over pensions got under way at universities across Scotland today.
Aberdeen university hopes to stay open during proposed strike
An Aberdeen university has vowed to do what it can to stay open in the face of possible strike action.