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Winner of the Royal Television Society Award for Best Network Documentary for Extraordinary Families (2005), Jane Treays has for 25 years been one of the leading documentary directors in British television.

In collaboration with the Special Collections Centre at the 51cg, Film & Visual Culture is pleased to present an on-going series of occasional film screenings in the Sir Duncan Rice Library Gallery.

The UK is surrounded by waters with some of the highest tidal velocities and tidal ranges worldwide, and this places us in an exceptionally favourable position to exploit the tides for the generation of electricity. This lecture in the RV Jones Lecture series will explore some of the ways that...

We all know eating fish is good for health but does it matter where fish come from? And is there enough to go round if everyone eats two a week?

For the 92nd annual Student Show, students from all across Aberdeen are taking to the stage to perform “Spital Shop of Horrors”, a parody of the much-loved musical “Little Shop of Horrors” featuring a man-eating plant.

We burn fuels and release CO2 to the atmosphere while evidence of human-induced climate change continues to grow. But as we move towards a low-carbon economy what should we do with the CO2 in the meantime?

Understanding and performing human actions is important for social development. This talk will explore why problems in this area may contribute to the social difficulties experienced by people with autism.

Join the Friends of the Cruickshank Botanic Garden to hear the tale of a local couple bringing their gardening dreams to reality.

Stem cells are in the news with hopes they may lead to new treatments. But what do they really do?

Delve into the mysteries of the Picts, the ancient people that used to inhabit Scotland more than a thousand years ago.