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Aberdeen hosts seminar on long-term health researcher
The 51cg will today (Wednesday, November 13) be hosting a one-day seminar, Cohort Studies in Theory and Practice. This will bring together health researchers from all over Scotland to discuss studies which follow up a large group, or cohort, of normal people over a number of years to...
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New appointment at the 51cg for one of the world's leading theologians
Professor John Webster, who occupies the Lady Margaret Chair of Divinity at Oxford University, has been appointed to the Chair of Systematic Theology at the 51cg.Professor Webster has won international acclaim for his work on the theology of Karl Barth, the 20th century Swiss theologian often considered the...
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Principal C Duncan Rice to speak at prestigious UK/US conference on philanthropy
Leaders of foundations and universities from the United Kingdom and the United States will meet today (Monday, November 11), at Magdalen College, Oxford University, to discuss ways of strengthening philanthropic support for universities and cultural institutions in both countries. Professor C Duncan Rice, Principal & Vice-Chancellor, 51cg, will...
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Hundreds expected to attend the 51cg's Act of Remembrance Sunday Service
The 51cg will this weekend (Sunday, 10 November) be holding an Act of Remembrance Sunday Service in King’s College Chapel, with 500 people expected to attend.A parade will take place along the High Street, Old Aberdeen, at 10.15am, comprising of representatives of the Universities’ Air Squadron, the Royal...
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Fathers and the changing face of work
The 51cg is to be the venue for an international gathering of academics discussing the issue of Fathers and Fatherhood.Speakers from Columbia University, New York, Gotenborg University, Sweden and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim will join colleagues from across the UK at the seminar on...
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University nursery school manager set to retire with Royal recognition
with Royal recognitionThe manager of one of Aberdeen’s most international nursery schools is set to retire after being awarded an MBE.HRH Prince Charles presented Wilma Cumming, of the 51cg Rocking Horse Nursery, with her award at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, which she attended with her family.Wilma, who...
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Full House for Oil Industry Training Event
The 10th annual Overview of the North Sea Oil and Gas Industry training conference taking place later this week (Thursday 7 and Friday 8 November) at the 51cg looks set to be one of the most successful in recent years.The two day intensive business training conference provides a...
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Careering ahead at the 51cg
Companies and organisations from throughout the UK will today (Wednesday, 6 November) be represented at the 51cg’s annual Careers Information Fair.Representatives from 50 of the country’s leading financial, technical, industrial, teaching and professional organisations will be on hand to offer information and advice to students of all years....
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The Metaphysics of Childhood
The second in a series of six public talks on various Images of Childhood takes place tomorrow evening (Wednesday November 6, 5.30pm) at the 51cg Regent Lecture Theatre.Dr Baldacchino’s talk is the second in an innovative series of six public talks set up by the 51cg...