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University of Aberdeen

February 2026

  • Lelia Duley

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    Lelia Duley obituary

    Other lives: Obstetric epidemiologist whose research helped to improve the health of women and their babies

August 2025

  • An illustration of a cracked, blue heart.

    Exercise and therapy can mend a broken heart, study suggests

    Takotsubo syndrome can lead to heart failure and early death. But doctors now believe it can be treated

May 2025

  • Jim Woodward-Nutt

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    Jim Woodward-Nutt obituary

    Other lives: Television engineer who was also a Liberal party councillor and activist in Aberdeen

May 2024

  • Lawrence Whalley

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    Lawrence Whalley obituary

    Other lives: Professor in mental health at Aberdeen who conducted ground-breaking research into age-related cognitive decline

March 2024

  • White houses on coast

    Fears for future of Gaelic language as community workers’ jobs under threat

    Up to 27 Gaelic development officers based on Hebridean islands and in rural counties and cities to be laid off

October 2023

  • William Duncan

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    William Duncan obituary

  • Alan Rea

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    Alan Rea obituary

July 2023

  • Emily Drouet and her family

    The suicide of Emily Drouet: ‘She was used and made to feel like nothing’

    Emily died in 2016 after her on-off boyfriend, Angus Milligan, assaulted her and sent her threatening messages. He got community service – but her family is now suing him over her death

July 2021

  • Martyn Rouse

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    Martyn Rouse obituary

    Other lives: Professor of educational and social inclusion who helped teachers with learner diversity in the classroom

February 2021

  • Byron Criddle

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    Byron Criddle obituary

    Other lives: Academic political scientist who produced works on 20th-century French and British politics

September 2020

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    University Guide 2023
    University guide 2023: University of Aberdeen

    All you need to know about studying at the University of Aberdeen

July 2020

  • Jessica Eze next to a fence

    It's not banter, it's racism: UK students accuse universities of brushing complaints aside

    Statements supporting Black Lives Matter are meaningless without action over racist incidents, students say

April 2020

  • Students graduating

    UK universities fear huge budget holes as Chinese students stay home

    Overseas students, who represent a third of all tuition fee income, cancel plans amid coronavirus outbreak

February 2019

  • Adam Watson in 2009.

    Adam Watson obituary

    Scottish ecologist, conservationist and mountaineer who was a leading authority on the Cairngorms

November 2018

  • Prof Paul Nurse

    Senior UK academics call for people’s vote to save universities

    Three Russell Group heads and Nobel prize winner add voices to demand for new Brexit referendum

September 2018

  • Students

    UK universities 'still inflate their statuses despite crackdown'

    Which? University finds several institutions persisting with misleading claims

November 2017

  • Emily Drouet

    Texts from student who killed herself shared across campuses

    Messages sent by Emily Drouet, 18, show she blamed herself for boyfriend’s abuse in the weeks before her death

November 2016

  • George Galloway address<br>BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

Handout photo issued by Ryan Houghton of George Galloway speaking at Aberdeen University after being showered with glitter. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday November 23, 2016. The firebrand politician said his pregnant wife jumped to his defence when the incident happened as he addressed students at the University of Aberdeen. See PA story POLITICS Galloway. Photo credit should read: Ryan Houghton/PA Wire

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    George Galloway describes Aberdeen glitter attack – audio

    George Galloway tells talkRadio about the moment he was covered in glitter while preparing to speak at the University of Aberdeen

July 2016

  • Roy Greenslade

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    double quotation markWhen broadcasting fairness and balance isn't fair or balanced

    Roy Greenslade
    Another scientist argues, along with Aaron Sorkin, that in trying to maintain an objective stance journalism can mislead audiences

June 2016

  • Roy Greenslade

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    double quotation markScientist complains to BBC about being misled over Radio 4 interview

    Roy Greenslade
    Dame Anne Glover: ‘If that is what the BBC thinks of as balance then it requires a reassessment of what that terms means. I was thoroughly misled’
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