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UNIVERSITY NEWS
Photo Story: Sculptures by internationally-acclaimed artist unveiled at Aberdeen Sports Village. Read More
Major donation by Scottish Fishermen’s Trust for new Library project. Read More
Volunteers sought for study aimed at cutting risk of heart attacks and strokes. Read More
Communities to get active at Aberdeen Sports Village. Read More
Aberdeen Academic Honoured for outstanding research contributions in Engineering. Read More
Impact of climate change on North-East coastline examined. Read More
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The University of Aberdeen’s School of Engineering have developed a lecture series which commemorates Reginald Victor Jones, one of the institution’s most distinguished Professors in Applied Physics, who played a key role in the defence of Britain during World War II. Click here to view the webcast of the inaugural lecture given by Professor Peter Davies on 6 October 2010 which discussed the modelling of ‘internal waves’ which can exist deep within the ocean despite the appearance of calm surface conditions.
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ALUMNI EVENTS & REUNIONS
2 December, Aberdeen – The Countdown to Christmas will take place on King's lawn, King's College, from 4.00pm. Families are invited to join us when we switch on the University's Christmas tree lights on King's lawn. Enjoy carol singing and a visit from Santa! Please email h.veitch@abdn.ac.uk to inform us how many children will be accompanying you, as Santa will have gifts for the little ones.
4 December, Aberdeen - Winter Gathering of the General Council, King's College Conference Centre, Aberdeen, at 11.00am. As a graduate of the University you are also a member of the University's General Council. You are invited to join us in King's College Centre where the University's Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Diamond, will give a report on the year's activities. Tea and coffee will be served from 10.30am. To book your place please contact h.veitch@abdn.ac.uk
4 December, Aberdeen - Graduate Winter Lunch, Linklater Rooms, King's College, Aberdeen, at 12.00 for 12.30pm. Enjoy a glass of mulled wine before you are seated for a delicious winter lunch, served in Linklater Rooms – a perfect opportunity to socialise with friends and fellow alumni before the Christmas and New Year break. To book your place please contact h.veitch@abdn.ac.uk
10 December, Aberdeen – The Alumnus Association shall be celebrating Christmas on campus with music by the University Music Department in the Chapel, King's College, followed by mulled wine & mince pies, 7.30pm. Contact Janet Hardie.
11 December, Sheffield - The East Midlands Aberdeen Graduates' Association Pre-Christmas Social. Members will be meeting at the Beau Chief Hotel, Sheffield on 11 December 2010 from 2.30pm for coffee and mince pies - all Aberdeen Graduates and guests are welcome to the pre-Christmas social. Please contact Ann Hall (0115 9303641; e-mail annhall_01@yahoo.co.uk) for details.
15 December, Aberdeen University Christmas Carol Service, St Machar Cathedral, Old Aberdeen, at 8.00pm. Get into the spirit of Christmas and join us for an evening of Christmas carol singing in St Machar Cathedral. Contact h.veitch@abdn.ac.uk
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UNIVERSITY EVENTS
Community Cafe Science – EXCITING NEW PROGRAMMES LAUNCHED
The 2011 programmes
for our Cafe Science series are out now. We are returning with Cafe
Scientifique City, Cafe Scientifique Shire and Cafe MED held
respectively at Waterstone’s Union Bridge, Woodend Barn Banchory and the
Suttie Centre Foresterhill. The new series run through the first half
of next year and feature 25 social and natural scientists, engineers,
clinicians and medical consultants, all experts in their fields. We
believe this series is now second to none in the UK for bringing
together top academic researchers with the public on a regular monthly
basis. Audiences continue to grow and we anticipate over 3,500 people to
attend over the course of 2011.
However, Cafe Science
fans will not have to wait until 2011 to experience our programmes,
because our two latest additions to the cafe suite are running
currently, through till December of this year. Cafe Controversial and
Cafe Light continue in November with sessions at Satrosphere and The
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses in Fraserburgh.
On 15 November,
Professor Bill Naphy from the University’s Department of History will
lead a lively Cafe Controversial session on ‘Flat Earths, Moving Suns
and Creationism’, suggesting that satirical mischief-making has
influenced historical reporting in this arena, where faith can meet
scientific evidence head on. The session begins at 6pm in Satrosphere
Science Centre’s Tramsheds coffee house. Drinks and snacks can be
purchased throughout.
Also on 15 November,
at The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses Cafe, our Cafe Light series
continues with a talk on Vitamin D and its importance for health and
wellbeing. The session, entitled ‘Do Fishermen have the Healthiest
Bones’, begins at 12.30pm and is presented by Dr Helen Macdonald and Dr
Antonia Hardcastle from the University of Aberdeen Institute of Medical
Sciences.
Full details of all our latest Cafe Science events can be found at www.abdn.ac.uk/science/cafescience
Plans for the eleventh Word Festival are
well under way and we can confirm the dates as 13 - 15 May 2011, so pop
them in your diary now.
Become a Word VIP!
Get the
most out of Word and become a Friend of the Festival, or give someone
an exciting Christmas gift. As a Friend of Word you will receive an
exceptional range of benefits including:
- Concession rates on all tickets
- A Waterstone’s Goodie Bag worth over £50 and 10% off in-store from May 2011
- An exclusive Friends of Word only event at the Festival
- Food & drink discounts throughout the Word weekend
And,
most importantly, you will receive the Word 11 programme in advance and
have priority booking entitling you to reserve of tickets ahead of the
general public.
For more information, visit www.abdn.ac.uk/word/friends .
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the University of Aberdeen Music Prize
26 November 2010, 19:30 - 22:00, Aberdeen Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen
 In
November 2009, internationally acclaimed composer, James Macmillan
judged the University of Aberdeen Music Prize at the Cowdray Hall. The
winner of this competition, May Kay Yau, presents her commissioned
piece, performed by BBC SSO at the Music Hall and recorded for BBC Radio
3, alongside music from Britten & Vaughan Williams.
The
University of Aberdeen will also launch the next round of the
competition to find the world's best new composing talent - offering
another opportunity for an international composer to shine.
Tickets: £10.00 - £20.00 Book Online or call Aberdeen Box Office 01224 641122
For a full list of events organised by the University of Aberdeen click here
NEWS BITES
Volunteers Wanted
The University of Aberdeen has a highly active and growing community of
over 65,000 alumni, living in 180 countries. We are immensely proud of
our many graduates and friends from all around the world, and privileged
that their continued engagement, participation and generosity is
helping the University achieve its ambitions as an international centre
of learning and research. The University of Aberdeen’s Alumni Relations
team has three main objectives:
* Create and support strong regional alumni links
* Support links between the University and alumni
* Increase the Alumnus community’s awareness of the University of Aberdeen
In order to achieve these objectives the Alumni Relations team rely on
the help of a network of volunteer Alumni Ambassadors. By becoming an
ambassador your actions will support the University in its ambition to
be in the Top 100 Universities in the world. As an Ambassador you could
assist with:
* Organising informal gatherings of alumni in your area
* Providing assistance and local advice to the Alumni Relations team when official events/visits are planned in your area
* Creating social network sites for alumni in your area
For further information on how to get involved please contact s.j.cleary@abdn.ac.uk
“I would like to give something back to the University as I had such a
wonderful time there when I was a student “ Mary Leishman, Ambassador
for Glasgow
The Scottish Parliament Welcomes Rebels With a Cause
27 October 2010 -08 January 2011
Venue: The Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh
 The
Scottish Parliament is showcasing a major new exhibition titled Rebels
with a Cause: The Jacobites and the Global Imagination. The fascinating
exhibition explores and challenges traditional assumptions about the
Jacobites and highlights the worldwide aspects of the Jacobite story.
It reveals how after their defeat, some fled to the exiled courts of
Paris and Rome, while many others drew upon a network of kin and
patronage to seek new opportunities in Baltic Europe, North America and
India.
This free exhibition has been curated in partnership between the
Scottish Parliament and the University of Aberdeen and draws upon rarely
seen and internationally significant material from the University’s
collection.
Included are rare engravings, portraits and letters, a Jacobite
recruitment slip and songbook, a letter written by Bonnie Prince Charlie
while in exile, a first edition of Sir Walter Scott’s novel Waverley
and a selection of 20th century Rob Roy comics. One of the rarest
artefacts is an ostrich egg carved with secret Jacobite symbols made in
memory of the death of James VIII and III. For more information click
here.
Energize Your Future at the AECC
OPITO, the Oil and Gas Academy, is organising an 'Energise Your Future'
event on the 24th November at the AECC, at which Aberdeen University are
exhibiting. This will include a 'Careers For All/A-Z of Energy Jobs'
branded area where each job or job area will have a sign posted table.
OPITO are hoping to have one professional (alumni) and one current
student on an associated course on each table. If you are interested in
talking about your studies and your career in the Oil and Gas industry
to secondary school pupils and their families, please contact Dr Jen
Scott by email j.scott@abdn.ac.uk or tel 01224 272522.
General Council News
The latest Business Committee minutes are available to view on the university website. To download please click here.
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ALUMNI IN THE NEWS
Photograph by Aberdeen graduate to appear in 2011 BBC Countryfile Calendar
An Aberdeen alumnus has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious photographic competition of the BBC’s Countryfile programme for 2010. Jennifer Duncan, 31, a former student of the School of Biological Sciences, beat off competition from more than 65,000 other amateur photographers to secure a place in the final 12 of the contest. This means her picture ‘Huffing Puffin’, will now appear in the 2011 Countryfile calendar, which will be sold in aid of BBC Children in Need on the Countryfile website.
Jennifer, who is originally from Newburgh and graduated with a BSc in Zoology in 2001, said her interest in photography has been strongly influenced by the beautiful surroundings of the Ythan Estuary. Her image of a line of puffins watching another puffin jump in the air was taken in July on the Farne Islands, just off the Northumberland Coast.
For details of her work please visit http://jduncan-photography.com/
Aberdeen music graduate wins one of Scotland's most prestigious music prizes. Nicola Auchnie, who graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Music Education with Honours, won the Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship. Nicola, 22, of Turriff, took the title after a performance at Blair Castle on Sunday.
 Aberdeen University Air Squadron is 70 years old next year!
Were you a member? If so the AUAS would like to hear from you. There is a thriving association of former members, students and staff, from as far back as 1941. They hold three get-togethers each year to try to recapture the good company and chat enjoyed in the Messes at Bedford Road and Fairfield House. If you would like to know more the AUSA and make contact with long-lost AUAS friends please email Rob Christie or tel:01382 730388.
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BENEFITS AND SHOPPING
As an alumnus of the University of Aberdeen you are entitled to a wide range of discounts and benefits. We have reorganised the way these discounts are presented online. Click here to browse the offers available to you.
Exclusive Christmas present. Limited edition Victoria Crowe print.
Real and Imagined World is a limited edition print developed from a painting by Victoria Crowe called Hortus Conclusus where the reality of a Northern winter is juxtaposed with images relating to The Garden of Eden. In this specially commissioned original print, elements of images and writing from the Aberdeen Bestiary relating to creation have been incorporated into the mysterious and glowing background.
Victoria Crowe is one of Scotland’s leading painters, and has received numerous awards and distinctions including an honorary doctorate from the University of Aberdeen. She has been described as ‘one of the most vital and original figurative painters currently at work in Scotland’. Her work is represented in a large number of public and private collections. She lives and works in the Scottish Borders and Venice.
All proceeds from the sales of the print will go to the University’s Sixth Century Campaign which supports Aberdeen’s pioneering ambition to lead in the development of educational research and to achieve new levels of national and international excellence. The print can be purchased for £350 plus P&P.
For further information please click here or contact, Alumni Relations, Office of External Affairs, University of Aberdeen. Tel: +44(0)1224273234 or email:alumni@abdn.ac.uk
A Rich Soup with additional material.
 A Memoir by Brian Farrington who was Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Aberdeen from 1966 to 1990. Described as “a series of linked anecdotes, descriptions and ideas, some moving, some hilariously funny being by-products of a long life spent fitting an awkwardly heterogeneous set of talents into a teacher’s career.” The book can be purchased from Amazon.com or by emailing Brian Farrington directly, for £11 plus £3 P&P.
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POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES FOR JANUARY 2011
Applications are now being accepted for a selection of our most popular taught postgraduate programmes for intake January 2011. Courses on offer include MBA programmes, LLM Law programmes and a selection of our a selection of oil and gas related courses and alumni to the University are entitled to 20% discount on the cost of tuition fess through our Alumni Discount Scheme. For further information on the courses available for January visit: www.abdn.ac.uk/january
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