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2016 Granite City Challenge Champions!

Congratulations to all the teams who took part in this year’s Granite City Challenge!

University of Aberdeen announces £1.5m of PhD scholarship opportunities

A new round of scholarships worth up to £1.5 million has been launched by the University of Aberdeen.

The 2016/17 Elphinstone Scholarships will meet the tuition costs of the highest achieving PhD applicants drawn from the UK and around the world.

The scholarship scheme began two years ago, in recognition of the 500^th anniversary of the death of Bishop Elphinstone, and since then it has supported 139 students from all corners of the globe.

In addition to the Elphinstone awards, 25 Partnership Scholarships will also be created supported jointly by the University and industry partners.

A previous recipient of an Elphinstone scholarship is Claire Hein Blanton, from Houston, Texas, who is working towards a PhD in Divinity.

She said:“I came to the University of Aberdeen because the theology program is one of the strongest in the world.  The department has a reputation of taking the discipline seriously and pressing its students to ask what the importance of their study is in the outside world, which is an important distinction.  I didn’t want to go to a program that would be academically rigorous but not care about public engagement – the divinity department manages to do both.

Further details of the Elphinstone Scholarships and how to apply can be found at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/research/postgraduate-study/elphinstone-phd-scholarships-266.php

Aberdeen Nobel Peace Prize Winner honoured with new stamp

Lord Boyd Orr, founder of the University of Aberdeen’s Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, has been honoured by Royal Mail by being included in its British Humanitarians Special stamps.

Lord Orr, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1949, founded the institute in 1913. Among his many achievements was leading a study looking at the importance of milk in the diet where he examined the effect on the growth of children. Orr observed that those who grew best had milk in their diets. This ultimately led to the policy of giving children free milk in schools.

 

Aberdeen ranked in top 100 universities in Europe

The University of Aberdeen has been named 85th best in Europe in a new list compiled by Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

The UK topped the rankings of the 200 best universities in Europe, taking nearly a quarter of places, with 46. The rankings were based on the data and methodology used to compile the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016.