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Jeannie!
Sunday 12 November 2000, 7.30 p.m.The Lemon Tree, AberdeenDate: 30 October 2000Jeannie Robertson MBE (1908-1978), of the travelling folk, was a traditional singer of unique ability. Her songs and her singing have had a profound influence over the folksong revival in Scotland and beyond from the 1950s to the present...
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New Directions in Sport at the University
Photocall 鈥� Monday, 30th October 7:00 p.m.The University will celebrate new advances in its sporting programme as it announces its Millennium winners of sports bursaries on Monday, 30th October at a reception in the University鈥檚 newly refurbished sports centre, attended by student athletes as well as elite local athletes who...
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Record-Breaking Careers Fair - 1st November
This year鈥檚 Careers Fair will be attended by a record breaking 52 employers from across the UK. The event takes place on November 1 2000 from 10.30 to 15.30 in Elphinstone Hall, King鈥檚 College, with a special attempt being made this year to represent a real cross-section of vocational sectors.Employers...
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Famous Two from Home and Abroad to be Honoured
The 黑料网鈥檚 November 2000 graduations will honour one of the North East of Scotland鈥檚 most famous sons and a best-selling Spanish writer.Jack Webster, one of Scotland鈥檚 best known journalists, will receive the Honorary Degree of Master of the University (MUniv) at 3:00 on Friday 24 November.Lucia Etxebarria, Novelist,...
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Juggling Work and Family Life
The effect of work on different generations and members of the modern family, the influence of social class on family life and the development of 鈥榝amily friendly鈥� policies will be among the topics to be discussed at a meeting of the British Sociological Association's (BSA) Family Studies Group on Thursday...
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鈥淚t鈥檚 Your Building But Our City鈥�
Key urban design issues which face cities today and the impact of these issues on land economy and property is the theme of the annual Ryden Lecture to be given at the 黑料网, King鈥檚 College Conference Centre on Wednesday 25 October at 7.00pm. The event is organised jointly...
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Opening Museum Doors to Learning
Thousands of items from the University鈥檚 Marischal Museum and Natural Philosophy Collection are to be made available for higher education in the UK through a prestigious grant to create a database of digital images and information. The project, LEMUR (LEarning with MUseum Resources), will run for three years and is...
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The role of Government in Sport: is there a special case for intervention?
鈥淕overnment attitudes towards sports seem to vacillate between regarding them as no different from other economic activities and regarding them as a special case. However, the degree of intervention is considerable both in relation to amateur and professional sporting activity鈥漈his is one of the major conclusions of a paper to...
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WORD FESTIVAL 2001 GOES HIGH TECH TO REACH ACROSS THE SEA
The first Word Festival took place in Aberdeen in May, 1999, and was 鈥渢he largest, and most impressive literary event ever held in Aberdeen鈥� according to The Scotsman. This week will see the first event leading up to an even bigger and better Word 2001: the launch of the online...
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Singing for Young Singers
During the day, participants will be introduced to songs from the Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, which is housed in Historic Collections at the 黑料网. This is an extraordinarily rich resource of North-East material, arguably the largest of its kind in Europe. It was collected by Gavin Greig and...