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Research funding successes – March 2025

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27 March 202512 May 2025

Giles Harrison (School of Mathematical Physical & Computational Sciences) has been awarded a £1.9m standard research grant by the UK Government's Advanced Research & Innovation Agency (ARIA) to act as lead...Read More >

Fossil face discovery highlights challenges faced by Europe’s earliest settlers

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25 March 202525 March 2025

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce. On March 12, researchers announced the discovery of a new fossil from...Read More >

Many families may not feel welcome at library storytimes – here’s how to ensure everyone benefits from them

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18 March 202529 April 2025

Research shows that children who have books in their home and who talk about stories or learn letters with their families, are more likely to do well at school – not...Read More >

New research shows bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief

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13 March 202525 March 2025

It’s not just size that matters. The speed of evolution can affect a species’ cancer prevalence too. (Credit: Mylon Ollila, Unsplash) A longstanding scientific belief about a link between cancer...Read More >

The care ceiling: How precarious employment and maternity leave shape women’s careers in academia

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7 March 202525 March 2025

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, it’s vital to reflect on the persistent challenges women face in academia. Research has long highlighted gender inequalities in higher education. In this blog,...Read More >

Women stood alongside striking miners – it’s time their stories were told

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3 March 2025

When we look back on the 1984-85 miners' strike, we often see pictures of masculinity: men with banners, confrontations at pit gates and proud marches back to work. Four decades...Read More >

Every mind matters: improving children and young people’s mental health

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28 February 202510 March 2025

In 2023, NHS England reported that one in five children and young people has a probable mental health disorder. But why has there been this explosion and what can be...Read More >

Research funding successes – January 2025

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24 February 202523 June 2025

Mehdi Shahrestani (Built Environment) has been awarded funding from EPSRC to act as co-investigator on JUST-Systems, a 5-year project headed by the University of Aberdeen researching Net Zero solutions at...Read More >

Why the British army is so unprepared to send troops to Ukraine

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21 February 202525 February 2025

British soldier, Photo by Cpl Jamie Hart, Crown copyright 2019, CC BY 2.0, no changes Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that Britain is “ready and willing to contribute to security guarantees...Read More >

15 months on, our LGBTQ+ Travel Tool continues to inform and shape work travel policies

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18 February 202518 February 2025

In this blog, Frances Hamilton, Associate Professor in the School of Law, provides a further update on the LGBTQ+ International Travel for Work Policy Development Tool that she co-created with...Read More >

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