University of Aberdeen

Aberdeen University professor Moray Watson is a lifelong fan of JRR Tolkien's fantasy adventure.

Sir Peter Mathieson says ministers must act over the future funding model for Scotland's universities.

The university says the savings steps are "regrettable but necessary" as it seeks to stabilise finances.

The statistics are five times higher than the world figure, a University of Aberdeen study says.

The remains of the man killed in Tasmania have been held by the university since the 1850s.

Plans to axe a fifth of the workforce at Dundee University have drawn attention to problems in the sector.

Data from half-a-million people was assessed by the University of Aberdeen research team.

Scientists in Aberdeen say the scanner could make an extraordinary difference to diagnosis and treatment.