Rowdy hustings in Old Aberdeen kicks off Scottish Parliament election season
by Fred Byrne & Oliver Kennedy.
A lively hustings saw debate on Aberdeen’s pertinent issues, a debut for up-and-coming SNP favourite, and, curiously, an unknown Reform panelist from California.
Politicians debated in the city’s first hustings to feature all six major parties contesting seats in Scottish Parliament. The Gaudie, supported by...
At least 23 staff have quit Student Support jobs since 2022
by Emily Reid & Fred Byrne.
At least 23 people have left their jobs in Student Support over three years, with the total number of...
Register to vote in the Scottish Parliament elections!
You have until April 20th to register to vote for the upcoming Scottish Parliament election. Anyone aged 16 and over and living in Scotland...
“Students have their part to play,” asserts Aberdeen’s urban transformation guru
Urban regeneration expert Jonathan De Mello thinks students are key to revitalising Aberdeen’s city centre after a sustained period of regression.
De Mello, who brings...
Voi shared e-bikes to be rolled out across the city
by Megan Shand.
Aberdeen City Council have announced plans to roll out a new e-bike hire scheme across this city...
“I’m so excited for an all-women sabbatical team”
Campaign season has closed for Aberdeen University Students’ Union (AUSA) sabbatical officer candidates, with the election results announced today...
“We are not only fighting for our jobs, we are fighting...
by Fred Byrne, Amelia Boag McGlynn & Innes Paton.
University staff are striking over potential compulsory redundancies and plans to...
Join our hustings for Scottish Parliament candidates!
University community members and the general public are invited to quiz candidates for Scottish Parliament in a student-organised event...
Unprecedented plans to axe small courses approved
by Fred Byrne & Innes Paton.
Less popular courses could be axed, and staff teaching such courses could be forced...
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International
President delivers State of the Union amid historic low approval rating
The Capitol building in Washington D.C. was the host of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union (SOTU) on Tuesday night. In a SOTU,...
“We just want a future for other generations”
Following the protests in Iran this January, I had the opportunity to speak with an Iranian man who now calls Scotland his home. For...
US-Iran talks continue despite regional military build-up
Not a year after President Donald Trump launched airstrikes against Iran, the prospect of further conflict between the two...
More questions than answers after recent release of Epstein files
By Scott Raffan
On 30th January, the US Department of Justice released another 3 million pages about the activities of...
Musk’s X faces police raids, investigations in France, UK
By Spiro Kass
French law enforcement authorities raided the offices of social media company X, which was taken over by...
Unfinished Bridge Collapse in China Kills Five
By Zyna Khwaja
Five people were killed after the collapse of a railway bridge undergoing construction on Monday in Eastern...
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Criomagan
UoA rowers triumph over RGU
By Glen Lumsden
On Saturday the 21st March 2026, Aberdeen University and Robert Gordon University clashed for the 31st time in the Aberdeen Boat Race....
Rowdy hustings in Old Aberdeen kicks off Scottish Parliament election season
by Fred Byrne & Oliver Kennedy.
A lively hustings saw debate on Aberdeen’s pertinent issues, a debut for up-and-coming SNP favourite, and, curiously, an unknown...
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The Machine That Found What No One Was Looking For
Barbara felt completely fine. No lump. No pain. No nagging feeling that something could be wrong. So, like most...
Aberdeen 2040 Strategy and AUSA’s Climate Emergency: Aligning Campus Action with...
Responsibility for climate change is often placed on individuals, while the systems shaping our choices remain the same.
Aberdeen University...
At least 23 staff have quit Student Support jobs since 2022
by Emily Reid & Fred Byrne.
At least 23 people have left their jobs in Student Support over three years,...
Register to vote in the Scottish Parliament elections!
You have until April 20th to register to vote for the upcoming Scottish Parliament election. Anyone aged 16 and...
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Features
“Make Aberdeen a 9tease city”
The Gaudie sat down with a new Aberdeen original Band to discuss how their band was formed and how they find creativity whilst studying....
‘Ramadan Mubarak’, Aberdeen!
Ramadan celebrations began Tuesday 17th February and will conclude either on Wednesday 16th or Thursday 19th March, depending on...
Aberdeen ushers in the Chinese New Year
University of Aberdeen’s Confucius Institute hosted a dazzling Spring Festival Gala Show to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The...
Finding meaning in ordinary days
By Arya Patel
At university, most of my time is not spent doing anything remarkable. I move between New...
Year of the Rat by Harry Shukman
Year of the rat follows former journalist Harry Shukman as he goes undercover with Hope not hate. Shukman works...
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Opine
ChatGPT… please give me an opinion!
Last weekend I went down to the Warwick Economics Summit, a student-run conference looking to present to students the biggest debates in the world....
Get them out of their island
There comes a point in the life of any system that is falling apart when corruption stops being greed, incompetence, or excess and starts...
Efficiency: In defence of “young hoes”
If you’ve perhaps graced a certain side of the internet this last month, you may have noticed the emergence...
Accepting the Grey Area
Situationship is a term every young person knows, but what does it actually mean? The idea of a situationship...
Defending ‘hated’ female characters
Art imitates life. I see it everywhere. Whether it is through gender norms within TV shows, or gender norms...
I came for the secret history, I got Tesco meal deals
I would argue that everyone arrives at university carrying one extra suitcase. One has clothes and a vanity case....
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Arts
Sex and the Necessity
By Amelia Boag McGlynn
And just like that, hit HBO show ‘Sex and the City’ has experienced a booming resurgence in cultural relevance over the...
How the Louvre lost £76 million in seven minutes
By Georgie Burns
On the morning of October 19th, the art world watched in horror as four professional thieves, disguised as construction workers, executed a...
Gallus: In conversation with Connor Burns
By Amelia Boag McGlynn
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a staple of the comedy community, and an infamously hard nut...
All roads lead to One Direction
Like many other girls in their twenties, the shocking news of Liam Payne’s death catapulted me back to my...
Mid-Autumn Festival at Cowdray Hall
University of Aberdeen’s Confucius Institute took Cowdray Hall for an afternoon of Chinese music featuring Yichun Feng, Lavinia Marin, Yuqiu Fang and the Edinburgh Chinese Community Orchestra.
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Life & Style
A Stylish Tribute to the Witches of Scotland
Are you a woman with strong opinions on political or cultural issues? Do you have noticeable scars, moles, or disabilities that your community might...
Don’t let the cold freeze you
Since winter is officially upon us, the sun abandons us earlier and leaves us among the darkness to finish off the last of our...
First find it, then wrap it
With Aberdeen well and truly decked out in its Christmas attire, we’ve all got one thing on our minds:...
It’s beginning to look a lot like the Christmas Market
Since it’s that time of the year again, Aberdeen is currently going through the wonderful journey of being overwhelmed...
Brat and it’s the same but it’s an article so it’s...
Charli xcx released her sixth studio album brat on the 7th of June 2024 and captured everybody’s attention in no time.
A list of student deals you might have never been aware...
With Christmas looming and the dreaded Christmas shop as you scramble last minute to find a present for your...
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Gaming & Technology
The Machine That Found What No One Was Looking For
Barbara felt completely fine. No lump. No pain. No nagging feeling that something could be wrong. So, like most women, she squeezed in a...
Could Gut Bacteria be the Cure to Dementia?
The pathology of neurodegenerative diseases like dementia is highly complex and multifaceted. Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, affects almost a million people...
Cutting-Edge Ultrasound Helmet Aspires to Treat Parkinson’s Disease Without Surgery
Millions of people around the globe are currently living with Parkinson’s disease, a multifactorial and incurable neurodegenerative condition that...
Stay Safe: A student’s guide to Strutsafe and other safety services
Going anywhere alone at night can be frightening; it doesn't matter who you are or where you’re going. Whether...
Introducing AVATAR: NASA’s pioneering organ chip experiment
In early September 2025, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the launch of an innovative experiment called...
The Past, Present and Future of Neuralink
Neuralink, a company founded by Elon Musk, has successfully implanted their device (an implantable, brain-computer interface) into three human...
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Science & Environment
The Machine That Found What No One Was Looking For
Barbara felt completely fine. No lump. No pain. No nagging feeling that something could be wrong. So, like most women, she squeezed in a...
Aberdeen 2040 Strategy and AUSA’s Climate Emergency: Aligning Campus Action with the University’s Sustainability Goals
Responsibility for climate change is often placed on individuals, while the systems shaping our choices remain the same.
Aberdeen University Students’ Association (AUSA), the elected...
(Re)-Introducing Old-New Marsupials to the Modern World
The pygmy long-fingered possum and ring-tailed glider were dead to begin with. It’s incredibly important that we establish this...
GLP-1s: Miracle weight loss drugs or a tool to combat the...
Weight loss drugs have become increasingly popular in recent years for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes,...
The Animals We Lost in 2025
As we continue to transform our blue and green planet into a dreary collection of grey cities, biodiversity loss...
Groundbreaking Electronic Implant Restores Vision
Every six minutes, at least one person living in the UK will begin to lose their vision, according to...
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Satire
I love the way these hours are cut!
The Taylor Library will only be open until 5:00 p.m. and closed on Sundays! Despite the emails encouraging you to take up arms in...
The Gaudie: out of hours
Nothing screams terror quite like a room of humanities students in costume. The Humanities Ceilidh was full of good food and cheap alcohol, a recipe...
Which Old Aberdeen campus building are you?
By Minaal Imran
Ladies and gentlemen, take this free quiz and uncover your true campus building spirit, with 99.996457% scientific...
The five letter faith
By Khreshnee Thayabaran
They converse in five letter words. They eat five letter foods. And every morning from 6:00 A.M.,...
First year survival guide
By Minaal Imran
Welcome to university! Within 48 hours, you’ll be crying in a Lidl aisle over overpriced cheese and...
Interview with Michael Jackson
So how are you?
What have you been up to recently? Oh right sorry
Well this is getting...
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Sports
UoA rowers triumph over RGU
By Glen Lumsden
On Saturday the 21st March 2026, Aberdeen University and Robert Gordon University clashed for the 31st time in the Aberdeen Boat Race....
Match report: Aberdeen Vs Motherwell
By Glen Lumsden
Following several postponements due to the extreme weather the city of Aberdeen had faced in the past few weeks, Aberdeen faced Motherwell...
How Are UoA’s Top Teams Performing This Semester?
Looking towards the end of the semester, where do Aberdeen’s major sports teams currently stand?
Aberdeen Men’s Tennis 1s sit...
Aberdeen Sports Societies Raising Money for Movember
The university’s Movember events and fundraising have begun. The uni’s sports teams have started their fundraising pushes, combining team...
This Week In Sports: New Sports Societies and Women in Sport...
From the 6th-12th October 2025, Scotland and Aberdeen University celebrated Women in Sport Week. The theme of this year...
Aberdeen F.C.’s First Win of the Season
Aberdeen F.C. decisively secured their first league win away at Dundee with a 4-0 victory. Prior to this they...
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