Student unions across Britain move to leave the National Union of Students
Student organisations in Britain are holding referendums to leave the National Union of Students (NUS) over its dissent on pro-Palestine activism.
Student unions at Cambridge and LSE have opted to exit NUS, with referendums on disaffiliation due to be held soon in Manchester, SOAS, Birmingham, Cardiff and Liverpool.
Last Thursday, 62%...
Press & Journal backs The Gaudie to keep publication running
North of Scotland newspaper The Press & Journal (P&J) have pledged to support The Gaudie student newspaper.
In an unprecedented sponsorship, the P&J have agreed...
Belmont Cinema secures £1.5 million via major donation
Aberdeen’s iconic Belmont Cinema has taken another step closer to reopening following a generous investment from The National Lottery.
The initial grant includes £87,438 from...
Scotland’s festival of light returns to Aberdeen
From the 5th to 8th February, an enchanting display of artwork lit up the city of Aberdeen following the 12th annual return of SPECTRA...
The Gaudie attends 25th Warwick Economics Summit
The Gaudie was invited to attend the Warwick Economics Summit 2026, hosted by the students of Warwick University.
The event...
University staff vote to strike over cuts and potential redundancies
by Innes Paton, Fred Byrne & Amelia Boag McGlynn.
Staff at the University of Aberdeen today voted to back industrial...
AUSA anniversary ceilidh cancelled
The Aberdeen Student Union (AUSA) has been forced to cancel its celebratory ceilidh after the event did not sell...
Out of business: dozens of venues call it quits
Last week, Revolucion de Cuba nightclub and Smoke and Soul restaurant shut their doors to Aberdonians.
They are the latest...
Gettin’ Rowdy with The Gaudie recognised in national awards
by Innes Paton and Fred Byrne.
This newspaper’s audio supplement Gettin’ Rowdy with The Gaudie was nominated for the Political...
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International
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 powers is back in the...
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 the late financier Jeffrey Epstein....
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...
Washington Post cuts one-third of staff
The Washington Post has cut a third of its staff, citing a “broad strategic reset.” These cuts come after...
War in Ukraine now longer than Soviet fight against Nazi Germany
While significant international attention over recent weeks has turned to events in Greenland, Venezuela and Iran, the conflict in...
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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 powers is back in the...
Student unions across Britain move to leave the National Union of Students
Student organisations in Britain are holding referendums to leave the National Union of Students (NUS) over its dissent on pro-Palestine activism.
Student unions at Cambridge...
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Press & Journal backs The Gaudie to keep publication running
North of Scotland newspaper The Press & Journal (P&J) have pledged to support The Gaudie student newspaper.
In an unprecedented...
Belmont Cinema secures £1.5 million via major donation
Aberdeen’s iconic Belmont Cinema has taken another step closer to reopening following a generous investment from The National Lottery.
The...
Scotland’s festival of light returns to Aberdeen
From the 5th to 8th February, an enchanting display of artwork lit up the city of Aberdeen following the...
The Gaudie attends 25th Warwick Economics Summit
The Gaudie was invited to attend the Warwick Economics Summit 2026, hosted by the students of Warwick University.
The event...
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Features
Finding meaning in ordinary days
By Arya Patel
At university, most of my time is not spent doing anything remarkable. I move between New King’s and William Guild, and...
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 with hope not hate to...
The British Museum’s New Controversial Chapter: The AI Post
The British Museum is no stranger to controversy. For many, it is the museum, the crown jewel of heritage,...
Does AI have a place in journalism?
Here at The Gaudie, we have just published our ‘Artificial Intelligence Policy’. Amid the rise of AI and the...
Liberté, Égalité, Fraterni-tea?
The Wallace Tower in Seaton Park has re-opened as a community-led café, operated by the Liberty Kitchen. Situated on...
“This is like my divorce album”
By Hannah Fortune and Emily Reid
How do you prepare for a tour? Do you adapt your stand-up between countries?
“Not...
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Opine
Accepting the Grey Area
Situationship is a term every young person knows, but what does it actually mean? The idea of a situationship is to be with someone...
Defending ‘hated’ female characters
Art imitates life. I see it everywhere. Whether it is through gender norms within TV shows, or gender norms pushed on characters through the...
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....
What Must Be Done?
The University of Aberdeen – our university – has reached a crossroads, along with the rest of the higher...
The human ‘brain-drain’ is going to destroy AI
The talk of the town at the minute is AI. AI is going to take our jobs. AI is...
The aestheticization of burnouts
We all love a good performance, ain’t that right? Who doesn’t enjoy Soul Sisters, The Nutcracker or All I...
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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
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 is associated with more than...
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...
From Outer Space to the Deep Sea: How Satellites are Counting...
Antarctic krill are an essential part of marine life and support a plethora of species. Despite their importance, the...
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Science & Environment
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 is occurring at record rates,...
Groundbreaking Electronic Implant Restores Vision
Every six minutes, at least one person living in the UK will begin to lose their vision, according to the Royal National Institute of...
Can AI predict the unpredictable?
By the time classic symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease Parkinson’s appear, tremor, stiffness and slowness, up to 80% of...
Major Climate Tipping Point Reached as Rainforests Become Carbon Sources
Often referred to as the lungs of the earth, it is well known that rainforests are of great ecological...
Climate Calamity
“The apocalypse!” cried the UN chief and the ones before him. “Calamity,” “destruction,” and the “ultimate evil we must...
Could a Simple Blood Test Detect Alzheimer’s? The Biomarker Revolution Explained
What if a simple, quick and routine blood test could reveal the earliest signs of dementia years before symptoms...
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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
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 fourth of six in the...
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...
Aberdeen Student Opens Aberdeen’s Only Vaulting Club
Aberdeen University Psychology student Katie Henderson is an ex-international level vaulter. Last year, she started her own vaulting club....
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