Aberdeen & environs

The call for Scotland to invest in its infrastructure — particularly physical and digital — as echoed by the panelists in Aberdeen last…

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My tourist-style attempted identification of the course of one English Roman canal — the Cardyke — was far from easy except when roads…

The new bypass has made the countryside around Aberdeen more accessible and I had a chance to spend a few hours on the A950 route.

I offer the below comments on the AECC Christmas Lecture today given to a large room full of P7 kids from several local schools.

The safe preamble to Seaton Park has several trees to observe from Evergreen to Beech & even a non native Monkey puzzle (Chilean Pine).

Beech trees protected drovers and their cattle from the elements, but have been replaced by big lorries. At the other end of the visible…

A lesson in tree appreciation

Outdoor instructions, begin: “Ensure that you are looking at a large tree — 30 metres high, note the shape…Now go in closer, is the bark…

The aim is to get the pupils to attempt to identify types of Tree on a trail to & around Seaton Park in winter & soon in summer. The…

When I worked at the IT Centre in Aberdeen College I was always impressed that the other departments were decorated to resemble what they…

(A presentation to parents & S1-S3 pupils reviewing STEM opportunities)

The crafted article on railway history by @HiddenAberdeen in a recent @eveningexpress had me reaching for my Bing Maps with Ordnance Survey…

I was at a meeting yesterday and raised my eyebrows when it was declared that the new North East Scotland College was a merger of 4…

Might a contemplative teacher approaching Aberdeen beach, two thousand years ago, consider the below graphic of social organisation and the…

The Edu-secretary’s baton wave on the latest statistical lap echoed Bannister’s 4 minute mile: the distraction of the security man’s shoes…

It comes as no surprise to me that the Duke of Cumberland spent weeks in Aberdeen before he left for the God-forsaken place that is…

“you’ve dealt with people like me before”

Would Dr Who, teleported to various historical points, in North East Scotland (biblical weather permitting) be able to observe societal…