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The largest further education college in Scotland, with 21,000 students. The main facility is on Gallowgate, with others in the city and in Fraserburgh.
North East Scotland College is a further education college based in Scotland. It was formed on 1 November 2013 from the merger of Aberdeen College and Banff & Buchan College. The regional college serves an extensive geographical area with its main centres in Aberdeen and Fraserburgh.
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550-capacity performing arts venue, with pop, jazz, blues, rock, comedy, dance and panto.
The Aberdeen Art Gallery is set in a Victorian building with an exquisite marble and granite main hall. On the ground floor are housed modern works including pieces by Tracy Emin and Gilbert & George, with many others. Upstairs hang more traditional paintings and sculpture. These include Impressionist pieces and workandy the Scottish Colourists. There are frequent temporary exhibitions (see website) and also display of antique silverware and decorative pieces. Columns in the main hall display the many different colours of local granite used to build the city. There is a good gift shop too. For those who like art, an afternoon could easily be spent here, but at least a quick browse is well worth it for anyone.
RGU
RGU became a university in 1992; it was founded in 1750 by the Aberdeen merchant Robert Gordon. It has 9800 undergrads, 6000 postgrads and 660 academic staff. In 2010 it awarded an honorary degree to Donald Trump but revoked this in 2015, maybe the reason we've heard little of him since.
Guestrow (walk under passageway at St. Nicholas House on Broad Street and it's in the little plaza there). Scottish towns and cities have a "provost" instead of a mayor and this house used to belong to Provost George Skene. The large, picturesque house dates from 1545 (it's the oldest house left in the city).