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The pink Mobile Art School van with people painting in the background

RGU has signed a new partnership with renowned gallery Hauser & Wirth to significantly strengthen the impact of the Mobile Art School with the delivery of free workshops to communities across the North East of Scotland.

Pupils in the Biomedical Science Lab

Nearly 300 pupils from secondary schools across Aberdeenshire visited Robert Gordon University (RGU) on Thursday 22 January to take part in Chemistry at Work, an interactive STEM event delivered in partnership with Aberdeenshire Council and funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

A person holding a mobile phone in a former prison building

Rather than experiencing museum exhibits in isolation, visitors constantly look to one another to make sense of what they are seeing.

Three people sitting on stage with fashion images behind them

An academic from Robert Gordon University (RGU) has played a key role in a new book which shines fresh light on the one of pioneers of British fashion who came from the North East.

Professor Dame Lorna Dawson looking at a sample in a lab

A trio of inspirational women from the RGU community have been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours list for 2026.

Professor Paul de Leeuw outside the Energy Transition Institute

The Scottish Government should establish a control centre to lead the development and delivery of a prioritised Climate Change Plan, according to Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director of Robert Gordon University’s Energy Transition Institute.

RGU has climbed seven places in the 2025/26 People & Planet University League, moving from 63rd to 56th, highlighting the positive impact of the University’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility.

Robert Gordon University (RGU) and its Sri Lankan partner, the Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) celebrated the success of over 200 graduates at its recent graduation ceremony in Colombo.

A woman wearing a dark blue t-shirt sitting on a rock next to water

A graduate physiotherapist from Robert Gordon University (RGU) is part of an intrepid trio of women who will be taking on the World’s Toughest Row in 2026.

Sandy Bremner, an environmental advocate with an unquestionable passion for the North East of Scotland, has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU) during the final graduation ceremony of 2025.

A person wearing a white coat looks at test tube

Robert Gordon University (RGU) is among six universities that have joined forces to launch a pioneering initiative that will strengthen commercialisation and innovation across Scotland’s modern and smaller universities and the college sector.

Lynne Smith posing a graduation wearing a red gown

The positive legacy of the late honorary graduate and Denis Law Legacy Trust trustee Lynne Smith will continue with the launch of a new scholarship in her name at RGU.

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