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Friday 04 July 2025
Keith Brymer Jones, a leading figure in contemporary British ceramics and expert judge on Channel 4’s hit show, The Great Pottery Throw Down, has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU).
Friday 04 July 2025
Jane Akadiri graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from RGU in 2016. She went on to found Touch of Love Outreach in Aberdeen, which helps to build strong, more inclusive communities.
Friday 04 July 2025
A social entrepreneur based in Aberdeenshire who leads Scotland’s largest men's health charity has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU).
Thursday 03 July 2025
Dr Bouziane Kies, who helped secure large numbers of international staff for Algerian Universities after the departure of French teachers in 1972 and thereby helped to keep Algeria’s universities open, has received an honorary degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU). Dr Kies has also championed RGU in Algeria for the last twenty years.
Thursday 03 July 2025
A technology entrepreneur who is committed to strengthening links between the United Kingdom and Pakistan through business innovation, education and strategic collaboration has been awarded an honorary degree by Robert Gordon University (RGU).

Writing for Energy Voice, Professor Paul de Leeuw of Robert Gordon University's Energy Transition Institution, has laid out what's needed in 2024 on the back of an "encouraging" COP28...

Writing in The Herald, Janine Bolger, Associate Dean for Student Experience and Head of Social Work in the School of Applied Social Studies, has laid out the impact social workers make on our communities...

Professor Paul de Leeuw from RGU has been appointed to the Board of the UK’s Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) for a period of four years. Board member appointments are made by the Secretary of State for Education.

The Medical Device Manufacturing Centre (MDMC) has been awarded £3.35m of additional funding from Scottish Enterprise to continue its work developing novel medical device innovation and improve the industry’s sustainability.

Mark Logan, Chief Entrepreneurial Advisor to the Scottish Government, has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU) during a festive graduation ceremony on Tuesday 12 December.

A city centre exhibition showcasing the first Freelands Studio Fellowship at Gray’s School of Art, opens this week at the Look Again Project Space.

Elsa Cox, Development Manager at RGU Orkney, has been setting out some of the work taking place at the University's island base through a blog for University Alliance...

A team of RGU academics have won an award for the impact of their research investigating the policing of gender-based violence in rural and island Scotland during the Covid-19 crisis.

RGU Engineering student Agga Agga took the top prize in an annual competition held by the Energy Institute (EI) that honours the best energy industry projects from MSc students at both Aberdeen universities.

Robert Gordon University is co-hosting a series of public consultation events this week, to expand the Greyhope Bay centre at the Torry Battery in Aberdeen.

Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been awarded government funding to pilot the roll-out of one of its nationally award-winning entrepreneurial programmes across two regions, anchored in two other Scottish universities.

Robert Gordon University (RGU) has partnered with White Ribbon Scotland to further its commitment and action in eradicating gender-based violence.