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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).

Preparations for Gray’s Degree Show ’23: Neon Futures are in full swing with excitement mounting as the degree show gets ready to open tomorrow on Saturday 10 June.

Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been placed in the top three institutions in Scotland and the top ten in the UK for student satisfaction in the latest Complete University Guide league table.

Creative networks across the North East of Scotland are hosting a range of activities and workshops this summer to enhance wellbeing and community cohesion, thanks to support from RGU’s ‘Create Networks’ programme.

RGU is to sponsor a hare, designed by a student from Gray’s School of Art, as part of Clan Cancer Support's ‘The Big Hop Trail’, that will be unveiled this summer.

An innovative RGU initiative that supports women with children to start their own businesses has been recognised at the Herald Higher Education Awards 2023.

In an interview with the Press and Journal, Dean of Gray's School of Art, Libby Curtis, highlights how Aberdeen is in a ‘unique position’ to create a destination for people with fresh opportunities and a bright future for all, as it transitions towards a sustainable energy future.

Two master's graduates from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment at Robert Gordon University (RGU) have been awarded scholarships to a major international project, ‘Scotland + Venice’.

With under two weeks to go until Gray’s Degree Show 2023: Neon Futures, preparations are underway for the upcoming show with students tackling a range of social issues including feminism, gender equality and autism.

A visiting professor from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment at Robert Gordon University (RGU), has been nominated as next president-elect for the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).

Students from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment at Robert Gordon University are to take part in a major new exhibition called ’View of Aberdeen’ that opens at Aberdeen Art Gallery on Saturday 27 May.

RGU led research shows that young mothers in the North East of Scotland are experiencing increasing levels of poverty and food insecurity, that have got worse since the Covid pandemic.

Robert Gordon University is to host a ‘Men in Nursing’ event to encourage more men into nursing and other healthcare professions as part of a drive to widen access to the profession.