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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).
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has launched a new video series to help showcase the breadth of high impact research that is being undertaken throughout the University.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has secured £1.34 million in funding towards the development of a cross-sector virtual reality Digital Innovation Lab for the North East of Scotland and Moray.
Lucy Fisher, a graduate of Robert Gordon University (RGU) and a Startup Accelerator success story, has received £50,000 in government funding as part of Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards.
Gray’s School of Art has secured major grant funding from Creative Scotland to support new or existing networks of creative practitioners in the north east, including Orkney and Shetland.
Following up on his recent piece in The Scotsman, Dr Paul Arnell, a reader at RGU's Law School, has featured in the publication again to discuss the treatment of Shamima Begum.
RGU has agreed a strategic partnership with an international energy company to allow them to use the University’s oil rig drilling simulation systems to train their clients.
Look Again at Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University (RGU), is backing Culture Aberdeen’s #SaveCulture campaign, to stop Aberdeen City Council going ahead with major funding cuts to the cultural sector.
Gray’s creative unit, Look Again and the community interest charity, ‘We Are Here Scotland’ are working together on a new project to support BPoC (Black People and People of Colour) artists in Scotland.
Robert Gordon University and The University of Aberdeen have come together to co-host Aberdeen’s inaugural Cultural Summit to explore cultural provision in the North East.
Writing for The Scotsman, Professor John McCall, Director of the National Subsea Centre (NSC), sets out the importance of collaboration in the push towards net zero.
Dr Paul Arnell, a reader at RGU's Law School, has written in The Scotsman about the Human Rights Act; the treatment of Shamima Begum; and the treatment of refugees entering the UK.
RGU’s largest programming event of the year is back—made by students for students of all ages—inviting tech enthusiasts from any college or university to complete its 24-hour challenge in hopes of winning a prize from the event’s swathe of generous and renowned sponsors.