News
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited Robert Gordon University today (17 September) as it celebrated the centenary of the appointment of Margaret Barr Fulton as the first qualified occupational therapist to work in the UK having started her career in Aberdeen in 1925.
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Gray’s School of Art is to host a year of events to mark its 140th anniversary, in celebration of the art school’s heritage and its impact on Aberdeen and the North East.
Monday 15 September 2025
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has climbed to third place in Scotland for career prospects, according to The Guardian University Guide 2026 (published Saturday 13 September).
Friday 12 September 2025
Students from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment at RGU have unveiled innovative proposals for the future of Peterhead, developed in collaboration with Aberdeenshire Council as part of work on the Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan 2029.
Thursday 11 September 2025
New research from Robert Gordon University (RGU) and the Poverty Alliance highlights the severe financial pressures being faced by people with Long COVID in Scotland.
With the role of technology growing exponentially across various sectors, immersive realities offer a new world of opportunities for creative professionals. Robert Gordon University and Highlands and Islands Enterprise’s creative support organisation, XpoNorth Digital, are hosting an event for small business owners to explore how immersive technologies can be used in fashion and textiles.
To mark Global Recycling Day on March 18, people across the North East are being encouraged to get involved in a new campaign to create a sustainable ‘Support Your City’ icon for Aberdeen.
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.