News
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).
Monday 23 June 2025
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is proud to announce that Dr Jo-Anne Tait, Principal Lecturer, Digital Living and Design in the School of Computing, Engineering and Technology, has been named one of the Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES).
An engineering student from Robert Gordon University (RGU), Liza van den Berg, has taken home the top prize in an annual competition held by the Energy Institute (EI).
Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) Aberdeen Business School has been announced as the Business School of the Year at the Times Higher Education 2020 Awards.
RGU and the Energy Industries Council (EIC) have announced the finalists for the 2020 EIC and RGU Rising Star MBA Award, which celebrates the best and brightest talent in the energy sector.
In a year when sustainability and shopping local are increasingly important, RGU is hosting a pop-up market in Aberdeen Art Gallery, showcasing some of the best local creative talent.
Writing in the Press and Journal, Edward Pollock, RGU Startup Coordinator and Lecturer in Event Management, reflects on the impact of Covid-19 on innovation and entrepreneurship.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is opening applications for its 2021 Innovation Accelerator programme to invite ambitious ideas from students, staff and alumni which can create positive impact across three significant challenges in our society.
Sir Ian Wood is to stand down from his role as the Chancellor of RGU in July 2021, after 16 years as the titular head of the institution.
A new course created in close collaboration between Robert Gordon University (RGU) and NHS Grampian will empower Healthcare Support Workers with a range of skills to improve the wellbeing of patients as a new, cross-disciplinary career opportunity is announced.
Dr Rachael Ironside, course leader of Events Management at RGU's School of Creative and Cultural Business, writes about the history and traditions of Halloween and how it might be slightly different this year.
RGU alumnus Ivor Ferguson has gifted £10,000 to the university to provide access to higher education for traditionally under-represented students.
Local charity Friends of ANCHOR has bolstered a grant from Robert Gordon University to provide top-of-the-range equipment that will drive forward pivotal studies into cancer treatment.
Fiona Roberts, Teaching Excellence Fellow at RGU, writes how the pandemic has made us more aware of the important role of healthcare professionals in treating patients in intensive care and how RGU has a long history of preparing such graduates.