News
Thursday 04 December 2025
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is among six universities that have joined forces to launch a pioneering initiative that will strengthen commercialisation and innovation across Scotland’s modern and smaller universities and the college sector.
Thursday 27 November 2025
The positive legacy of the late honorary graduate and Denis Law Legacy Trust trustee Lynne Smith will continue with the launch of a new scholarship in her name at RGU.
Tuesday 25 November 2025
140 years of artist-led education at Gray’s School of Art is being celebrated in a major new exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery. Featuring works by over 50 artists – all of whom studied or worked at Gray’s – the exhibition focuses on the art school environment: on what artists teach, how ideas are passed from generation to generation, and how studio culture continues to evolve.
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Experts from RGU have designed a guide aimed at improving the digital skills of students.
Thursday 06 November 2025
Writing in The Scotsman, Professor Paul Arnell from RGU's School of Law and Social Sciences argues that more should be done to protect the European Convention on Human Rights.
RGU’s Graduate Apprenticeship programmes in Building Surveying and Quantity Surveying have received official accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). This recognition provides employers with further assurance that apprentices are developing industry-recognised, practice-ready skills for the built environment.
Business and Management student Robyn Fowlie has been selected as RGU'S first golf scholar.
A new research project led by RGU is focusing on a life-threatening blood clotting disorder, trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC), which develops in 25% of severely injured and bleeding patients.
A researcher from RGU is working with colleagues from Nordic countries to support small coastal communities in developing and evaluating their sustainable tourism strategies.
Printfield 10 - Denis Law Legacy Trail has now been officially opened in Printfield, which highlights another example of how RGU is helping to transform people and communities.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has today officially launched its 2026 Startup Accelerator, Impact North, a flagship development programme designed to support the next wave of entrepreneurs and Scottish innovators.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Three academics from Robert Gordon University (RGU) have been appointed to panels for the criteria-setting phase of REF 2029, providing accountability for public investment in research.