News
Friday 19 December 2025
RGU has climbed seven places in the 2025/26 People & Planet University League, moving from 63rd to 56th, highlighting the positive impact of the University’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility.
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Robert Gordon University (RGU) and its Sri Lankan partner, the Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) celebrated the success of over 200 graduates at its recent graduation ceremony in Colombo.
Wednesday 17 December 2025
A graduate physiotherapist from Robert Gordon University (RGU) is part of an intrepid trio of women who will be taking on the World’s Toughest Row in 2026.
Thursday 11 December 2025
Sandy Bremner, an environmental advocate with an unquestionable passion for the North East of Scotland, has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU) during the final graduation ceremony of 2025.
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.
Opinion piece: Times are tough for many of us, with rising prices causing added financial worry and mental distress. Writing in the Press and Journal, RGU Mental Health lecturer, Scott Macpherson, highlights the unacceptable impact of the economic crisis on people with drug and alcohol problems.
Young people across the UK to benefit from a new project to tackle online safety – that supports national Safer Internet Day on 7 February - led by researchers from Robert Gordon University (RGU).
A host of sport stars with RGU links have been nominated at this year’s Aberdeen’s Sports Awards, the annual celebration of sporting excellence in the North East.
A Highlands natural skincare business has used the research expertise of Robert Gordon University (RGU) to infuse by-product of the whisky distillation process in its beauty products.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is launching Curious Minds, a series of thought-provoking talks to involve the community in addressing some of societies’ most important social, economic, and environmental challenges.
Robert Gordon University and Dutch aircraft manufacturer Cormorant SEAplanes BV have secured almost £10,000 in funding to look into the use of lightweight sustainable materials for an innovative electric aircraft.
Research culture and research skills at RGU have been voted the best in the country, according to a survey of postgraduate research students.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has officially opened its new Climate Clinic to offer support to North East communities through climate breakdown and the biodiversity crisis.
Gray’s School of Art’s Look Again team is launching a new project to shed light on Aberdeen’s changing LGBTQIA+ community. The project highlights lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) people from across the North East.
A £100m deal was signed on Friday 20 January by UK and Scottish Government Ministers and the Council Leaders of Orkney, Shetland, and the Outer Hebrides to enhance the economic prosperity of the three island groups.
Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University (RGU), is launching a new creative development programme called ‘Engage’ with weekend workshops, portfolio building courses and a new Young Art School, for 11–15-year-olds in the North East.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is launching their first ever wheelchair basketball team thanks to a collaborative approach with key partners.