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Professor Steve Olivier, Principal RGU

The invasion of Ukraine and the continuing conflict are profoundly troubling. While there are consequences for organisations, including universities, the deepest immediate effects, are felt by people whose lives have been powerfully and sometimes permanently altered.

Latin American students at Robert Gordon University (RGU)

Six female Latin American students have benefited from an academic scholarship to study a year-long master’s degree at Robert Gordon University (RGU) funded by the British Council.

Digital art by Gray's School of Art alumna, Veronica  Petukhov

Students from Robert Gordon University (RGU) are organising a digital exhibition, ‘RGU with Ukraine’, to raise funds for charities and NGOs helping victims of Ukraine.

Callum Duguid

Callum Duguid, a Contract Support Engineer at Aberdeen-based EnerMech, has continually strived for professional development and this has been most recently achieved through his Graduate Apprenticeship (GA) with RGU.

Donella Beaton, Vice Principal for Economic Development at RGU

Writing for the Press and Journal, Donella Beaton, Robert Gordon University's Vice Principal for Economic Development, says a broad approach to skills is critical if we are to get close to a just transition, create true equality of opportunity and generate the skills, knowledge and enterprise that Scotland needs.

Jo-Anne Tait

For University Mental Health Day, the theme is "no student should ever feel alone with their mental health". RGU's Academic Strategic Lead for Engineering, Jo-Anne Tait, details why a new strategy for supporting the students in Scotland least likely to reach out is not only needed but being created at the University.

Gray's School of Art Fashion & Textile students meet Dame Zandra Rhodes at Aberdeen Art Gallery

Iconic British designer, Dame Zandra Rhodes, inspires a group from Gray's School of Art at Robert Gordon University (RGU), for an exclusive tour of '50 Years of Fabulous' at Aberdeen Art Gallery.

Dave Lynch

RGU will host a former BP Vice President as its Entrepreneur in Residence through participation in a prestigious Royal Society scheme to increase knowledge of cutting-edge industrial science, research, and innovation.

Image shows a team from The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment taking thermal images of an old property on RGU campus

A new post-graduate course to improve the energy efficiency of buildings has been given the go-ahead at The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment, at Robert Gordon University (RGU), as the university successfully joins the UK Green Building Council.

Computing

Robert Gordon University (RGU) will act as a regional hub for Google’s Hash Code programming competition, supporting college and university students from across Aberdeenshire to test their programming skills in a live global contest on 24 February.

Industrial image from a dataset from Equinor

Robert Gordon University (RGU) is launching the world’s first cross-sector Energy Data Management course. The new online short course is targeted at Data Managers within the energy sector, and in particular for wind, oil and gas and nuclear, but will also be of interest to anyone considering a career in Data Management.

Graphic for PRISM exhibition

A vibrant exhibition celebrating colour, takes centre stage at Grays School of Art’s Look Again project space this week, as part of Aberdeen’s festival of light, SPECTRA which runs from 10 – 13 February.

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