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.
Renowned Orcadian wildlife cameraman and photographer Raymond Besant has been recognised with an Honorary Degree at the University where he once studied.
Iwan and Manuela Wirth, visionary art gallery founders who transformed Braemar’s Fife Arms Hotel into an iconic five-star boutique hotel, have been awarded Honorary Degrees from Robert Gordon University (RGU).
Tracy Nicholls, Chief Executive of The College of Paramedics at the forefront of the development of the profession, has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU).
Students at Robert Gordon University have put forward conceptual ideas to establish a Flood Resilience Institute in Stonehaven to protect the community from flooding, as part of their academic studies.
A student from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment has won the Aberdeen Association of Architects Silver Medal 2024 for designing an innovative building called ‘Rigged’ made from recycled oil rigs.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has launched its own manifesto that highlights the University’s demands of the next UK Government and the key issues faced by higher education.
Denis Law Legacy Trust, the children's charity based at RGU, has appointed Scott McGinigal, Director of Technical Services and HSES at Spirit Energy, as its new Chair.
Nursery children in Aberdeen experienced a day at University to celebrate Biomedical Science Day with messy fun under the tutelage of RGU’s School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences.
Robert Gordon University’s Graduate Apprenticeship (GA) in Construction and the Built Environment has received prestigious professional accreditation from The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) for the next five years, enhancing the University’s reputation for upskilling through its GA programme.
Aberdeen Science Centre has partnered with Robert Gordon University (RGU) to redesign its outdoor space and turn it into sustainable, interactive community science garden.
In celebration of PRIDE month, Look Again at Gray’s School of Art and Aberdeen Performing Arts, are proud to present Glory, a cabaret where queer creativity takes centre stage.
This summer, around 100 secondary school pupils from across the North East of Scotland will have the chance to try ‘A Week in the Life of Art School’ at Gray’s School of Art.