News
Thursday 16 May 2024
Neil Gray, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, has visited Robert Gordon University (RGU) to see how the university is supporting the health and social care providers by educating nurses, midwives and allied healthcare professionals.
Wednesday 15 May 2024
A Civic Medal Award will be presented to an architecture student from the Scott Sutherland School at the opening of a new community exhibition that dives into theoretical potential futures for the Bon Accord Baths on Friday 17 May.
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has achieved significant success at subject level with four different areas ranked inside the UK’s top 10 and positive placings in student satisfaction and both graduate prospect measures across a wide range of subjects in the Complete University Guide 2025.
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Aberdeen’s third Cruyff Court, a free-to-use outdoor community sports space, has officially opened in Tillydrone this week.
Sunday 12 May 2024
On International Nurses' Day 2024, Professor Susan Dawkes, Dean of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Practice, highlights the need to reshape perceptions about a career in nursing and the opportunities the profession offers.
Associate Vice Principal of Business and Economic Development at RGU, Donella Beaton, writes about how universities and colleges play a pivotal role in the recovery of the economy post Covid-19 and how these approaches must reflect regional priorities.
The work of talented creative practitioners and emerging entrepreneurs is to be featured in the first virtual ‘Postgraduate Showcase’, hosted by Gray’s School of Art at RGU.
Robert Gordon University (RGU), working with two well-known North East food and drink names, Dean’s of Huntly and Sutherland’s of Portsoy, have won funding from Innovate UK to set up two Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) to improve access to markets and develop new products.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been shortlisted for a hat-trick of Times Higher Education (THE) 2020 awards, having made it as a finalist for Outstanding Entrepreneurial University of the Year, Business School of the Year and Innovative Teacher of the Year.
Donella Beaton, Associate Vice Principal of Business and Economic Development at RGU, writes about the university’s vital role and approach to supporting business recovery using different government-funded initiatives.
RGU is celebrating its performance in the 2021 Guardian University Guide, where it has significantly climbed the UK rankings and achieved strong positions in student satisfaction and teaching quality.
Students from RGU’s Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment have designed a series of small, affordable houses as part of a project with Grampian Housing Association.
A collaborative research project exploring the value of community pharmacies in Scotland suggests that 90% of people are so confident in their local pharmacists’ abilities that they want GPs to work more closely with them to ensure the best possible care.
A research project at RGU which explores the mental wellbeing of Scotland’s farmers is moving forward to develop and test a suitable intervention, hand-in-hand with farmers, to support their mental health now and in the future.
RGU is launching two new online initiatives, ‘RGU Knowledge Bites for Business’ and a suite of upskilling online short courses, to support businesses as they deal with the economic challenges of Covid-19.
Dr Madeleine Marcella-Hood, Head of Year 1 BA (Hons) Fashion Management and Lecturer in the School of Creative and Cultural Business, writes about the fashion industry and the impact of Covid-19.
An RGU Professor has been awarded funding to explore Scottish Public Libraries and their role in community cohesion and resilience during lockdown.