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Friday 04 July 2025
Jane Akadiri graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from RGU in 2016. She went on to found Touch of Love Outreach in Aberdeen, which helps to build strong, more inclusive communities.
Friday 04 July 2025
A social entrepreneur based in Aberdeenshire who leads Scotland’s largest men's health charity has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU).
Thursday 03 July 2025
Dr Bouziane Kies, who helped secure large numbers of international staff for Algerian Universities after the departure of French teachers in 1972 and thereby helped to keep Algeria’s universities open, has received an honorary degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU). Dr Kies has also championed RGU in Algeria for the last twenty years.
Thursday 03 July 2025
A technology entrepreneur who is committed to strengthening links between the United Kingdom and Pakistan through business innovation, education and strategic collaboration has been awarded an honorary degree by Robert Gordon University (RGU).
Monday 23 June 2025
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is proud to announce that Dr Jo-Anne Tait, Principal Lecturer, Digital Living and Design in the School of Computing, Engineering and Technology, has been named one of the Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES).

RGU has been awarded funding to explore ‘The Disappeared Village’ of Culbin in Moray, as part of the Year of Scotland’s Stories 2022 campaign.

A new creative venture, ‘Big up the Doric’, launches at Gray’s Look Again, city centre project space this week, as part of a four-day pop up exhibition.

Final preparations are underway for a pop-up design event, HAAN, which takes place at Aberdeen Art Gallery, winner of the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award, from Thursday 2 – Sunday 5 December.

Fourth year students from the Contemporary Art Practice, BA Hons course at Gray’s School of Art present ‘Back’, a dynamic exhibition showcasing and celebrating their talent.

RGU Engineering student Anna Petitt took the top prize in an annual competition held by the Energy Institute (EI) that honours the best energy papers from MSc students at both Aberdeen universities.

A postgraduate student from Gray’s School of Art, who has won a scholarship from The Royal Scottish Academy of Art (RSA) for his MA collection of Fine Art, is exhibiting at Gray’s Postgraduate Showcase ‘Onwards’.

RGU has launched a suite of health and social care short courses, with fully funded places, targeting areas where there are skills shortages in the region.

Writing for the Press & Journal, RGU’s Mental Health Nursing Lecturers Dan Warrender and Scott Macpherson make the thoughtful case for why it's time to challenge mental health stigma.

A giant sculpture, ‘The Palace of Façade’, goes on show at RGU as part of Gray’s MA Postgraduate Degree Show 2021, ‘Onwards’.

RGU has joined the University of the Arctic (UArctic), a network of higher education and research institutions across northern regions which address global challenges of Arctic people and societies by providing unique educational, research and innovation opportunities.

RGU has today, during Global Entrepreneurship Week, launched a Regional Startup Accelerator programme which will support early-stage entrepreneurs - with ambitious and innovative business ideas - living in the North East of Scotland to develop and grow their ventures, helping the region to recover as it emerges from the pandemic.

A vibrant exhibition celebrating talent from Masters’ students at Gray’s School of Art goes on display this week as ‘Onwards’, Gray’s Postgraduate Degree Show 2021 launches.