News
Thursday 12 February 2026
A forthcoming careers event at Robert Gordon University (RGU) will shine a spotlight on the real-world impact of apprenticeship pathways, following a successful connection made at a previous ApprenticeFEST event that led directly to employment for a local student.
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is working alongside Peterhead Port Authority (PPA) to develop new practices as it aims to move towards a more sustainable future.
Monday 09 February 2026
RGUHack, the largest student-led hackathon in the north of Scotland, is set to return to Robert Gordon University for its 11th year. After a sold-out event in 2025, this year’s edition is gearing up to be the most ambitious yet.
Thursday 05 February 2026
Researchers from Robert Gordon University (RGU), focused on improving Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy among children, have secured funding to move forward with a major project.
Wednesday 04 February 2026
In a revelation that feels straight out of Outlander, researchers at Robert Gordon University have uncovered new evidence of an assassination attempt on Prince Charles Edward Stuart, better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, during his stay at Bannockburn House in January 1746.
RGU’s largest programming event of the year is back—made by students for students of all ages—inviting coding enthusiasts from any college or university to complete its 24-hour challenge in hopes of winning a prize from the event’s swathe of generous and renown sponsors.
Graduates from Robert Gordon University (RGU) are exhibiting at The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) 'New Contemporaries' exhibition in Edinburgh, with two graduates from Gray’s School of Art (GSA), winning awards for outstanding work.
Two exhibitions celebrating creative entrepreneurs from Robert Gordon University (RGU) are taking place at Gray’s School of Art’s Look Again, Project Space this spring.
To mark World Social Work Day, Robert Gordon University (RGU) is launching an appeal for food donations to support local charity Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE).
A senior lecturer from Robert Gordon University (RGU) has become the first female member to be admitted to the prestigious Aberdeen Tailor's Incorporation.
Gray’s School of Art alum and winner from Channel 4’s, ‘The Great Pottery Throw Down 2022', AJ Simpson, is to inspire an audience as a guest visitor at Robert Gordon University’s ‘Guest at Gray’s’ series.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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.