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Thursday 31 October 2024
Halloween is upon us. Spooky decorations hang in windows, trick or treat sweets line the shopping aisle and Halloween-themed events are popping up on social media. At this time of year, the supernatural is popular – and indeed big business – but is there room for a little more supernatural in our lives all year round?
Wednesday 30 October 2024
RGU's Graduate Apprenticeship (GA) in BEng (Hons) Engineering: Instrumentation, Measurement and Control has been accredited by the Institute of Measurement & Control (InstMC).
Tuesday 29 October 2024
A weekly running club behind the walls of HMP Grampian in Peterhead is going from strength to strength after being credited with transforming the wellbeing of people in custody.
Wednesday 23 October 2024
An outdoor initiative to improve the wellbeing of older people living in Moray, Aberdeenshire and areas of the Highlands, has received positive feedback from researchers at RGU.
Tuesday 22 October 2024
In his latest thought leadership, Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director of RGU's Energy Transition Institute, considers the importance and the growth of artificial intelligence and how it can be used to transform the climate conversation...
RGU has received a donation of £100,000 from The Cormack Family Foundation, established by AFC Chairman Dave Cormack, which will allow students from underrepresented backgrounds to study at the university.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a partnership between Gray’s School of Art, Look Again and independent design agency Design and Code, is working collaboratively with the graduating students of 2020 to create a Virtual Degree Show.
Dr Andrew Martin, senior lecturer and Director of the Scottish Centre of Tourism at RGU, writes about how jump starting tourism in Scotland and Aberdeen will be a huge challenge for the industry.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is celebrating a strong position in the Complete University Guide 2021 having been ranked as the top modern (post-1992) university in Scotland.
A collaboration between RGU and the Torry Development Trust will bring together expertise in health and social care, architecture and the creative arts, to inform and design the regeneration of the former Victoria Road School in Torry.
RGU is leading the way in producing innovative thinking students as it becomes the first university in Scotland to be awarded Scottish Innovative Student Award (SISA) self-accreditation status from the Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE).
Elsa Cox, RGU's Orkney Project Development Manager, based in Stromness, writes for the Press and Journal about engaging with a community for valuable research. Reflecting on RGU's experience in Orkney she identifies the type of support that research projects give places like Orkney and why it is important.
RGU is part of a consortium of four universities across Scotland which has been awarded funding from the Advancing Manufacturing Challenge Fund (AMCF) to create a centre for medical device development and manufacture.
The second cohort of Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) Startup Accelerator was brought together for ‘Startup Sunday’ on 31 May in a unique interactive virtual celebration, where ten of the finalists battled it out for additional funding.
Local entrepreneurs can turn their ideas into reality through new online workshops at RGU which aim to support business creation and drive economic growth in communities.
RGU's Streetsport initiative, which delivers free doorstep activities and programmes across Aberdeen, has won the Mental Health and Wellbeing Award at the annual StreetGames Awards 2020.
Andrew Turnbull, Senior Lecturer at the School of Creative and Cultural Business, writes about the impact COVID-19 has had on the retail sector.