News
Friday 22 March 2024
Third-year students at Robert Gordon University (RGU) have organised a one-off health and wellbeing event to raise vital funds for a popular Aberdeen charity.
Wednesday 20 March 2024
Dietetics students from RGU have partnered with Seaton Primary School to teach pupils how to cook quick, tasty meals and snacks while learning about the key nutritional benefits of a healthy relationship with food.
Tuesday 19 March 2024
Computer Science graduates from RGU have been able to hit the ground running at an Aberdeen-based firm which provides digital solutions for the energy industry as the company experiences a business boom.
Wednesday 13 March 2024
The number of women having unassisted births, or ‘freebirths’ across the UK is believed to be rising, as more expectant mothers are unable to access high-quality individualised maternity care.
Tuesday 05 March 2024
Gray’s School of Art is continuing to strengthen links with the North East’s creative industry by hosting a series of talks designed to nurture up and coming young talent in the region.
Academics from RGU have launched a multidisciplinary exploration into local legends and folklore as part of a UK-wide festival of Social Science, which is encouraging people to consider the social sciences as a career choice.
The first public libraries to support rural entrepreneurship in the North-east are ready to welcome local entrepreneurs and those with ideas for potential ventures.
Gray’s School of Art is set to host its second annual research conference, when artists and art researchers will descend on campus to deliver a series of lectures and presentations.
Writing for the Press and Journal, Jo-Anne Tait, Academic Strategic Lead in RGU's School of Engineering, highlights the ever-increasing importance of attracting more girls and women into STEM, plugging the leak in the skills pipeline.
Applications are open for the second year of RGU startup accelerator programme, the only funded programme of its kind in the north-east of Scotland.
A group of ten artists, all staff at Gray’s School of Art, are set to host a brand new exhibition in Aberdeen, highlighting the work of those who inspire the next generations of creatives in the North-east.
Two businesses from RGU’s startup accelerator programme have reached the final of Converge 2019, Scotland’s leading entrepreneurial development programme for Higher Education. In announcing the finalists, Converge noted that this is a recognition of RGU’s longstanding reputation for innovation and creativity.
A chance encounter at an airport provided the impetus for a new business which would help break down the stereotypes associated with scientists and see creativity and science join forces.
Prolong is a fashion brand with sustainability at its core. It is the idea that existing items of clothing, which are no longer in use, can be transformed into completely new products and provides a solution to a major problem of sustainability in the fashion industry.
Dancing Along the Borderline is a creative business, run by Lynn Shaw, which was founded to act as a representative for those with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), primarily using the arts as a catalyst to contribute to changing the often-stigmatised misrepresentations of the disorder.
A group of ten creatives, who have spent the last 12 weeks on RGU Creative Accelerator, will mark the end of the programme with a special exposition, showcasing their enhanced businesses to the public.
Writing in the Scotsman, Professor Liz Hancock, Vice-Principal for Academic Development and the Student Experience, discusses the importance of equal access to Higher Education in Scotland.