News
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Talented students from Gray’s School of Art are celebrating success following an awards ceremony at the historic North-East Aberdeen Weaver Incorporation.
Monday 27 October 2025
Shetland’s first Innovation Challenge Day, as part of the Islands Entrepreneurial Network (IEN) led by RGU, brought together 19 participants from across the community on 7 October, with local businesses, community groups and public sector partners teaming up to tackle real challenges facing the islands.
Thursday 23 October 2025
As severe floods once again impact parts of Spain, RGU is leading an ambitious international project to support the recovery and long-term transformation of the areas of Paiporta in Valencia and Letur in Castilla La Mancha in collaboration with local councils and other UK and international institutions.
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Gray’s School of Art and the Denis Law Legacy Trust (DLLT), the children’s charity based at RGU SPORT, have officially revealed a commemorative kit designed as part of a collaboration with Macron, the global sports brand headquartered in Bologna, Italy.
Wednesday 22 October 2025
RGU has landed a major funding boost to accelerate low-carbon energy solutions through the production of hydrogen by capturing the waste steam that comes from nuclear energy facilities with a view to scaling it up.
Local charity Friends of ANCHOR has bolstered a grant from Robert Gordon University to provide top-of-the-range equipment that will drive forward pivotal studies into cancer treatment.
Fiona Roberts, Teaching Excellence Fellow at RGU, writes how the pandemic has made us more aware of the important role of healthcare professionals in treating patients in intensive care and how RGU has a long history of preparing such graduates.
RGU won the Imaginative Educator Awards’ team category for planning and delivering multiple programmes during the pandemic which prepare students for the future needs of industry and the economy by developing their entrepreneurial skills, knowledge and mindsets.
RGU graduate Lucy Fisher who created Knit It – an innovative platform which offers digital knitting patterns, tools, tutorials and more – has won £10,000 of funding from Scottish EDGE.
Sarah Pedersen, Professor of Communication and Media at RGU's School of Creative and Cultural Business, explores how social media has been used during lockdown – and has its use been problematic or helpful?
Streetsport, which is run in partnership with RGU and the Denis Law Legacy Trust, has been recognised for its community work in the first ever Evening Express Champion Awards.
RGU has been named Scottish University of the Year in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021.
Kevin Andrew Morris graduated with a BA (Hons) in Ceramic Design in 2010 and has gone on to exhibit his work nationally and internationally as well as working with a range of artists, institutions and on various public projects.
Originally from Finland and now based in Edinburgh, Maija Nygren is a children’s clothing designer with sustainability at the heart of her work.
Nina Stanger is an Aberdeen-based artist and designer whose creative practice explores sensory experience through digital animation, sound and sculpture.
Professor Steve Olivier, Principal at RGU, writes about joining the university as it has been named Scottish University of the Year 2021 by the Times and Sunday Times and how this accolade recognises RGU’s outstanding record for teaching quality, student satisfaction, graduate employability and industry engagement.
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.