Economic Development
Celebrating the past, present and future of accounting at RGU
As Robert Gordon University celebrates the 25-year anniversary of the Accounting and Finance undergraduate degree l have found myself both reminiscing and looking forward to the future.
5 ways to improve leadership skills and generate business growth
As RGU’s Help to Grow: Management course gets ready for its latest cohort, Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer at Aberdeen Business School, David Gibbons-Wood, shares five key ways that businesses in the North East can improve their leadership skills and generate business growth…
Reflecting on RGU’s Regional Startup Accelerator Showcase 2022
On Thursday 12 May, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group hosted their fourth Startup Showcase, the finale to their annual Regional Startup Accelerator Programme. After two years of hosting events online, it was a pleasure to welcome 200 guests and a panel of judges to attend the event in person.
What’s in a name? The sustainability debate
Sustainability is a hot topic right now and as we witness, in real time, drastic changes to our climate and catastrophic events happening across the world, we note the frequency and urgency of the sustainability debate and the need to provide solutions.
Circular economic solution to cladding panel waste
In 2020, RGU created a bespoke cutting machine to reduce waste from buildings being repaired, refurbished, or demolished as part of an Innovation Voucher collaboration with KR Cladding Systems Ltd.
The importance of recombinant innovation
As Entrepreneurs we inspire and get inspired every day, we create opportunities, and we continuously produce new ideas for products and services which we hope will have a positive impact on our communities and wider society.
What does it take to be a good leader?
Dr Anita Singh (Lecturer & Academic Team Lead Post Graduate Management) shares expertise on being a leader vs being a manager and how to become a visionary.
Steps to growing your business
RGU's Help to Grow programme leader David Gibbons-Wood shares some key steps that will help our entrepreneurs, and those beyond our University community, to grow their business.
Meet RGU’s latest cohort of start-up entrepreneurs
For the first time ever, RGU’s accelerator programme has been open to anyone living in the North East of Scotland and, after an intense search with hundreds of applicants, the final teams have now been selected.
From incubator idea to coffee creations
Freshly graduated from RGU with an MSc in Data Science, Ross McLean became a tenant of our on-campus incubator space for business ideas. While working in the space, he collaborated with other entrepreneurs all working on separate projects when their shared love of speciality and high-quality coffee brought them together.
