Impactful Research
Spotlight on Arts and Humanities as RGU joins Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance
Reader & Research Lead at Gray's School of Art, Dr Jon Blackwood, who now sits on the Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) Executive, reflects on the significance of RGU joining the alliance and highlights how the Arts and Humanities, can offer a useful lens to tackle big societal challenges.
RGU at the forefront of architectural design with CIAT Centre of Excellence status
RGU’s accreditation as a Centre of Excellence status by the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists recognises The Scott Sutherland School's strategic use of technology in architectural design and research. Course leader, Dr Theo Dounas shares an insight into the significance of the CIAT accreditation, its impact on student learning and how it is changing the role of architecture.
Engineering hydrogen
As we transition into the post fossil fuel era, hydrogen is seen by many as the obvious alternative. The production of hydrogen is the current focus of Professors Mamdud Hossain and Nadimul Faisal at RGU. We sat down with them to discuss the research project for which they are seeking funding.
How art is applied to changing lives and experiences
Research Fellow and lecturer at Gray’s School of Art (RGU) Chris Fremantle reflects on how he applies art to changing lives and experiences.
Covid-19: Can the effects be for life?
Dr Nicola Torrance discusses the long-covid study that she and fellow RGU researchers are involved in, funded by Scottish Government through the Chief Scientists Office.
Addressing the future of nurse standards
Dr Heather Bain, Academic Strategic Lead, discusses the impact that the new training standards for nursing will have on the workforce and outlines some of the key reasons why there was a need for her new co-authored textbook, Principles and Practice of Nurse Prescribing.
Mixed reality offers a new approach to building retrofit and reaching net-zero
Building on success and an academic award at the Tokyo Design Festival for outstanding research on mixed reality (MR), Dr Amar Bennadji from The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment (SSS), highlights the role mixed reality and digital technology plays when teaching building retrofit.
Embedding children’s rights in higher education teaching programmes
Dr Elaine Allan shares how a transferrable child rights-based approach to developing, designing, and delivering higher education can be embedded across all Robert Gordon University Schools.
From Making Sense of the Paranormal to making sense of publishing…
Dr Rachael Ironside reflects on the process of writing her first manuscript as an early-career researcher and outlines some of the key themes explored in her co-authored book, Making Sense of the Paranormal.
Nature-inspired innovation offers one of our best strategies to reach Net Zero
Writing for The Press and Journal, Professor John McCall, Research Lead at RGU's National Subsea Centre, calls on people to learn from nature to tackle the climate change emergency and move to net zero carbon.
