News
Thursday 11 December 2025
Sandy Bremner, an environmental advocate with an unquestionable passion for the North East of Scotland, has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU) during the final graduation ceremony of 2025.
Thursday 04 December 2025
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is among six universities that have joined forces to launch a pioneering initiative that will strengthen commercialisation and innovation across Scotland’s modern and smaller universities and the college sector.
Thursday 27 November 2025
The positive legacy of the late honorary graduate and Denis Law Legacy Trust trustee Lynne Smith will continue with the launch of a new scholarship in her name at RGU.
Tuesday 25 November 2025
140 years of artist-led education at Gray’s School of Art is being celebrated in a major new exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery. Featuring works by over 50 artists – all of whom studied or worked at Gray’s – the exhibition focuses on the art school environment: on what artists teach, how ideas are passed from generation to generation, and how studio culture continues to evolve.
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Experts from RGU have designed a guide aimed at improving the digital skills of students.
Fourth year students from the Contemporary Art Practice, BA Hons course at Gray’s School of Art present ‘Back’, a dynamic exhibition showcasing and celebrating their talent.
RGU Engineering student Anna Petitt took the top prize in an annual competition held by the Energy Institute (EI) that honours the best energy papers from MSc students at both Aberdeen universities.
A postgraduate student from Gray’s School of Art, who has won a scholarship from The Royal Scottish Academy of Art (RSA) for his MA collection of Fine Art, is exhibiting at Gray’s Postgraduate Showcase ‘Onwards’.
RGU has launched a suite of health and social care short courses, with fully funded places, targeting areas where there are skills shortages in the region.
Writing for the Press & Journal, RGU’s Mental Health Nursing Lecturers Dan Warrender and Scott Macpherson make the thoughtful case for why it's time to challenge mental health stigma.
A giant sculpture, ‘The Palace of Façade’, goes on show at RGU as part of Gray’s MA Postgraduate Degree Show 2021, ‘Onwards’.
RGU has joined the University of the Arctic (UArctic), a network of higher education and research institutions across northern regions which address global challenges of Arctic people and societies by providing unique educational, research and innovation opportunities.
RGU has today, during Global Entrepreneurship Week, launched a Regional Startup Accelerator programme which will support early-stage entrepreneurs - with ambitious and innovative business ideas - living in the North East of Scotland to develop and grow their ventures, helping the region to recover as it emerges from the pandemic.
A vibrant exhibition celebrating talent from Masters’ students at Gray’s School of Art goes on display this week as ‘Onwards’, Gray’s Postgraduate Degree Show 2021 launches.
A digital showcase celebrating creative entrepreneurship at Gray’s School of Art is now live displaying the work of eleven artists and practitioners who recently completed the Look Again Creative Entrepreneurship Course.
The Lord Provost of Aberdeen, Barney Crocket, recently hosted the closing ceremony for “From Paris to COP26”, a series of online seminars featuring industry-specific, not-for-profit, and academic speakers discussing sectorial progress and needs for more climate action.
A pop-up market, HAAN, returns to Aberdeen’s city centre next month, showcasing some of the best local and national creative talent.