News
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited Robert Gordon University today (17 September) as it celebrated the centenary of the appointment of Margaret Barr Fulton as the first qualified occupational therapist to work in the UK having started her career in Aberdeen in 1925.
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Gray’s School of Art is to host a year of events to mark its 140th anniversary, in celebration of the art school’s heritage and its impact on Aberdeen and the North East.
Monday 15 September 2025
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has climbed to third place in Scotland for career prospects, according to The Guardian University Guide 2026 (published Saturday 13 September).
Friday 12 September 2025
Students from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment at RGU have unveiled innovative proposals for the future of Peterhead, developed in collaboration with Aberdeenshire Council as part of work on the Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan 2029.
Thursday 11 September 2025
New research from Robert Gordon University (RGU) and the Poverty Alliance highlights the severe financial pressures being faced by people with Long COVID in Scotland.

Gray’s School of Art is collaborating with Aberdeen Performing Arts to support a programme of events as part of the youth arts’ festival, Light the Blue.

A new LGBTQIA+ cabaret event called ‘Glory’ will take centre stage at the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen on 22 June.

Talent from across Gray’s School of Art Robert Gordon University will be celebrated in June as the art school prepares for its annual degree show.

Step into the world of digital photography and discover Aberdeen through the lens of its young, creative minds. A new digital photography competition, specifically targeted at young people aged 13 – 18, is being launched as part of the annual multi-art Light the Blue Festival 2024, which runs from Saturday 8 June – Sunday 16 June.

Dr Jennifer Clarke from Gray's School of Art, has written in Creative Carbon Scotland, about the role art can play in exploring society's attitudes to treescapes in the UK, and their value to people and the planet.

A fashion show, created by students from Gray’s School of Art in collaboration with CityMoves Dance Agency, will take centre stage in Aberdeen’s Anatomy Rooms next week.

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.

Researchers at Robert Gordon University are contributing to a new study to find out how we can expand the UK’s trees, hedgerows, woodlands and forests in rural and urban settings.

As Aberdeen's spectacular festival of light, Spectra, gets ready to open, Look Again director, Sally Reaper, highlights how the festival is transformative for communities...

With three weeks to go until Aberdeen’s multi award-winning festival of light and sound, SPECTRA, preparations are well under way for this year’s event which runs from 8 - 11 February.

Gray’s School of Art has been selected to lead an augmented reality showcase, ‘Northern Lights’ at Spectra 2024, created by emerging artists from the North East.

A city centre exhibition showcasing the first Freelands Studio Fellowship at Gray’s School of Art, opens this week at the Look Again Project Space.