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Friday 04 July 2025
Keith Brymer Jones, a leading figure in contemporary British ceramics and expert judge on Channel 4’s hit show, The Great Pottery Throw Down, has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU).
Friday 04 July 2025
Jane Akadiri graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from RGU in 2016. She went on to found Touch of Love Outreach in Aberdeen, which helps to build strong, more inclusive communities.
Friday 04 July 2025
A social entrepreneur based in Aberdeenshire who leads Scotland’s largest men's health charity has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU).
Thursday 03 July 2025
Dr Bouziane Kies, who helped secure large numbers of international staff for Algerian Universities after the departure of French teachers in 1972 and thereby helped to keep Algeria’s universities open, has received an honorary degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU). Dr Kies has also championed RGU in Algeria for the last twenty years.
Thursday 03 July 2025
A technology entrepreneur who is committed to strengthening links between the United Kingdom and Pakistan through business innovation, education and strategic collaboration has been awarded an honorary degree by Robert Gordon University (RGU).

The Gray’s School of Art annual exhibition of master’s graduates is set to wow audiences as postgraduate artists are given the opportunity to display their creativity to the public this week.

Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University (RGU) is offering a summer intensive arts programme to foster community engagement and social wellbeing across the North East.

Two lecturers from Gray's School of Art at Robert Gordon University (RGU) have been formally admitted as Burgesses of Trade to the Seven Incorporate Trades of Aberdeen at a special ceremony held in the City Hall last week.

School children across Scotland have been learning about a conservation project to commemorate the loss of whales and their recovery at South Georgia, through specialist workshops led by Gray’s School of Art's Mobile Art School at Robert Gordon University (RGU).

A student from Gray’s School of Art, at Robert Gordon University (RGU), has won a national award to create a campaign to encourage more people from ethnic communities in Scotland to give blood.

Students from Gray’s School of Art's Degree Show 2023, ‘Neon Futures’, are celebrating success after receiving awards at the opening launch on Friday 9 June.

Preparations for Gray’s Degree Show ’23: Neon Futures are in full swing with excitement mounting as the degree show gets ready to open tomorrow on Saturday 10 June.

Creative networks across the North East of Scotland are hosting a range of activities and workshops this summer to enhance wellbeing and community cohesion, thanks to support from RGU’s ‘Create Networks’ programme.

RGU is to sponsor a hare, designed by a student from Gray’s School of Art, as part of Clan Cancer Support's ‘The Big Hop Trail’, that will be unveiled this summer.

In an interview with the Press and Journal, Dean of Gray's School of Art, Libby Curtis, highlights how Aberdeen is in a ‘unique position’ to create a destination for people with fresh opportunities and a bright future for all, as it transitions towards a sustainable energy future.

With under two weeks to go until Gray’s Degree Show 2023: Neon Futures, preparations are underway for the upcoming show with students tackling a range of social issues including feminism, gender equality and autism.

Gray’s School of Art’s Degree Show 2023, ‘Neon Futures’, opens on Saturday 10 June, celebrating talent from across the art school at Robert Gordon University (RGU).