News
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).

Students from Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University are making the final touches to a sustainable textile collection, inspired by Harris Tweed Hebrides, for Gray’s Fashion Show at Aberdeen Art Gallery on 5 May.

A new exhibition opens this week at Gray’s School of Art’s Look Again Project Space, as part of Aberdeen Performing Arts ‘Rise Up Festival’, that will shine the light on Aberdeen's connections to slavery in the 19th century.

Fashion and Textile students from Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University, are working with a team from Braemar Castle, to create a unique sustainable fashion collection that will be unveiled at Gray’s Fashion Show at Aberdeen Art Gallery on Friday 5 May.

Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University (RGU) is to host a series of new LGBTQIA+ community events in Aberdeen city centre in the run up to Grampian Pride.

With the role of technology growing exponentially across various sectors, immersive realities offer a new world of opportunities for creative professionals. Robert Gordon University and Highlands and Islands Enterprise’s creative support organisation, XpoNorth Digital, are hosting an event for small business owners to explore how immersive technologies can be used in fashion and textiles.

To mark Global Recycling Day on March 18, people across the North East are being encouraged to get involved in a new campaign to create a sustainable ‘Support Your City’ icon for Aberdeen.

Gray’s School of Art has secured major grant funding from Creative Scotland to support new or existing networks of creative practitioners in the north east, including Orkney and Shetland.

Look Again at Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University (RGU), is backing Culture Aberdeen’s #SaveCulture campaign, to stop Aberdeen City Council going ahead with major funding cuts to the cultural sector.

Gray’s creative unit, Look Again and the community interest charity, ‘We Are Here Scotland’ are working together on a new project to support BPoC (Black People and People of Colour) artists in Scotland.

Robert Gordon University and The University of Aberdeen have come together to co-host Aberdeen’s inaugural Cultural Summit to explore cultural provision in the North East.

Gray’s School of Art’s Look Again team is launching a new project to shed light on Aberdeen’s changing LGBTQIA+ community. The project highlights lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) people from across the North East.

Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University (RGU), is launching a new creative development programme called ‘Engage’ with weekend workshops, portfolio building courses and a new Young Art School, for 11–15-year-olds in the North East.