News
Thursday 08 January 2026
The Scottish Government should establish a control centre to lead the development and delivery of a prioritised Climate Change Plan, according to Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director of Robert Gordon University’s Energy Transition Institute.
Friday 19 December 2025
RGU has climbed seven places in the 2025/26 People & Planet University League, moving from 63rd to 56th, highlighting the positive impact of the University’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility.
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Robert Gordon University (RGU) and its Sri Lankan partner, the Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) celebrated the success of over 200 graduates at its recent graduation ceremony in Colombo.
Wednesday 17 December 2025
A graduate physiotherapist from Robert Gordon University (RGU) is part of an intrepid trio of women who will be taking on the World’s Toughest Row in 2026.
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.
Writing for the Press and Journal, Donella Beaton, Robert Gordon University's Vice Principal for Economic Development, says a broad approach to skills is critical if we are to get close to a just transition, create true equality of opportunity and generate the skills, knowledge and enterprise that Scotland needs.
For University Mental Health Day, the theme is "no student should ever feel alone with their mental health". RGU's Academic Strategic Lead for Engineering, Jo-Anne Tait, details why a new strategy for supporting the students in Scotland least likely to reach out is not only needed but being created at the University.
Iconic British designer, Dame Zandra Rhodes, inspires a group from Gray's School of Art at Robert Gordon University (RGU), for an exclusive tour of '50 Years of Fabulous' at Aberdeen Art Gallery.
RGU will host a former BP Vice President as its Entrepreneur in Residence through participation in a prestigious Royal Society scheme to increase knowledge of cutting-edge industrial science, research, and innovation.
A new post-graduate course to improve the energy efficiency of buildings has been given the go-ahead at The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment, at Robert Gordon University (RGU), as the university successfully joins the UK Green Building Council.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) will act as a regional hub for Google’s Hash Code programming competition, supporting college and university students from across Aberdeenshire to test their programming skills in a live global contest on 24 February.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is launching the world’s first cross-sector Energy Data Management course. The new online short course is targeted at Data Managers within the energy sector, and in particular for wind, oil and gas and nuclear, but will also be of interest to anyone considering a career in Data Management.
A vibrant exhibition celebrating colour, takes centre stage at Grays School of Art’s Look Again project space this week, as part of Aberdeen’s festival of light, SPECTRA which runs from 10 – 13 February.
After recent and contentious changes to the Highway Code, Dr Paul Arnell writes for The Scotsman to show why cycling is good for us all—but particularly—motorists.
Robert Gordon University’s Orkney Project has welcomed a major funding boost to create a co-housing development for older people in Orkney.
Writing for the Fintech Times, RGU's Lecturer in human-centred security Dr Christopher D. McDermott expresses the duality of the individual’s right to privacy, and control of their biometric data, and the moral responsibility individuals and organisations have to protect the security of society.
The new Therapeutic Photography postgraduate course at Robert Gordon University (RGU) is the first of its kind in the world to offer an academic qualification to support professionals wishing to use photography in their therapeutic practice.