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Tuesday 13 May 2025
Dr Sarah Sivers is an academic with extensive research in the field of assisted dying and end-of-life care and has been on a panel of four experts that have briefed MSPs ahead of the stage 1 vote on Tuesday 13 May 2025. Here, she shares her thoughts on the momentous bill...
Tuesday 13 May 2025
Secondary school creatives have been invited to join Gray’s School of Art for its latest Young Art Weekender programme that takes place next month.
Friday 09 May 2025
Four recent Robert Gordon University (ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ) graduates have won a national award for their work on developing and hosting a hugely successful event – just 12-months after winning the same prize for a previous project.
Wednesday 30 April 2025
Scottish Arctic Network (ScAN) members ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ, The University of the Highlands and Islands, and Heriot-Watt University co-hosted a board meeting of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) between Tuesday 29 April and Thursday 30 April in Orkney.
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Pupils from Mintlaw Academy will head off to Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, United States after winning the MATE Scotland ROV competition held at Robert Gordon University (ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ).

Fiona Roberts, Teaching Excellence Fellow at ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ, writes how the pandemic has made us more aware of the important role of healthcare professionals in treating patients in intensive care and how ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ has a long history of preparing such graduates.

ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ won the Imaginative Educator Awards’ team category for planning and delivering multiple programmes during the pandemic which prepare students for the future needs of industry and the economy by developing their entrepreneurial skills, knowledge and mindsets.

ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ graduate Lucy Fisher who created Knit It – an innovative platform which offers digital knitting patterns, tools, tutorials and more – has won £10,000 of funding from Scottish EDGE.

Sarah Pedersen, Professor of Communication and Media at ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ's School of Creative and Cultural Business, explores how social media has been used during lockdown – and has its use been problematic or helpful?

Streetsport, which is run in partnership with ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ and the Denis Law Legacy Trust, has been recognised for its community work in the first ever Evening Express Champion Awards.

ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ has been named Scottish University of the Year in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021.

Kevin Andrew Morris graduated with a BA (Hons) in Ceramic Design in 2010 and has gone on to exhibit his work nationally and internationally as well as working with a range of artists, institutions and on various public projects.

Originally from Finland and now based in Edinburgh, Maija Nygren is a children’s clothing designer with sustainability at the heart of her work.

Nina Stanger is an Aberdeen-based artist and designer whose creative practice explores sensory experience through digital animation, sound and sculpture.

Professor Steve Olivier, Principal at ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ, writes about joining the university as it has been named Scottish University of the Year 2021 by the Times and Sunday Times and how this accolade recognises ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ’s outstanding record for teaching quality, student satisfaction, graduate employability and industry engagement.

Associate Vice Principal of Business and Economic Development at ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ, Donella Beaton, writes about how universities and colleges play a pivotal role in the recovery of the economy post Covid-19 and how these approaches must reflect regional priorities.

The work of talented creative practitioners and emerging entrepreneurs is to be featured in the first virtual ‘Postgraduate Showcase’, hosted by Gray’s School of Art at ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ.