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Yesterday, Abhishek, Bryan and Seth, were in the podcast studio to record their first episode of the President Podcast! ⭐️

Stay tuned for when the first episode drops! 🎧

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Ahmed, an RGU Pharmacy Student, took this recent drone shot of the university!

How pretty does our campus look?? 💜

📣 SPECTRA 2025 Commission 💡

We’re looking to commission an artist(s) to produce new work for SPECTRA Festival of Light 2025! The piece will be displayed in Aberdeen Art Gallery’s Sculpture Court for the duration of the festival before being accessioned into the city’s museum and gallery collection.

The commission will build on this year’s successful SPECTRA collaboration with artists Heinrich and Palmer, resulting in the large-scale projection ‘Winds of Change’, inspired by Aberdeen’s rich maritime past, present and future.

📆 Deadline to submit your expression of interest is Sunday 18 August. Check out the full brief here 🔗 https://orlo.uk/mvWx9

📸 Winds of Change, Heinrich & Palmer, SPECTRA 2024 at Aberdeen Art Gallery

Spectra Festival Aberdeen City Council Creative Scotland SCAN Dundee Contemporary Arts Creative Learning Artlink Look Again Aberdeen Aberdeen Inspired Post Deemouth Artist Studios Torry Outer Spaces All In Ideas SCIO Wasps Artists' Studios Peacock & the worm

Summer may have arrived a ‘wee’ (doric for little) bit late to Scotland, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it when the sun does shine on campus!

Share your Scottish Summer pics below ⬇️ 💜

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Fashion Management student Caelan shares his story of moving from the US to Scotland as a gay man, his coming out experience, and what Pride means to him now.

👉 https://bit.ly/3XhpGfU

🏳️‍🌈 This Pride Month we're celebrating the voices of RGU’s LGBTQ+ community. These are our people. These are their voices. This is Our Pride.

For RGU's law students seeing global governance in action can be a thrill! 💜

One of our student ambassador, Abel, was able to share his experience of a recent six-day trip with RGU to Geneva in Switzerland and The Hague in the Netherlands.

Read all about the trip here -

My academic expedition to Geneva and The Hague with RGU Law - RGU Student Blog Law student Abel shares his experience on a six-day trip with RGU to different world organisations seeing global governance in action.

Registration is now open to attend this year's Graduate Careers Fair for organisations looking to fill graduate-level roles.

📍 15th October 2024 - 12-4pm Sir Ian Wood Building

If you would like to know more about exhibiting at the fair, please email [email protected]; or to book your space complete the registration form here - https://bit.ly/3QVg5qY

Reminder - our online event, Discover RGU: Webinar with a Kenyan Scholarship Winner!, starts in 1 hour.

An opportunity to chat with Esther, an RGU Student Ambassador, about her experience so far.

Register here - https://www.rgu.ac.uk/events/events-2024/7085-discover-rgu-webinar-with-a-kenyan-scholarship-winner

Meet RGU in India 🇮🇳

Megha Malhorta, RGU's In-country Consultant for India, will be available in-person at a series of our trusted representative's education fairs to meet prospective students.

Join us and find out more about learning at RGU!

Location: Various locations across India throughout May and June.

Register here - https://www.rgu.ac.uk/events/events-2024/6995-physical-fairs-india-2

Calling all EU students! 🇪🇺

RGU is delighted to offer our EU students the opportunity to apply for one year’s free accommodation at our Woolmanhill halls of residence.

This accommodation scholarship is only open to students who are eligible for the EU Tuition Fee & have an offer to study one of the Undergraduate Full Time On Campus courses at RGU, entering in year 1 or year 2.

Applications for students starting in September 2024 are now open, so don’t delay as the deadline to apply is 28 June 2024.

Apply here - https://shorturl.at/bilxL

Are you curious about life at RGU from the perspective of an International Student from Kenya? 🇰🇪

Esther, a Kenyan RGU ambassador who received a scholarship for her studies in Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will be joining us for the webinar, Discover RGU: Webinar with a Kenyan Scholarship Winner!

Date: Thursday 9th May 2024
Time: 10:00 GMT
Platform: Zoom (link will be provided upon registration)

Register for the webinar today - https://app.geckoform.com/public/ #/modern/21FO008bschwvv007jypvdpg3x

Check out RGU Senior Lecturer, Craig Leith, from the School of Creative and Cultural Business, recent tour around Colombo in Sri Lanka.

Whilst on a trip to help recruit international students to RGU, Craig, who is the subject leader for Hospitality, Tourism and Events, also explains why Scots should visit Sri Lanka.

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Aberdeen, Scotland, to Kompanna Veediya (කොම්පඤ්ඤ වීදිය) (Complete Version) A short cultural tour in Colombo for Craig Leith, Senior Lecturer, Robert Gordon University, Scotland, UK.

Check our Splendour's story below ⤵️ From Nigeria to Aberdeen, she gives advice to future international students hoping to study here at RGU💜

Studying MSc Analytical Science at RGU - RGU Student Blog Master's student in Analytical Science Splendour shares her experience studying at RGU and advice to other students.

Check out this free course below ⬇️

🌟 Missed our ‘Managing Wellbeing for International Students in the UK’ free online course? No worries! You can still enrol and gain UNLIMITED ACCESS to all course content.

Explore at your own pace and get the tips and tools you need to manage your wellbeing while studying and living in the UK. Don't wait; join us now!

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Register for free 👉 bit.ly/bcwellbeingmooc

A nice Spring day here on campus! 💜

Share your sunny Scotland pics below ⤵️

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Aberdeen's sky has been set alight with colour this spring 🔥

Beautifully snapped by, instagram.com/natalieahood/

If you have an early-stage innovative idea, RGU's Startup Accelerator can offer you five-months of training flexible around work and studies, access to mentors and the opportunity to access equity-free seed funding 💜

RGU's Startup Accelerator is going Back to the Future for its 6th edition!

As a nod to our inaugural 2019 cohort, this year’s programme was open to RGU staff, students, alumni, and North East Scotland College.

The 2024 Accelerator is now in full swing, with participants travelling all the way from Ethiopia, London, Coventry, and Edinburgh!

Read more about the start-ups on RGView ➡️ https://loom.ly/0aaLYxw

What is your favorite nature spot in the north east of Scotland? 💜

Scotland has no shortage of stunning nature trails! 😍 Where's YOUR favourite place for a springtime walk? 🌳🌱

📍 River Dee, Aberdeenshire
📸 Instagram.com/scottish_highlands_and_more

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RGU Student Ambassador, Sarah, has shared with us her "of course" TikTok - highlighting some of the best bits of being a student here.

Sarah, who is originally from Nigeria, is a current student of The Law School at RGU.

TikTok · _BigRah Check out _BigRah's video.

Some local connections to last nights ceremony! 💜

Happy International Women's Day! 💜

Find out how RGU are celebrating today - https://bit.ly/43b9oGd

Do you want to get involved in student life with our RGU ResLife team? 💜

They have a couple of events coming up, including bowling and a trip up to The Highlands.

Thursday 22 February at 7pm - Lane 7 Bowling Night in Aberdeen City Centre, more information here - https://rguunion.native.fm/event/bowling-night-3/220081

Saturday 2nd March at 8.30am - Inverness and Loch Ness Coach Trip, more information here - https://rguunion.native.fm/event/inverness-and-loch-ness-coach-trip-1/220553

Bowling Night Calling all pin crushers, cue masters, and pong pros!

Meet RGU in Greece 🇬🇷

RGU’s International Officer, Suzanne Clarke, will be in Athens and Thessaloniki to tell you more about what we offer.

More information here -

Meet RGU in Greece RGU’s International Officer, Suzanne Clarke, will be in Athens and Thessaloniki to tell you more about what we offer.

Gray's School of Art Aberdeen's Mobile Art School

The Mobile Art School is an an innovative project that will focus primarily on widening access to creative education and careers for young people across the north-east of Scotland!

Launched in 2019, it offers free, high impact workshops, with state-of-the-art creative tools to schools.

More information can be found here -

Mobile Art School Mobile Art School is an outreach project, aimed at engaging and connecting schools across Aberdeen and beyond, to improve the awareness and understanding of the creative industries.

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The Eventbrite link is: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cycling-confidence-training-tickets-825044348857?aff=oddtdtcreator to book time slots for the event.

There are only three slots available for now. If the waitlist is full and you want to be added, please, contact [email protected]

You don't need to bring anything! Bikes and helmets will provided. 🚴‍♀️🚲🚴‍♂️

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Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at the Union! 💖

RGU has such a diverse student population, let us know how to say ‘I love you’ in your language in the comments below ⬇️

Spread the love and so make sure you tell classmates, lecturers and university staff know how much you appreciate them!

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