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A Word from the Principal
Celebrating Women Leaders
Graduation Round-Up
RGU Honours Evelyn Glennie
Nursing & Midwifery Prizes
AI Research Awarded
MBA Ranking
Staff Successes
SDS Partnership
Peter Reid Prize
EI Competition Winners
Syrian New Scots Research
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Mini Winter Gardens
A Word from the Principal: Looking ahead
It’s another new year, and another chance to make resolutions and
hazard guesses as to where these next twelve months will take us.
I guess that 2016 showed us how futile such exercises can be – I
certainly didn’t predict Brexit and Donald Trump. However, here we are
in this new world, and we must aim to flourish in it.
Brexit is still casting a long shadow, because while we are nearly seven months on from the
referendum, we still don’t know any more about what the post-EU world will look like for us.
It may be worth repeating, however, that this does not change our mission and our aspirations:
we are a global, European university and we will continue to recruit European students and work
with European partners, as well as of course forging links elsewhere in the world. We will join
other universities in seeking the best possible arrangements for higher education in the Brexit
negotiations.
This will also be the year for our new strategic plan. A draft will shortly be shared with the whole
university community, based on the framework that I have outlined to staff previously. At the
heart of the plan will be RGU’s determination to provide teaching and research and advice that
offers solutions to our key partners – our students, our friends in industry, and the public sector.
Of course 2016 was not just the year of Brexit and Trump, but also a year of great change in
RGU. I appreciate very much the commitment of all colleagues, which allowed the changes to
take effect quickly and without excessive disruption. We will not see similar radical adjustments
in 2017.
Despite the uncertain world in which we operate, I am hugely optimistic for RGU in 2017
– let us make it a great year for all of us.
Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski
RGU celebrates future female leaders
RGU is celebrating its
commitment to developing
its female workforce with the
launch of a new publication.
“Aurora is a unique programme as it is
aimed at the entire female university
community so it helps to build networks
and encourages collegiality between
different groups.
The brochure celebrates the university’s
involvement in the Aurora Leadership
Development Programme, which aims to
develop future women leaders for higher
education.
“Gender equality is extremely important
to RGU and we are wholly committed
to helping women working across
the university identify and realise
opportunities for personal development
and sustained career satisfaction.”
RGU was one of the first universities
in the UK to get involved with Aurora
and has sponsored 37 members of
staff through the programme, which
is designed to enable a wide range
of women to engage with leadership
development at an earlier stage in their
careers.
The new publication presents a series
of profiles of some of the university’s
Aurora participants, reflecting on their
experiences of taking part and what they
have gained from the programme since
its establishment in 2013.
It has been produced by RGU’s Gender
Equality Champion and its Women’s
Network as a second in a series of
brochures planned to celebrate women
working at the university.
RGU’s Principal, Professor Ferdinand
von Prondzynski, said: “We are proud
to participate in and celebrate Aurora,
which combines project work, mentoring
and education to help build the skill
set and confidence for future women
leaders.
Aurora is a five month programme
which combines education, mentoring
and online resources. It includes
activities, networking, and workshops
where participants discuss their own
experiences and challenges, and hear
from inspirational women leaders.
Each participant is given a mentor
from a senior level within their own
organisation, which is an important and
valuable factor for the participants.
Dr Fiona Work
Lisa Kidd
Shona Croly
Download the Aurora edition of
‘Celebrating Women at RGU’
The next edition of Celebrating Women
at RGU, which will be launched in early
2017, will focus on women working in
the arts and social sciences subject areas.
If you would like to get involved with
this, or with the Aurora programme,
please contact Professor Sarah Pedersen,
Gender Equality Champion via
[email protected]
Rhona McComiskie
Karen Cross
RGU celebrates its 2016 winter graduations
December marked the 2016 winter
graduations for RGU, which were held
at the Beach Ballroom on the beach
promenade in Aberdeen.
and Young People’s Nursing.
Her older brother Lyle received a standing ovation
as he accepted her degree at the graduation
ceremony, while parents John and Audrey looked
on.
The ceremonies took place over two days and saw
students accept their degrees while families and
friends watched on.
Leanne’s parents said: “This graduation means a
great deal to all of us. Leanne was a clever girl who
worked hard to get into university, so she could
pursue her dream profession. It means the world to
us that this is being recognised.”
Among those who crossed the stage was Kate
Kenyon, an inspirational communications with
public relations graduate. Kate, who has suffered
with chronic renal failure since the age of three,
bravely underwent hemodialysis while studying at
RGU and through her sheer dedication, hard work
and perseverance took to the stage to proudly
collect her degree.
Kate, who was awarded the esteemed Student
Ambassador of the Year Award, says: “I dedicated a
lot of time to revision but I also had my health issues
to contend. I had a lot going on but I just coped
somehow – I never really put too much thought in
to it, I just did it.”
Communications with public relations graduate Kate Kenyon
Kate was joined by Chris Cambell who has taken
the negative of redundancy and turned it into a
huge positive after graduating with an MSc IT
for the Oil and Gas Industry with distinction and
securing a new job.
Chris says: “To be able to leave RGU 10 years after
obtaining my first degree with an MSc and to do
it with distinction is just the proudest moment for
myself in my academic career.”
RGU welcomed the family of an inspiring and caring
student at the Beach Ballroom as they accepted
her graduation. Leanne McDonald sadly died in
July of this year, but was honoured alongside her
classmates, having been awarded a BA in Children
MSc IT for the Oil and Gas Industry graduate Chris Campbell
Lyle McDonald accepting Leanne’s degree to a standing ovation
RGU honours world leading percussionist
Dame Evelyn Glennie OBE, who is the
first person in history to successfully
create and sustain a full-time career as
a solo percussionist, was awarded an
honorary degree of Doctor of Music
(Hon DMus) from RGU in December.
No stranger to taking centre stage, Evelyn was
awarded the honorary degree in recognition
of her distinguished career as an international
percussionist.
Evelyn performs worldwide with the greatest
conductors, orchestras and artists. She fondly
recalls having played for the first percussion
concerto in the history of The Proms at the Albert
Hall in 1992, which paved the way for orchestras
around the world to feature percussion concerti.
She had the honour of the leading role in the
Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic
Games.
Throughout her career, Evelyn has had the
opportunity to collaborate with a diverse range of
artists including Bjork. Her solo recordings, which
exceed 30 CDs, are as diverse as her career on
stage and continue to be bestselling albums.
With over 80 international awards to date,
including the Polar Music Prize, Evelyn continues
to inspire and motivate people from all walks
of life. Her masterclasses and consultations are
designed to guide the next generation. She is
also a leading commissioner of new works for
solo percussion and has more than 200 pieces to
her name from many of the world’s most eminent
leading composers.
A woman of many talents, Evelyn also has a
jewellery range called ‘Percussion’ which is
inspired by her ancestral home on the Orkney
Isles.
Evelyn has been profoundly deaf since the age
of 12, having started to lose her hearing from the
age of 8 and to this day she continues to invest in
realising her vision which is to ‘teach the world to
listen’.
She said: “Life is full of challenges but we can
always find alternative ways of approaching
our difficulties which will often lead to new
discoveries.
“My career and life have been about listening in
the deepest possible sense. Losing my hearing
meant learning how to listen differently, to
discover features of sound I hadn’t realised
existed. Losing my hearing made me a better
listener.”
Awarded an OBE in 1993 and Dame Commander
of the British Empire in 2007, Evelyn lives in the
countryside of Cambridgeshire in the east of
England.
...Losing my hearing
meant learning how to
listen differently, to
discover features of
sound I hadn’t realised
existed. Losing my
hearing made me a
better listener.
Dame Evelyn Glennie OBE
RGU’s Aberdeen Business School ranked one of the top for Energy
RGU’s Aberdeen Business School’s MBA
programme has been ranked as one of the
top in the world for Energy.
Find MBA has ranked Aberdeen Business School
(ABS) seventh in the Top 10 for Energy and Natural
Resources 2017 shortlist.
Find MBA ranks business schools around the world
by industry focus or functional area and the Top 10
lists consider employment data, concentrations and
other factors to help future MBA students find some
of the best business schools for careers in various
industries and functions.
ABS offers an MBA programme which consists
of Master of Business Administration, MBA Oil
and Gas Management and maintains a truly global
perspective.
Ian Broadbent, Acting MBA Director at RGU’s
Aberdeen Business School, said: “We strive to offer
one of the best MBA programmes. Our goal on
the MBA is to help students realise their aspiration,
build career capital and to be a positive force for
society and the industries we serve. We do this
by providing an education grounded in practice,
building competencies and behaviours, and having
industry play a leading role in the degree.
“The MBA programme is accredited by AMBA, the
premier MBA industry body, and this assures the
degree is of direct relevance to the real world of
business as well as meeting the highest international
standards.
“There is no doubt we have excellent students
studying different learning modes from across the
globe. We have over 40 companies directly involved
with the degree and help hundreds more each year.
We work hard to ensure our degree is industry
ready and this is recognised by employers.”
Aberdeen Business School is one of the leading
providers of management and professional
education in Scotland, and is nationally and
internationally recognised for its corporate and
management education. Its reputation for delivering
courses specific to industry that relate to real life
working environments precedes it.
RGU’s MBA programme is designed with students’
aspirations and industry demand in mind and
focuses on academic underpinning and ethical
practice, behavioural skills, career mentoring,
personal development and industry engagement
through guest lectures, projects and networking
events. The university has over 1500 MBA alumni
and more than approximately 300 students currently
studying on the programme.
Courses are delivered through flexible study options
of full-time, part-time and distance learning, with
students from as far afield as Alaska and New
Zealand to London and Glasgow having undertaken
and completed an MBA through RGU via online
distance learning.
Our goal on the MBA is
to help students realise
their aspiration, build
career capital and
to be a positive force
for society and the
industries we serve.
RGU at forefront of UK artificial intelligence research
RGU’s School of Computing Science and
Digital Media has swept the board in
best papers at this year’s International
Conference on Innovative Techniques
and Applications of Artificial Intelligence
organised by the British Computer
Society.
informal language. An emotional-aware model,
learned from emoticon containing tweets, maps
terms to sentiment using relationships proposed by
psychology.
RGU triumphed in two categories – The Donald
Michie award for best technical paper in memory
of one of the UK’s early AI pioneers, and the
best student paper in the technical stream of the
conference.
“It is particularly rewarding both awards were for
PhD student projects. We have a very vibrant PhD
student body who are working across a range
of computing topics, many contributing to the
development of novel AI technologies which can be
used across a wide range of applications.”
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a key role to play in
an increasingly digital world - many of the tools on
our smartphones use AI to help you organise your
diary and email, to find suitable online products and
suggest music tracks and films which you will like.
The prize-winning research projects by staff
and students at RGU developed innovative AI
technologies which are designed to assist people.
The Donald Michie Award was given to Blessing
Mbipom and her PhD supervisors Professor Susan
Craw and Dr Stewart Massie. Her research is
designed to help users discover the right documents
in the mass of e-learning materials available on
the web. Learners are new to the topic they are
researching so find it hard to ask the right question
in a search engine. Blessing’s project has developed
an e-learning recommender which learns from
topics in e-books in order to focus the search for
learning materials that suit the user.
The best student technical paper was given to
PhD student Anil Bandhakavi’s research and is
supervised by Professor Nirmalie Wiratunga and Dr
Stewart Massie. This research addresses problems
with analysing sentiment on Twitter, which has
previously proven difficult due to the limited text
available and the complexities associated with
Professor Susan Craw, commented: “We are
delighted our leading-edge research in Artificial
Intelligence has been recognised in these ways.
As a further accolade for RGU’s AI research,
a former PhD student Sid Shakya, now at BT
Research Labs, is co-author of the paper winning
the Rob Milne Memorial Award for best application
paper. Rob Milne was a pioneer of real-world
AI applications and his substantial contribution
to technology was recognised by RGU with an
Honorary Doctorate in 2005.
Susan continued: “These awards confirm that RGU
is at the cutting edge of the AI revolution and is
leading the way in this time of Big Data plus Artificial
Intelligence, delivering intelligent tools to help
people organize their digital lives.”
PhD student Blessing Mbipom with RGU Research Fellow Stewart Massie
Top nursing and midwifery students honoured at awards ceremony
The highest achieving nursing and
midwifery students in the North-East of
Scotland have been recognised for their
hard work and dedication by RGU.
The university’s School of Nursing and Midwifery
announced the winners of its annual prizes at a
ceremony in the university’s Health Building last
month.
Professor Ian Murray, Head of the School of Nursing
and Midwifery, hosted the prize event, which has
been running for over 10 years.
A total of seven awards were given out this year,
including the Mentor of the Year Award, the Jenny
Parry Prize for Clinical and Academic Leadership and
the Honourable Lady Bannatyne Prize for students
in the field of Children and Young People’s (CYP)
Nursing.
The winners for each of the awards were:
• The Mentor of the Year – Sheila Mainland from
NHS Orkney (Nominated by Ashley Snaddon
and Aileen Bruce)
THEY have all
done so much
to promote the
highest quality
care in their
chosen field.
• The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland Post
Registration Award – Emma Hay-Higgins
• The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland Pre
• Registration Award – Megan Fulton
• Jenny Parry Prize for Clinical and Academic
Excellence – Charlotte Pace
RGU's School of Nursing and Midwifery prize winners with senior staff
• The Honourable Lady Bannatyne Prize for
students in the field of Children and Young
People’s (CYP) •Nursing – Eilidh Nicol
• Dr Andrew McKie Memorial Quaich for Mental
Health Nursing – Debra Warman
• BMI Albyn Hospital Prize for Clinical Excellence
in Adult Nursing – Shelley Anderson
Alison McLennan, Head of Student Experience at
RGU’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, said: “We
are delighted to reward our prize winners, who have
all done so much to promote the highest quality care
in their chosen field.
“Each and every one of them represents what our
school strives for: caring and compassionate nurses
and midwives, who will make a real contribution to
improving the health and well-being of people in our
communities.
“We are proud of all of our students and graduates,
but it is a pleasure to acknowledge the work of these
individuals today and to be able to celebrate their
success.”
Mini Winter Gardens for RGU’s campus
Students and staff from RGU have joined forces with
Aberdeen City Council experts from the David Welch
Winter Gardens at the historic Duthie Park to create their
own version at RGU’s Garthdee campus.
The Union Way Garden will replicate the beautiful floral paradise at the
Duthie Park, with many rare and exotic plants on show from all around
the world.
Originally opened in 1889, the David Welch Winter Gardens is one of
Europe’s largest indoor gardens, and one of Scotland’s most visited
gardens with over 300,000 visitors per year.
Councillor Jean Morrison, Aberdeen City Council’s Communities,
Housing and Infrastructure vice convener said: “The David Welch
Winter Gardens is one of Aberdeen’s best loved landmarks. This
collaboration with RGU will not only bring the beauty of the gardens
into the community but also encourage even more visitors to enjoy the
Winter Gardens and the Duthie Park.”
The Union Way garden is the third collaboration between Aberdeen
City Council and RGU as part of the RGU Go Green project which
has already seen “campus gardeners” including students, staff, and
community volunteers, under the guidance of the team from the
Duthie Park and David Welch Winter Gardens, create a community
garden and allotment as well as carrying out permanent planting
around the Garthdee campus.
Jane Williams, Research Data Management Project Officer at RGU who
has led the university’s Winter Gardens project, said: “We’re delighted
to have been able to bring a bit of Aberdeen’s historic floral paradise
to a corner of our campus. Our mini Winter Gardens is a bright and
colourful addition to our campus, showcasing some of the rare and
exotic plants from around the world to our university community.
“Our campus gardeners are going from strength to strength and we’re
looking forward to continuing to revamp our green spaces with a
number of different projects and partnerships.”
Councillor Jean Morrison with Principal of RGU, Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski
We’re delighted to have been able to bring a bit of Aberdeen’s
historic floral paradise to a corner of our campus
RGU researcher first recipient of The Peter Reid Prize
A RGU graduate and researcher is the
first recipient of The Peter Reid Prize.
Caroline Hood, who recently graduated from RGU
with an MSc in Information and Library Studies,
has been awarded the prize for her recent research
project.
The prize has recently been established and funded
by Professor Robert Newton, former Associate
Dean, to recognise Professor Peter Reid’s work
and commitment to librarianship and information
management.
Caroline was awarded the prize for her MSc
dissertation where she conducted an investigation
into user engagement with local history projects via
social media in the north-east of Scotland.
She said: “The Buckie and District Fishing Heritage
Centre was selected as an appropriate case study
for the research. I made use of the Heritage Centre’s
Facebook page to post a picture daily for a 30 day
period, monitoring the levels of engagement and
responses to the photographs.
“The research demonstrated that social media
represents a new opportunity for engaging
users and displaying historical content that can
successfully be exploited by community heritage
organisations.”
Caroline also worked with Professor Reid as his
research assistant on evaluating the implementation
by Scotland’s local authorities of the Scottish
Government’s ‘Every Child a Library Member’
(ECALM) project. They were tasked with
conducting an independent evaluation of all ECALM
projects and to identify key recommendations
of good practice that would enable successful
approaches to be rolled out more widely across
Scotland.
RGU was commissioned on behalf of the Scottish
Library and Information Council (SLIC) to conduct
this review and presented findings at the SLIC AGM
in November.
One of the photographs that was used as part of Caroline’s dissertation project, featuring women packing barrels of fish in Lerwick
Speaking of being the first recipient of Prize,
Caroline said: “It was a total surprise to be awarded
the Peter Reid Prize.
Centre in Buckie to thank them – it wouldn’t have
been possible without their enthusiastic support and
overwhelming generosity.”
“To be awarded a prize for a research project I
enjoyed so much has topped off what has been an
amazing year.
Professor of Librarianship and Information
Management at RGU, Peter Reid, said: “It has been
brilliant to work with Caroline and to supervise her
dissertation research. She worked incredibly hard
on it and won many admirers at the Buckie Fishing
Heritage Society for her work and the amazing
way that she built a warm relationship with all the
members. Her results tell us important things
“Having taken the risk of changing career and
wondering whether I could succeed, it feels like
anything is possible now. Most importantly, I’m
looking forward to going back to the Heritage
about social media and local heritage and definitely
deserve to be published widely.”
Caroline said her main ambition after completing
her degree was to find work as a research assistant
and following a successful interview, she has been
appointed at RGU.
From January 2017, Caroline will be working at
RGU’s Scott Sutherland School of Architecture as
a research assistant to Richard Laing on the EUfunded CIVITAS PORTIS project.
Experienced trauma Professor awarded
President’s Medal
RGU academic receives conference honour
Professor David Alexander, RGU’s Emeritus Professor of Mental Health
A distinguished RGU mental health expert
has been honoured by a medical society
for his work in the field of trauma.
Professor David Alexander, Emeritus Professor
of Mental Health at RGU, was presented with the
Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society President’s
Medal in December.
This is the third year that the Society has awarded
a President’s Medal, which recognises the career
achievements of doctors who have promoted
excellence on a national or international stage.
Over the past 30 years, Professor Alexander
has worked all over the world in the area
of management, planning and training for
psychological trauma, associated with natural
disasters, accidents and acts of human malice.
In addition to his current position with RGU and
his former role as Professor of Mental Health at
the University of Aberdeen, he has taught at the
Scottish Police College, the UK Home Office, the
FBI Academy at Quantico and the Russian School of
Militia.
Professor Alexander is currently one of three
Principle Advisors to Police services across the UK
for serious incidents, including hostage taking and
terrorism.
Over his career, he has been recognised for his
work as part of major incidents, such as leading the
psychiatric response to the Piper Alpha disaster in
1988.
He received a Humanitarian Award from the
Scottish Government, along with his colleague
Professor Susan Klein, for their work after the
Pakistan Earthquake of 2005.
Speaking on his latest honour, Professor Alexander
said: “I am very grateful to the Society for awarding
me with the President’s Medal.
“There is always something particularly special
about receiving recognition from one’s ‘ain folk’ and
it means a great deal to me.”
RGU’s Bryan McCann, lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science
An experienced sports scientist at RGU
has been awarded a senior role within a
leading nationwide body.
Bryan McCann, lecturer in Sport and Exercise
Science in RGU’s School of Health Sciences, has
been appointed as Conference Lead for The British
Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Sport and
Exercise Psychology (DSEP).
Bryan will take the leading role for the 2017 conference, which is set to take place in Glasgow.
The British Psychological Society is the representative
body for psychology and psychologists in the UK. It
is responsible for the development, promotion and
application of psychology for the public good.
The DSEP conference is the largest event of its kind
in the UK and one of the most prominent sport and
exercise psychology gatherings in Europe. It attracts
over 200 delegates each year, including academics,
students, practitioners and trainee practitioners.
Its mission is to allow attendees to share their practice, discuss topical issues and promote the importance of sport and exercise psychology and research.
Bryan’s role will be to lead the decisions on the
conference’s themes and content, while assessing
abstracts for presentation at the event. He will also
work on the event’s logistics alongside the BPS’
conference team.
Bryan, who has been Chair of the BPS DSEP Scotland Network for the past two years, said: “This will
be the first time that the conference will take place
in Scotland, which shows real recognition of the
increasing profile of sports and exercise psychology
across the country.
“I am honoured to take this prestigious position and
look forward to building on the work that network
members have done to promote the profession in
recent years.”
RGU strengthens partnership with Skills Development Scotland
RGU is strengthening its partnership
with Skills Development Scotland(SDS)
to enhance work-based learning
opportunities for the North East of
Scotland.
The university recently welcomed the Chief
Executive of SDS, Damien Yeates, Service Design
and Innovation Director, Jonathan Clark, and
Director of Industry and Enterprise Networks,
Gordon McGuinness, to its Garthdee campus as
part of the growing partnership between the two
organisations.
“RGU is rightly recognised for the way it prepares
its graduates for the world of work, and to meet the
needs of the local economy.
“The visit was a great opportunity to further
discussions about our partnership, which aims to
strengthen links between education and industry
and develop new approaches to work-based
learning.”
During the visit, the delegation visited RGU’s
Drilling and Advanced Rig Training (DART) facility
and its Clinical Skills suite.
The senior delegation met with RGU’s Principal,
Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski, as well as
representatives from the university during the visit,
which focused on the development of work-based
learning pathways for the region.
RGU’s Principal, Professor Ferdinand von
Prondzynski, said: “We are proud of our close
relationship with industry which ensures our
graduates are equipped for work, helping to
secure their futures in an ever changing work
environment.
The visit follows the establishment of a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between
RGU and SDS to develop an integrated workbased learning framework across Aberdeen City
and Aberdeenshire.
“Sharing resources and expertise is key to success,
so we are delighted to extend our partnership
with SDS to support the development of workbased learning opportunities and increase the
employability of young people.”
Damien Yeates, SDS Chief Executive, said: “The
experience of other European countries tells us
that work-based learning is a key contributor to
low youth unemployment rates so we are excited
to be strengthening our partnership with Robert
Gordon University.
Work-based learning supports the education and
development of employees so that they acquire the
skills, knowledge and competence required to work
and progress in the sector.
Jonathan Clark and Damien Yeates of SDS with RGU representatives
It is centred around reflection on work practice and
reviewing and learning from experience.
RGU is rightly recognised for the way it prepares
its graduates for the world of work, and to meet
the needs of the local economy.
RGU students wins Energy Institute competition
RGU’s Carolina Gomez Garcia has taken home the
top prize in an annual competition held by the Energy
Institute (EI) to celebrate Aberdeen’s best MSc students.
The event, sponsored by Nexen Petroleum (UK) Ltd, was organised
by the EI Aberdeen, Highlands and Islands branch to honour the
best energy papers from MSc students at RGU and the University of
Aberdeen (UoA). Carolina Gomez Garcia, who won £250 for her efforts, presented
her winning thesis ‘Integration of the Minimum Well Profile Energy
Criterion and Geomechanics Model for Wellbore Trajectory Control, a
Roadmap Tool for Drillers’ to a panel of experts at a special event.
This annual event is held to bring together industry and academia,
showcasing the latest thinking and research from MSc students and
provide chance to network with prospective future employers.
Six students were shortlisted by the two universities with the judging
panel including senior industry figures from Well-SENSE Technology,
Ensco, Aker Solutions, ENGIE E&P, The Oil and Gas Technology
Centre, and Ecosse-Subsea Systems in addition to host Nexen
Petroleum.
Winning student Carolina, who is studying an MSc in Drilling and Well
Engineering, said: “I am very proud to have won the first prize of the
‘Energy Institute MSc Student Best Paper Competition 2016."
“There was a high level of talent and to be selected out of so many
students is a fantastic surprise. Being recognised at the Energy Institute
competition is a big confidence boost and I look forward to progressing
in my career in oil and gas engineering.
RGU student Priya Sihag, won the third place prize of £100 for her
thesis – ‘Hydraulic Fracturing Design Optimization to Minimize
Proppant Flowback’.
Priya who won £100, said: “This was a great project to be involved
in as it gave us the opportunity to work with and present to
industry professionals and something I consider to be an invaluable
experience.”
Dr Mohamed Amish, Oil and Gas Engineering Programme Leader
and Senior Lecturer at RGU’s School of Engineering, said: “I am
extremely delighted and pleased for Carolina’s and Priya’s significant
achievement.
The prize winners with RGU’s Dr Mohamed Amish, Nigel Bradburn of the EI and Mike Backus of Nexen
“Throughout the projects they worked closely with the oil and gas
industry and showed a high level of engineering knowledge and skills,
initiative and independent thinking, alongside a commendable attitude
and enthusiasm in implementing and executing the final product.”
Laurie Mackay FEI, Chair of the local Energy Institute branch said:
“Once again the two universities in Aberdeen have proved to
be centres of academic excellence. These two world renowned
establishments bring to the marketplace some pioneering ideas and
solutions.
“The judges were extremely impressed with both the quality and
relevance of all six student presentations and this was clearly reflected
in the close scoring. It is really encouraging to see in-depth research
and fresh ideas coming from the next generation and I want to
congratulate all the students for their high calibre submissions.”
Research to help integrate Syrian refugees in Scotland
Researchers at RGU’s School of Creative
and Cultural Business have been
awarded funding to help integrate Syrian
refugees in Scotland.
Dr Konstantina Martzoukou and Professor Simon
Burnett, from RGU’s iSchool, have been awarded
a bursary from the Information Literacy Group
(ILG) of the Chartered Institute of Library and
Information Professionals (CILIP) to conduct
research on ‘Syrian new Scots’.
The research aims to examine the information
related experiences and information literacy
practices of Syrian new Scots (the Syrian refugees
in Scotland) during their resettlement and
integration.
The project will explore critical social inclusion
needs of Syrian refugees such as housing,
welfare, education, benefits, employability, rights
and entitlements and examine the barriers they
encounter, such as language and socio-cultural
differences. The project will also investigate how
Syrian new Scots could be further supported to
adapt to their local communities, feel a sense of
belongingness and successfully establish their
identity into the Scottish society.
Dr Martzoukou said: “I am delighted that we have
the support of the CILIP Information Literacy
Group to conduct this significant research into the
information literacy experiences of Syrian new
Scots.
“We are looking forward to working together with
key stakeholders and, particularly, with public
libraries to raise awareness and promote the social
wellbeing and integration of Syrian refugees in
their new communities.”
The project, which will run until February 2017, is
conducted by means of interviews with Scottish
Refugee Council representatives and focus groups
with Syrian new Scots families in Scotland.
Dr Konstantina Martzoukou and Professor Simon Burnett
The outcomes of this research will help towards
making recommendations on how to best aid
Syrian newcomers in their social inclusion and
community engagement and how to support their
habitual and emerging information landscapes for
their resettlement and adaptation.
Find out more about the research project
We are looking forward to working together
with key stakeholders and, particularly, with
public libraries to raise awareness and promote
the social wellbeing and integration of Syrian
refugees in their new communities.
RGU’s #GivingTuesday raises £20K
RGU’s #GivingTuesday campaign has been
a huge success, raising almost £20k to
help widen access to higher education.
and support them through their degree, and are
available to students who otherwise may not have
been considered pursuing a higher education.
A global campaign led in the UK by the Charities Aid
Foundation (CAF), #GivingTuesday took place on
Tuesday, November 29 to offer an alternative to the
‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’ shopping frenzy
by encouraging people to support the charities they
care about.
Alumnus Colin Watson, who graduated from RGU
in 2012 with an MSc in Project Management was
pleased to be able to give back. He adds: “What
a great initiative and I am delighted to be able to
support another student in realising their personal
goal.”
RGU architecture students to benefit from
creation of new scholarship
Scott Sutherland, architect, entrepreneur, local
politician and alumnus of RGU gave his house
and Deeside estate to the university in 1954. This
has become the heartland of the Robert Gordon
University riverside campus today. In 1957, six
years before his death The Scott Sutherland School
of Architecture was officially opened.
Georgina Scott Sutherland was proud of the
family connection with RGU and made a generous
donation herself in 2000 to support the building of
the then new library, (now the Aberdeen Business
School), which was designed by Sir Norman Foster.
The RGU Foundation used the day to promote
donations for access bursaries to widen access to
higher education by supporting students at RGU.
Staff, students, alumni and friends of the university
were encouraged to donate what they could afford
to support access bursaries at RGU, and together
raised nearly £10,000.
This was matched funded by The Robertson Trust,
raising a total of £20,000 in student support, which
will allow the brightest and best students from
diverse backgrounds to attend RGU.
Sarah Dingwall, RGU Foundation Development
Manager, said: "The response to the appeal was
overwhelming with students, staff, alumni and
honorary graduates of RGU choosing to give back to
support future generations of RGU students.”
Access bursaries at RGU have been established by
the Robertson Scholarship Trust and allow talented
students to pursue a university education whatever
their circumstance.
The bursaries include financial support, mentoring,
training, and industrial and community placements.
They serve to increase a student’s confidence
The response to
the appeal was
overwhelming with
students, staff,
alumni and honorary
graduates of RGU
choosing to give back
to support future
generations of RGU
students.
Sarah Dingwall, RGU Development Manager:
“We are delighted that we are able to support
bright students pursue a higher education at RGU
through this scholarship, and extremely grateful to
the Trustees of the Ina Scott Sutherland Charitable
Foundation.
Professor David McClean and RGU Development Manager Sarah Dingwall
The Ina Scott Sutherland Charitable
Foundation has pledged £50,000 to RGU
for the creation of a new scholarship
aimed at supporting students from
traditionally under-represented
backgrounds.
The ‘Ina Scott Sutherland Access Scholarship’ will
support four undergraduate architecture students
for the duration of their five year degree course,
providing financial support and bespoke mentoring
support during their degree course.
RGU has long benefitted from the philanthropic
support of the Scott Sutherland family. Thomas
“It is a fitting legacy to the philanthropy of the Scott
Sutherland family that these scholarships have been
established at RGU to support future generations
of students especially those student architects
that are following in the footsteps of Thomas Scott
Sutherland.”
Professor David McClean, Head of School, Scott
Sutherland School of Architecture and Built
Environment, added: “The Scott Sutherland
School is hugely indebted to The Ina Scott
Sutherland Charitable Foundation, whose generous
commitment to create a scholarship for students
of architecture represents nearly 60 years of
philanthropic support by the Scott Sutherland
Family. Such support has been of enormous
importance to the school and university, the current
form of which owes so much to Thomas Scott
Sutherland’s original gift of estate in 1954.”
Industry-funded Petroleum Data Management scholarships benefitting
RGU students all over the world
The global nature of the upstream oil
and gas industry is well known and
the locations of the 20 students who
became the first student cohort of the
new pioneering Graduate Certificate in
Petroleum Data Management reflected
this.
The innovative course for the energy industry was
developed as a partnership between RGU and
Common Data Access Limited (CDA) combining
academic rigour with industry knowledge and
experience.
In addition to contributing expertise to the
development of the course, CDA have provided
four fully-funded scholarship places for the
academic year 2016/17.
The spread of the scholarship recipients reflects
the international diversity of the student cohort.
Dean Pereira de Melo is from Brazil, Katya Ponce
De Leon De Sanz is from Bolivia but works in the
UK, Daniel Arthur is from Ghana, and Uchenna
Onyekuba is from Nigeria.
Professor Peter Reid at RGU said: “Demand for
qualified and competent Petroleum Data Managers
is growing as the success of the business becomes
increasingly dependent on information, and the
volume, variety and complexity of that information
is growing rapidly.
“The course aims to support the industry,
providing it with a steady stream of qualified
data managers with specific knowledge of the
subsurface environment. It is fantastic news that
four fully-funded scholarship places were offered
and awarded to deserving candidates and that we
can help develop existing talent in the industry.”
The success of critical business decisions at
various stages of the lifecycle depend upon the
right data being available in the right form and at
the right time; for example, interpreting seismic
The course aims to
support the industry,
providing it with
a steady stream
of qualified data
managers with
specific knowledge
of the subsurface
environment.
RGU’s Professor Peter Reid and Professor Ken Russell with Chief Executive of CDA Malcolm Fleming
and well data to evaluate whether a hydrocarbon
prospect exists in the subsurface.
Chief Executive of CDA Malcolm Fleming
said: “CDA and the industry are committed to
supporting the development of the people and the
skills that will build the resilience and competency
of Petroleum Data Management as a professional
discipline contributing to business success.”
Dean Pereira de Melo who works at Petrobras, the
biggest oil and gas company in Brazil, is one of the
recipients of the scholarship and believes that this
course is vital to his company and to his career as a
Petroleum Data Manager.
Katya Ponce De Leon De Sanz has over ten years’
experience as a Petroleum Data Manager. She
enrolled on this course to expand her knowledge
in the area and to enhance her current role.
She said: “I feel very privileged to have been
chosen for the scholarship, it has given me the
opportunity to study a subject which will help me
perform even better as a Data Manager.”
Daniel Arthur, currently working at the Petroleum
Commission in Ghana, has an MSc in IT and a
BSc in Electrical Engineering from universities
in Ghana. He has never studied via distancelearning before and is enjoying the experience.
He decided to take the course to broaden his
knowledge of Petroleum Data Management and
to establish himself as the core resource for the
Data Management at the Petroleum Commission
in Ghana.
He said: “The scholarship gives me the financial
support and peace of mind to be able to do
the course - it will be immediately useful to my
organisation and will boost my career.”
Architecture students create follow-up to popular Aberdeen-inspired colouring book
Architecture students at RGU have, for
the second year running, created an adult
colouring book, drawing inspiration from
the Granite City and its buildings.
This book has been produced by first year RGU and
ICRGU (International College at RGU) students,
who were set the task of designing a colouring book
for grownups, featuring at least 10 drawings based
on themes inspired by the city’s architecture.
The students worked in teams to capture some of
Aberdeen’s most well-known buildings including
the Exhibition and Conference Centre, St Machar
Cathedral and the Aberdeen Sports Village.
At the end of the project each of the groups was
required to produce a bound and covered copy of
their book and deliver a presentation on their work.
Lecturer Amar Bennadji said: “After the popularity
of last year’s task and the incredible work put in by
our students, we decided to run the project again
focusing on different themes.
“The students have been working in groups and
have managed to capture some of the inspirational
architecture which exists in the Granite City and
now others will have the opportunity to inject some
colour into these images.”
The students’ sketches will be collated into a single
book and a number of copies produced for display.
After the popularity of last year’s task and the incredible work
put in by our students, we decided to run the project again focusing
on different themes.
Aberdeen pupils get introduction to health sector at RGU
nursing, children’s and young people’s nursing and
midwifery.
Megan Thom, fifth year pupil at Hazlehead
Academy, said: “The whole experience has been
incredible and I have loved every minute of it.
The whole
experience
has been
incredible
and I have
loved every
minute of it.
The Access to Nursing & Midwifery cohort
Secondary school pupils in the North East
got a taste of university life and gained
an insight into the careers of health
professionals at RGU.
The university’s widening participation programme,
‘Access To’ offers pupils a unique opportunity to
work with specialist staff to understand more about
their chosen course, as well as develop key skills
required to be successful at university.
This year saw the launch of the ‘Access to Nursing
& Midwifery’ course, which attracted 24 young
people from Hazlehead Academy, Torry Academy,
St Machar Academy, Northfield Academy, Kincorth
Academy, Peterhead Academy, Fraserburgh
Academy and Mintlaw Academy.
“Each week, we have worked on something
different and I have learned that nursing provides a
lot of opportunities. The lecturers have been very
informative and helpful, both during teaching and
the hands-on activities.
“I always found nursing interesting, but this course
has really made me certain that my goal is to study at
RGU and pursue a career in adult nursing.”
During their final session, participants presented
what they had achieved to their parents and guests in
RGU’s Sir Ian Wood Building, along with pupils from
the Health Professions and Life Sciences courses.
Senior Lecturer Josey Mackenzie, involved in the
delivery of the Access to Nursing & Midwifery
course, said: “We are delighted to have been able
to offer this bespoke taster in the various aspects of
Nursing & Midwifery. Not only will this experience
help the participants think about their futures, but
we hope that they can go on to act as ambassadors
for the programme in their own schools.”
The bespoke programme was aimed at pupils who
were interested in study opportunities and careers
in the health care sector and would like to learn
more.
Kaisa MacDonald, Project Officer in the Department
for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching and
Access (DELTA) at RGU, added: “The university is
committed to playing a strong and active role within
the community and we are always proud to support
such talented, hard-working pupils.
Attending evening sessions at RGU over the
course of seven weeks, pupils worked with
lecturers from the School of Nursing & Midwifery
to learn about topics including mental health, adult
“Programmes like ‘Access To’ can make a big
difference to young people by showing them what
options are available to them after school and giving
them a genuine insight into university life.”
RGU:Union launch new alcohol scheme for students
A new quiz has gone live online, with the aim of
investigating students’ alcohol intake and how it effects
their studies at RGU.
Kerry said: “With the help of the team at ADA and our volunteers on
the Sport and Physical Activity Team (SPAT), we adapted the questions
to be reflective of the student body and how they would speak.
The ‘Know the Score’ quiz was created by Alcohol and Drugs Action
(ADA), in partnership with the RGU Student Union (RGU:Union).
“We also added in extra questions to gain more insight into the culture
around drinking at RGU and the Union remains committed to ensuring
the safety and welfare of all of our students.”
It asks participants a series of questions about their typical alcohol
intake, the impact it has on their nights out and their interactions with
people around them.
At the end of the quiz, the participants are given a score of how
hazardous their drinking may be to their health and what it is doing to
their body. There is also advice from ADA and the RGU:Union about
how to improve their wellbeing and academic studies.
The idea behind this scheme came as part of the university’s ‘Fit for
the Future’ initiative, which promotes health and wellbeing across the
campus community.
Members of RGU:Union hope that, while the quiz can help educate
students about their own health, the anonymous answers can highlight
what areas the Union need to target with future campaigns and
initiatives.
Kerry Harrison, Student President for Education and Welfare, planned
the project alongside Katherine Corbett, former President for Sport
and Physical Activity.
Kerry said: “The aim of the project is to have students think more about
the amount of alcohol they are consuming and what impact it is having
on different parts of their lives.
“It is a particularly apt message at this time of the year, when people
tend to let loose and drink heavily at Christmas. We would encourage
all of our students to enjoy themselves in a safe and responsible way.”
Kerry Harrison, Student President for Education & Welfare
Kerry and Katherine worked closely with ADA to put together the quiz,
which was modelled after a similar one on ADA’s website.
The idea behind this
scheme came as part of the
university’s ‘Fit for the Future’
initiative, which promotes
health and wellbeing across
the campus community.
Are your teens safe online?
“This event offered an opportunity to start conversations in families
about acknowledging and assessing risk online.”
Mark Lambley, Detective Sergeant of the National Child Abuse
Investigation Unit, Police Scotland, will also spoke to teens and their
parents on the impact of online actions.
He said: “Social media and the internet is part of our daily lives and is of
huge importance and value. With it being part of our everyday routines
whether it’s shopping, social networking or banking it can be easy to
forget that the information we post online can potentially be available
for everyone and anyone to see.
“We are delighted that RGU hosted this event and want to encourage
teenagers and their parents to do everything they can to stay safe
online.”
“This event offered an
opportunity to start
conversations in families about
acknowledging and assessing
risk online.”
RGU’s Professor Sarah Pedersen
Sexting, frape, bullying, revenge porn. The constant
headlines about teens’ potential misuse of social media
make sobering reading. How can we ensure that they
act responsibly online when they are able to access the
internet 24/7?
RGU joined forces with Police Scotland this winter to host an event
aimed at offering advice to teenagers and their parents about staying
safe online.
Professor Sarah Pedersen, Professor of Communication and Media
at RGU, offered advice on how to help your teens stay safe online
and how to ensure that short-term actions don’t have long-term
consequences.
Sarah’s research covers the use of the Internet by both teenagers and
their parents, particularly social media, and she has previously spoken
on these matters at events such as Techfest and an Internet Offending
Conference organised by the Northern Community Justice Authority.
She also writes a monthly online column for the Aberdeen Press &
Journal on social media.
She said: “It is so important that teens understand some of the potential
repercussions, both now and in the future, of their use of social media.
RGU celebrates success of its Pioneer programme
The inaugural Pioneers with RGU’s Principal and RGU's senior organisational development specialist
RGU’s inaugural ‘Pioneer: RGU Future Leaders’
Programme’ concluded in December with a closing
event where the ‘Pioneers’ presented the results of
their team project work and the learning they had taken
from the programme.
The Pioneer programme was devised by RGU’s Organisational
Development staff in collaboration with the Leadership Foundation for
Higher Education, with the objective of supporting and developing
talented staff who have the potential to excel at senior leadership level.
The audience comprised of people who had been integral to the
Pioneer programme, including the Principal, the line-managers who
had nominated their staff to the programme, senior managers who had
acted in a mentoring capacity to the delegates, a Governor and the
university’s Investors in People assessor.
This comprehensive programme involved the delegates undergoing
psychometric testing with the results being fed back during coaching
sessions to inform bespoke development plans.
They were assigned to work with mentors, as well as working on
strategic RGU projects and attending three workshops each held over
two days themed around ‘Setting Direction’, ‘Engaging People’ and
‘Delivering Results’.
The closing event was a chance for the project teams to showcase the
results of their project work and their learning. Project teams worked
on issues such as communication, sustainable transport, the RGU
MAKE fablab and the Athena Swan charter.
If you would like further information or clarification on the Pioneer:
RGU Future Leaders’ Programme, please contact
Susan MacLennan, Senior Organisational Development Specialist at
[email protected]
This comprehensive programme
involved the delegates
undergoing psychometric testing
with the results being fed back
during coaching sessions to
inform bespoke development
plans.
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EVENTS KEY
OPEN DAY - Aimed at
Undergraduates at the preapplication stage who are
interested in gaining general
information about study at RGU,
living in Aberdeen, eligibility,
things to do and student support.
VISIT AFTERNOON - Aimed
at the pre-application and postapplication stage who have not
been able to attend another
undegraduate event or would
like to attend a smaller scale
event with less people.
APPLICANTS DAY - Open only
to Undergraduate applicants to
whom RGU have made an offer.
They are interested in specific
information about their course,
placements, funding options
accommodation application and
how RGU compares to their
other offers.
POST GRADUATE OPEN
EVENT - Aimed at graduates or
soon to be graduates at the preapplication and post-application
stage who are interesting in
discussing with lecturers the
course details, eligibility, resources
open to students and support
while studying at university.
News in Brief
2017 at 5.30pm thanks to the continued
support of global investment group,
Aberdeen Asset Management.
Izzy Thomson, who grew up in Cromarty
in the Highlands of Scotland, graduated
with an honours degree in Painting
from Gray’s earlier this year and just last
month secured a spot for her work ‘From
the Eyes’ in the respected gallery.
Ahead of the main race, the day’s
programme will also include second
crew, alumni and media team races.
Students, alumni and members of the
public are invited down onto the banks
of the Dee to cheer on the crews.
Aberdeen Boat Race
Returns with a splash in
2017
Old rivalries will be reignited this March
as Aberdeen’s two universities take to
the River Dee in a fierce battle of nerves
and determination.
The Aberdeen Boat Race – Scotland’s
longest running boat race – returns
for its 22nd year on Saturday, 4 March
New module to
encourage therapy
though photography
RGU has announced a new training
course for Health and Social Care
practitioners with an interest in using
photography to build a therapeutic
relationship with clients.
The Therapeutic Photography module
will teach the underpinning principles
of this new approach, look at its benefits
and demonstrate how practitioners can
use it in their practice.
Erin Wyness, president of RGU Boat
Club, believes that her crew has what
it takes to bring home the trophy for
the sixth year in a row. The Events
Management student says: “The
Aberdeen Boat Race is by far the
highlight for the clubs in Aberdeen. The
University of Aberdeen squad is looking
strong, but we’ve been training hard in
order to lift the trophy again. Bring on
March 4th.”
Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski,
Principal of RGU, adds: “Few sporting
events are more closely contested in
the north east than the Aberdeen Boat
Race. I hope that students, families and
the general public will line the banks of
the river to enjoy what is undoubtedly
Aberdeen’s hardest-fought sporting
event.”
The oil on canvas painting, which Izzy
won ‘The Great Award’ for, was inspired
by her time spent on a researching trip
in Iceland, experiencing the country’s
memorable landscapes and scenery.
RGU graduate secures
first exhibit in Royal
Scottish Academy
A talented artist and recent graduate
of Gray’s School of Art has secured her
first exhibit in the Visual Art Scotland’s
exhibition ‘FLY 2016’ at the Royal
Scottish Academy, marking a major
milestone in her flourishing career.
“I’ve always had an interest in art,
as my parents were both artists and
encouraged me to be creative from a
very young age,” she said.
“To have my work displayed in the RSA
is a huge honour and it is amazing to
have my work recognised in this way.”
“The piece was inspired by my time in
Iceland: a country with an otherworldly
space and aberrational atmosphere.
I wanted to make a painting about
Iceland’s dark kind of light that is
experienced when watching the
northern lights from a hill.”
Izzy also has a solo show, ‘The Shape of
a Mountain, currently on display at the
Arts Centre & Theatre in Aberdeen.
Keith Grant, Head of Painting at Gray’s,
added: “Izzy had an outstanding
4th year which culminated with her
receiving a 1st class Honours Degree as
well as a sell-out Degree Show.
Petrofed and RGU join forces to support India’s oil and gas skills ambitions
knowledge and best practice between
the regions and promote joint training
programmes and study visits.
The 12-week online course will launch in
January and is being delivered by RGU’s
School of Applied Social Studies.
The MoU has come on the back of RGU
receiving funding from the UK’s Foreign
and Commonwealth Office to develop
a training framework for the Indian
energy sector and a visit from the Indian
Minister for Petroleum and Natural
Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, to RGU in
September 2016.
Senior Lecturer Neil Gibson said:
“Therapeutic Photography is the practice
of encouraging clients to explore
issues relevant to themselves by taking
photographs and talking about how, why
and what they have included in the image.
“By visually communicating issues, people
become able to explore sensitive issues,
learn from others and give feedback to
enhance self-efficacy. This approach puts
the client in control of the information
they wish to share, which can therefore
enhance the level of disclosure.”
Izzy, who is currently taking up a
graduate residency at Leith School
of Art, believes this was a huge
accomplishment for her and great
recognition of her work.
“Before coming to Gray’s I hadn’t really
done a huge amount of oil painting,
drawing was mainly my thing, but it
quickly became my staple.
RGU has signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) with the
Petroleum Federation of India (Petrofed)
to enhance the sharing of industry
The main objective of the MoU is to
enhance the relationship between RGU
and the member companies of Petrofed
for development of technical and
managerial skills for the hydrocarbon
sector in India.
Dr Malhotra, Director General of
PetroFed, said: “Under this MoU, we
may subsequently develop tailor-made
training programmes with RGU to
cater to specific skill needs of Indian
hydrocarbon sector. We would also
develop opportunities to jointly promote
and deliver training programmes,
seminars or conferences and research
collaboration and consultancy between
RGU and PetroFed members.”
Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director of
Robert Gordon University’s Oil and
Gas Institute (OGI), added: “We are
delighted to strengthen our relationship
with India. Our collaboration with
Petrofed will lay the foundation for
exchanging expertise between the
Indian oil and gas industry and RGUs Oil
Gas Institute.”
A look ahead at RGU events
Visit to Vietnam
9 to 13 January 2017
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh
Daniel Bennett, RGU Regional Manager
for East Asia, is visiting Vietnam
in January where he will discuss
various courses and scholarships with
prospective students.
Postgraduate Open Evening
19 January 2017
Garthdee House
RGU will hold an open evening
to showcase its wide portfolio of
postgraduate study.
Visit to Hong Kong
21 January 2017 to 22 January
2017
Hong Kong
Daniel Bennett, RGU Regional Manager
for East Asia, is visiting Hong Kong
in January where he will discuss
various courses and scholarships with
prospective students.
Occupational Therapy Conference
- ‘Celebrating our success in
Grampian’
26 January 2017
Sir Ian Wood Building
RGU will host the first ‘Occupational
Therapy Celebrating our success in
Grampian’ Conference, which has been
organised by The Occupational Therapy
Forum for Managers in Grampian.
Visit Afternoon
1 February 2017
Gathdee campus
A chance in February 2017 to
experience what it is like to be an
undergraduate student at RGU.
Professorial Lecture: Pharmacy
Practice Research Around The
World
15 February 2017
Sir Ian Wood Building
Professor Derek Stewart will deliver a
professorial lecture which will take the
audience on a journey showcasing RGU
pharmacy practice research impacting
patients, professionals, organisations
and society at local, national and
international levels.