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Sir Ian Wood

Sir Ian Wood is to stand down from his role as the Chancellor of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ in July 2021, after 16 years as the titular head of the institution.

From left to right in picture: Hayley Adams, Angela Low, Tivin Tom Francis, and Taylor Curtis.

A new course created in close collaboration between ºìÐÓÊÓƵ (ºìÐÓÊÓƵ) and NHS Grampian will empower Healthcare Support Workers with a range of skills to improve the wellbeing of patients as a new, cross-disciplinary career opportunity is announced.

Pumpkin

Dr Rachael Ironside, course leader of Events Management at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's School of Creative and Cultural Business, writes about the history and traditions of Halloween and how it might be slightly different this year.

Ivor Ferguson and Family

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ alumnus Ivor Ferguson has gifted £10,000 to the university to provide access to higher education for traditionally under-represented students.

Joanna Robertson (L) and Dr. Marie Goua (R)- Flow Cytometer

Local charity Friends of ANCHOR has bolstered a grant from ºìÐÓÊÓƵ to provide top-of-the-range equipment that will drive forward pivotal studies into cancer treatment.

Fiona Roberts

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

SIE Awards

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ 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.

Knit It

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ 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.

Professor Sarah Pedersen

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

Mark Williams

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

RGU

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

Kevin Andrew Morris works

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.

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