Universities are about more than academic studies: they also (and very importantly) teach you about life, something our latest 60 second interviewee is very well qualified to do! Name: Sophie Spencer  JobRead More…

Recruitment is more or less back to normal at RGU, which is great for us because it means we can tell you more about the brilliant people who have come to workRead More…

The next of our 60 second interviews features a young man who, although he has stated working here hasn’t yet been able to move to Aberdeen as a result of the pandemic.Read More…

Continuing our series of 60 second interviews with RGU staff, today we learn about Ghanaian soup, amongst the other things that make Samuel happy. Name: Samuel Amo Awuku  Job Title: Demonstrator   WhatRead More…

The next one of our series of 60 second interviews with members of RGU features an academic in Health Sciences, one of the university’s many strong areas of study – and oneRead More…

Over the last few days, in the last few blogs, I’ve considered some of the real-life issues that make online interviews different and, in some respects, more difficult than the traditional face-to-faceRead More…

Anything that distracts your interviewer is not good.  Technology is harder to control (although ‘Operator Error’ – i.e. pressing the wrong button – is a well-known issue!), but the human element inRead More…

In my last blog yesterday, listing the key elements in an online interview, I promised I’d put some meat on the bones of that summary.  Today, I’m starting with something that manyRead More…

Welcome back to lockdown, albeit this time with the difference that we can (hopefully) see an end to our enforced silos, thanks to the (hopefully again) rapid acceleration of the vaccination programme. Read More…

Continuing our series of 60 second interviews with members of RGU staff, this week we focus on a young man who lectures in an area of the university’s work that is, forRead More…