The Norse-East New Year
Have you had a good New Year? Up here at RGU in North-East Scotland we certainly have! Of course, in Scotland it’s virtually mandatory to celebrate the end of the old yearRead More…
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300 miles and 2,800 years of history
As a recruitment team, we, at RGUjobs, are acutely aware that anyone contemplating a career move here will want to do a lot of research about the area. Most people are awareRead More…
It’s one of the great myths about Aberdeen, but it is true?
Our local morning paper, the Press and Journal, is not only Scotland’s oldest daily, it’s also one of the oldest newspapers in the world. First published on 29th December 1747 as theRead More…
If National Geographic says our coast is pretty, who are we to argue?
Our last blog was about history and heritage, inspired by the fact that we’re coming to the end of 2017, the Scottish Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology. Even if you haveRead More…
Going round in Circles – trust the people of the North-east to be unique!
What do you make of Heritage and Archaeology – a collection of stories, old stones and relics that are dry as dust, or doors into our shared past that illuminate and enlighten,Read More…
No Mean City – Aberdeen is one of the most generous places in the UK!
The original “No Mean City” was a book, written in 1935, about Glasgow and its razor gangs. However, in the normal sense of the word, Aberdeen is sometimes referred to as aRead More…
Summertime Blues? Banish them with an inspiring new job at RGU before Christmas!
If you’re still remembering your holidays and/or missing the kids after they have been back at school for a few weeks now, then we sympathise. Lots of us (including me!) have spent the last fewRead More…
I do like to be beside the seaside!
Everyone knows that Aberdeen in the UK’s oil capital, with the bustling harbour being a vital part of the local and national economy, yet it never ceases to amaze us how manyRead More…
Keep it clean! – Cleaners – Open Recruitment Event, 3rd August
Ensuring that the University is clean and tidy is one of the most important things we do at RGU. We are really proud of the state-of-the-art facilities we have, from our GarthdeeRead More…
Statuesque – why Robert the Bruce was so important to Aberdeen.
If you wander around Aberdeen city centre you’ll see several impressive statutes. The largest is that of William Wallace, overlooking Union Terrace Gardens and dating from 1888. The most recent is ofRead More…