Focused on a better work/life balance
How important is work-life balance to your career? Can you enjoy some banter and fun at work or is it all serious? Is your work fast-paced and interesting? Well, it’s time toRead More…
Embracing new ideas, innovations and, most importantly, people
It never ceases to amaze us just what a wide variety of people come to work at RGU. The reasons they do so are similarly varied, but there are several themes thatRead More…
I used to be a student here but so much has changed
When someone tells us that coming to work here is “the best decision I have made” and “everyone here is so friendly” then we are, naturally, rather pleased. We don’t tell anyoneRead More…
And Olly likes it too….
As this has been published two days after Christmas, we trust you are all in recovery mode and gently digesting your Christmas lunch as you contemplate what to do next. For many,Read More…
Cold, windy and damp or warm, glorious and beautiful. Often all in the same day.
We know that no-one comes to the north-east of Scotland for the weather (although, as we’ve written before on our blog pages, it’s surprisingly sunny), but the variety and changeability of theRead More…
From the very beginning I felt like a part of the RGU family
Students make good judges of a university. Sometimes, they even come back to work there! Name: Patrycja Linka Job Title: KTP Associate Department: Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment WhatRead More…
It was as if the role was made for me!
This is yet another in our continuing series of interviews with members of staff at RGU. This time we feature a “Glasgow boy, born and bred,” but, we’re glad to report, he’sRead More…
The future of recruitment?
This guest blog is a précis of a seminar delivered on 24th October at a SE Scotland CIPD recruitment group in Edinburgh (picture below). We know that skill shortages mean that finding theRead More…
Surprisingly multi-cultural
If you haven’t been to Aberdeen before then it’s amazing what you find – and especially what surprises you. In Lauren’s case, it is the fact that the university is a reallyRead More…
We have just moved from London and…sometimes I feel I should be the one paying to work with these views
There are lots of things in Aberdeen that are different from London (including the accent!). The work-life balance is, in our opinion, one of the main reasons for making the move, asRead More…