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Rachel Corsie receives Honorary degree from RGU

Rachel Corsie , Captain of the Scottish National Women’s Football Team

The captain of the Scottish national women’s football team, Rachel Corsie, was recognised with an honorary degree from RGU. Rachel, who is a qualified accountant, vlogger, television pundit, part-time journalist, and an alumna of RGU, accepted her honorary Master of the University (MUniv).

Rachel grew up in Aberdeen, attending both Hazlehead Primary and Academy. She developed a love of football by playing in the local park with her Dad and brother.

By the time Rachel attended RGU on a sports scholarship she was already captain of the Scotland under 19 team, having played locally for both Stonehaven and Aberdeen. She was responsible for establishing the University’s first Women’s team and, by the time of Rachel’s graduation, RGU had become the top Scottish University in women’s football.

RGU brings together cyber security, law and technology experts for unique conference

Cyber security, law and technology experts recently gathered on campus for a unique conference as part of Cyber Security Scotland Week 2020.

Around 100 people attended to hear keynote speakers from around the UK discuss critical aspects of policy and cyber security relevant for the UK North Sea activity.

The Rt Hon Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, discussed the legal aspects of technological change; Professor Siraj Shaikh who is Professor of system security at the University of Coventry explored aspects of cyber security for the sea; and Co-director of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, Brandon Malone, spoke about the aspects of cyber security and arbitration practice. Stephen Ashley, Digital Transformation Solution Centre Manager at the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) also provided a talk about OGTC’s cyber security landscape and research.

Highly Commended Award for RGU MBA at AMBA BGA Excellence Awards

Kris Lindahl and Hal Selvesen, RGU MBA alumni, were highly commended for their venture Digital Future Capital at the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and Business Graduates Association (BGA) Excellence Awards. The awards celebrates the quality and achievements of business education at the forefront of leadership and business excellence, recognising the talents and contributions made by AMBA-accredited and BGA member Business Schools. Kris and Hal were shortlisted in the MBA Entrepreneurial Venture Award (Private sector).

Kris and Hal at the AMBA BGA Excellence Awards

Universities Scotland Parliamentary Reception

RGU participated in a reception held for universities to showcase to members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) their impact in local communities. The RGU team was represented by Paul Hagan, Deputy Principal, Libby Curtis, Head of Gray’s School of Art and Vallath Kavitha Krishnan, Senior Communications Officer and Gabrielle Reith, an artist and illustrator for Look Again and an alumna of Gray’s School of Art.

Our stand was visited by many MSPs such as John Swinney, Liz Smith, Alex Burnett, Richard Lochhead, Kevin Stewart, Lewis MacDonald and Maureen Watt who heard about RGU’s role in the social and cultural vibrancy of the local community.

Students achieve highest level of SISA awards

RGU students have been hailed as ‘Innovative Champions’ by achieving the highest level of the Scottish Innovative Student Award Scheme (SISA). RGU was the first university to achieve accreditation from SISA, which was created by the Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE) and aim to equip students with a forward-thinking and enterprising business skillset.

After being successful in achieving their Level 1 ‘Future Thinker’ through the school’s accredited modules, the students progressed to Level 2 ‘Innovation Catalyst’ which was a workshop with SIE where they tackled a real life challenge on the theme of inclusion. Lucia da Vinci, Bartosz Grabski, Ivana Krizova, Irina Bogdan, Eilidh Mellis and Sofia Bonetti have now passed their Level 3 ‘Innovation Champion’ award which means they will be able to access support tailored to their needs in order to advance their innovation project. They were presented with their awards at the What’s Next Conference at RGU - a one-day career development event bringing students together for presentations and workshops.

Supreme Court Report Launch

Academics from the Law School and the School of Applied Social Sciences have been working in partnership with the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) to mark Human Rights Day.

The BASW commissioned Linda Harms-Smith, Janine Bolger, Alice Butler-Warke, Paul Arnell and Margaret Downie from RGU, as well as five others, to produce reports to help the public understand how important human rights are.

The new resources aim to show how social workers can be at the forefront of defending existing human rights and building new rights and protections for the most vulnerable. They were launched at the UK Supreme Court in London.