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In a year when sustainability and shopping local are increasingly important, ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø is hosting a pop-up market in Aberdeen Art Gallery, showcasing some of the best local creative talent.

Writing in the Press and Journal, Edward Pollock, ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Startup Coordinator and Lecturer in Event Management, reflects on the impact of Covid-19 on innovation and entrepreneurship.

Robert Gordon University (ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø) is opening applications for its 2021 Innovation Accelerator programme to invite ambitious ideas from students, staff and alumni which can create positive impact across three significant challenges in our society.

Sir Ian Wood is to stand down from his role as the Chancellor of ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø in July 2021, after 16 years as the titular head of the institution.

A new course created in close collaboration between Robert Gordon University (ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø) 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.

Dr Rachael Ironside, course leader of Events Management at ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø's School of Creative and Cultural Business, writes about the history and traditions of Halloween and how it might be slightly different this year.

ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø alumnus Ivor Ferguson has gifted £10,000 to the university to provide access to higher education for traditionally under-represented students.

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

Fiona Roberts, Teaching Excellence Fellow at ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø, writes how the pandemic has made us more aware of the important role of healthcare professionals in treating patients in intensive care and how ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø has a long history of preparing such graduates.

ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø 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.

ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø 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.

Sarah Pedersen, Professor of Communication and Media at ÑDz©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø's School of Creative and Cultural Business, explores how social media has been used during lockdown – and has its use been problematic or helpful?