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Real-world human rights impact. [Blog post] (2021)
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ARNELL, P. 2021. Real-world human rights impact. [Blog post]. Posted on RGView: connecting the RGU community [online], 17 September 2021. Available from: https://www.rgu.ac.uk/rgview/student-experience/4458-real-world-human-rights-impact

Dr Paul Arnell, of The Law School, writes about the real and important role human rights play in the practice of law in Scotland. He speaks of an interesting and life-changing example of a former RGU Law student.

A profession confined: the identity crisis of mental health nursing. [Blog post] (2021)
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WARRENDER, D. 2021. A profession confined: the identity crisis of mental health nursing. [Blog post]. Posted on CEMH Human Rights and Mental Health [online], 9 September 2021. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/yf835nph

Mental health nursing is a profession which is confined both between disciplines, and within nursing itself. Mental health care is often set up around psychiatrist-led diagnoses and medically-focused treatments such as medication, which can be compu... Read More about A profession confined: the identity crisis of mental health nursing. [Blog post].

Towers. [Film] (2021)
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SMITH, S. 2021. Towers. [Film]. Hosted on YouTube [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyn0ATjNP3Q

Aberdeen is home to eight brutal modernist tower blocks. Within them are the lives of people who are often wrongly categorised and overlooked. In his first short film, photographer Steve Smith was commissioned by Look Again (RGU) to explore the lives... Read More about Towers. [Film].

Ghana’s electricity supply mix has improved, but reliability and cost is still a challenge. [Blog post] (2021)
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ACHEAMPONG, T., MENYEH, B.O. and AGBEVIVI, D. 2022. Ghana's electricity supply mix has improved, but reliability and cost is still a challenge. [Blog Post]. Posted on The Conversation UK, 9 June 2021. Available from: https://theconversation.com/ghanas-electricity-supply-mix-has-improved-but-reliability-and-cost-is-still-a-challenge-161762

Ghana has made significant progress over the past 10 years in increasing electricity generation and access. This has supported higher levels of economic growth. However, beneath these improvements lies inefficiencies, including extraordinarily high d... Read More about Ghana’s electricity supply mix has improved, but reliability and cost is still a challenge. [Blog post].

What use is technology if no one uses it? [Video recording] (2021)
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ROBERTS, R. and FLYNN, R. 2021. What use is technology if no one uses it? Building a technology adoption culture [Video recording]. Presented at RGU knowledge bites for business, 25 February 2021. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/4xa6r7ab

Innovation is set to play a significant role in building a sustainable future: for example, the oil and gas industry transitioning into an integrated energy sector. Yet in recent years, this sector has developed a reputation for being conservative an... Read More about What use is technology if no one uses it? [Video recording].

Supersets save time in the gym: which may help you reach fitness goals faster. [Blog post] (2020)
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CLARK, D.R., LANGAN-EVANS, C. and ERSKINE, R. 2020. Supersets save time in the gym: which may help you reach fitness goals faster. [Blog post]. Posted on The Conservation UK [online], 27 November 2020. Available from: https://theconversation.com/supersets-save-time-in-the-gym-which-may-help-you-reach-fitness-goals-faster-150344

Resistance training is an increasingly popular way to build strength, lose weight and get in shape. But despite its many benefits, it can also be time consuming – which is why many fitness enthusiasts have started incorporating "supersets" into gym r... Read More about Supersets save time in the gym: which may help you reach fitness goals faster. [Blog post].

Extradition between the UK and Ireland is at risk because of Brexit. [Blog post] (2020)
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ARNELL, P. and DAVIES, G. 2020. Extradition between the UK and Ireland is at risk because of Brexit. [Blog post]. Posted on LSE Brexit 2020: latest thinking and research about Brexit from LSE [online], 24 November 2020. Available from: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2020/11/24/extradition-between-the-uk-and-ireland-is-at-risk-because-of-brexit/

Extradition between the UK and Ireland after Brexit will be particularly affected by a No-Deal Brexit. In this post, Paul Arnell (Robert Gordon University) and Gemma Davies (Northumbria University) bring a closer understanding of the problems on the... Read More about Extradition between the UK and Ireland is at risk because of Brexit. [Blog post].

Building a virtual degree show: Gray's School of Art. [Film] (2020)
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KELLIE, C. 2020. Building a virtual degree show: Gray's School of Art. [Film]. Hosted on YouTube [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWfCebO5AVA

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the adaptation of Gray's School of Art annual degree show into a digital format. This short film uses interviews with staff, students and other key stakeholders who lived through that experience to explore... Read More about Building a virtual degree show: Gray's School of Art. [Film].

Resistance training: here's why it's so effective for weight loss. [Blog post] (2020)
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CLARK, D.R., LANGAN-EVANS, C. and ERSKINE, R. 2020. Resistance training; here's why it's so effective for weight loss. [Blog post]. Posted on The Conservation UK [online], 29 September 2020. Available from: https://theconversation.com/resistance-training-heres-why-its-so-effective-for-weight-loss-146453

Weight lifting, also known as resistance training, has been practised for centuries as a way of building muscular strength. Research shows that resistance training, whether done via body weight, resistance bands or machines, dumbbells or free weights... Read More about Resistance training: here's why it's so effective for weight loss. [Blog post].

Augmented reality procedural guide system. [Video recording] (2020)
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ELYAN, E. 2020. Augmented reality procedural guide system. [Video recording]. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online]. Available from: https://youtu.be/SM15leaKbJY

This video provides a brief demonstration of an augmented reality (AR) system for the provision of guidance on correct procedures during the handling of complex equipment. This system was created as part of a project that aimed to replace user guides... Read More about Augmented reality procedural guide system. [Video recording].

Glaze spectrum. [Website] (2020)
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LOVE, H. 2020. Glaze spectrum. [Website]. Available from: https://www.glazespectrum.com/

This website was developed as the result of a commission by Aberdeen Art Gallery in 2017, in which the artist was tasked with creating a library of ceramic glaze test tiles. The spectrum was developed with the aim of being as bright as possible, usin... Read More about Glaze spectrum. [Website].

Cracks. [Film] (2019)
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JERAM, T. 2019. Cracks. [Film]. Hosted on YouTube [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6A57NJ9LS8

"Cracks" tells the story of Bob and Debbie, whose lives gradually interweave to show stark differences in health outcomes due to inequitable access to health and social care services. "Cracks" was written and directed by Trisha Jeram, a student nurse... Read More about Cracks. [Film].

The Aberdeen Women's Suffrage campaign. [Website] (2019)
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PEDERSEN, S. 2019. The Aberdeen Women's Suffrage Campaign [online]. Available from: https://suffrageaberdeen.co.uk/

This is the official project website for the Aberdeen Women's Suffrage campaign. The aim of the website is to map locations in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire of suffragist and suffragette activity.

Porosity and protection. (2019)
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CLARKE, J. 2019. Porosity and protection. Posted on Fieldsights, blog of the Society for Cultural Anthropology. Editors' forum: theorizing the contemporary [online], 25 April 2019. Available from: https://culanth.org/fieldsights/porosity-and-protection

The author first saw traces of destruction in the spring of 2014, when driving, with an art therapist friend, towards a coastal village north of the "difficult to return zone", near the Fukushima Diichi nuclear power plant. Known in Japan as 3.11, th... Read More about Porosity and protection..

This is Integra House. (2019)
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DEVECI, G. 2019. This is Integra House. [Video recording]. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online]. Available from: https://youtu.be/stRPCGTybh0

Professor Gokay Deveci, architect of Integra House, walks the audience through the various innovations found in the design of the new build. He discusses how it could improve the provision of energy-efficient, sustainable and genuinely-affordable hou... Read More about This is Integra House..

Bringing the university of life into the classroom. (2018)
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CRAWFORD, I. 2018. Bringing the university of life into the classroom. Posted on the Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce blog [online]. 22 November 2018. Available from: https://www.agcc.co.uk/blog-article/bringing-the-university-of-life-into-the-classroom

Many of us are familiar with the phrase ‘I studied at the university of life’ being used to differentiate between ‘real world’ education and learning which takes place in a classroom. In film, the media and everyday discourse, the world of higher ed... Read More about Bringing the university of life into the classroom..

Tech20: psychological barriers to technology adoption. [Video recording] (2018)
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ROBERTS, R. 2018. Tech 20: psychological barriers to technology adoption. [Video recording]. Aberdeen: Net Zero Technology Centre [online]. Available from: https://youtu.be/Ryj25lDQWqI

Dr Ruby Clyde Roberts, Organisational Psychologist and Human Factors Specialist, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University joins this Tech20 to discuss her research that is being carried out in partnership with the Oil and Gas Technology Cen... Read More about Tech20: psychological barriers to technology adoption. [Video recording].

Ground-breaking research supports technology adoption. [News article] (2018)
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ROBERTS, R. and FLIN, R. 2018. Ground-breaking research supports technology adoption. [News article]. Net Zero Technology Centre [online]. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/487vk23p

The Oil and Gas Technology Centre and Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University (RGU) have launched a new research programme to identify the behavioural barriers to successful technology adoption and deployment on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), creating... Read More about Ground-breaking research supports technology adoption. [News article].

Fixed Term Parliaments Act. (2017)
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MORRISON, J. 2017. Fixed Term Parliaments Act. Posted on the Oxford University Press blog [online]. 31 May 2017. Available from: https://blog.oup.com/2017/05/fixed-term-parliaments-act/

Was there ever a more hollow and impotent piece of legislation than the UK's Fixed Term Parliaments Act? Trumpeted by the Conservative-led coalition as a way of stopping opportunist prime ministers ever again calling snap elections to capitalize on h... Read More about Fixed Term Parliaments Act..

Latest 'Essential Public Affairs' sees huge changes. (2017)
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MORRISON, J. 2017. Latest 'Essential Public Affairs' sees huge changes. Posted on Hold The Front Page [online]. 04 April 2017. Available from: http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2017/news/james-morrison-huge-changes-in-the-latest-essential-public-affairs-for-journalists/

This blog post summarises the changes to the fifth edition of Essential Public Affairs for Journalists by James Morrison.