Robert Gordon University

had consolidated to two campuses, at Garthdee and a city centre campus at Schoolhill and St. Andrew Street in central Aberdeen. However, it had been planned since the early 1990s to eventually move all facilities to a single campus at Garthdee and additional land was purchased to enable buildings to be constructed to house academic departments which had been at the city centre campus. The first phase was completed in summer 2013 with the opening of the Sir Ian Wood building (formally opened in July 2015). As of August 2017, all academic and administrative departments are located at the Garthdee Campus, with the university retaining a space within the previous Administrative Building to host events and activities offering staff, students and alumni training and funding to develop business ideas.
In March 2024, the university announced a voluntary severance plan which included reorganising subjects such as digital marketing, journalism and hospitality. The vice-chancellor Steve Olivier stated that the downsizing was key to "maintain [the university's] long-term financial sustainability", citing lower numbers of foreign students and increased costs as budgetary challenges, with 130 employees ultimately departing. In November 2024, a further 135 redundancies were announced with the intention of moving some staff within the university. While Olivier called the redundancies a "last resort", Unison criticised the handling of the consultation, highlighting the perceived lack of transparency towards university staff and the consultation period covering Christmas and New Year. Liam Kerr, one of the MSPs for the North East Scotland electoral region, described the move as "a hammer blow to the future of our young people, our workforce and employers". In March 2025, the Educational Institute of Scotland voted for strike action in response to the redundancies, with its general secretary Andrea Bradley describing them as "alarming" and the cause of "a serious impact on learning and teaching across the university". Olivier called …