President: Ryan Morrison
The RGU Gaming society meet up at Kaim Cottage on Wednesday 16:00-20:00 to play a range of games old and new, both console and board games. We meet on a Sunday to play tabletop role playing games from 12:00-16:00. As well as playing PC games throughout the week online. We welcome gamers both casual and competitive from in and around Aberdeen. We run a variety of events throughout the year including 24 hour charity events and social events. Society membership is £10 a year.
Motion results summary from RGU:Union's Annual General Meeting for the academic year 2020-2021.
Stand up for RGU students - take part in this year's Student Elections!
Consumer regulator Ofgem has announced that the price cap on energy will increase on 1 April 2021 due to rising wholesale costs and growth in demand. This means that a typical household on a default energy tariff could expect a bill increase of £96 per year. This could affect around 11 million homes in England, Wales, and Scotland (Northern Ireland sets its own cap). The cap for prepayment meter customers will increase by £87 per year, affecting around 4 million households.
2021 seems to be another year full of locked down celebrations. However, don’t see this as entirely negative. As with time on our hands, we finally have the chance to make personalised gifts for our loved ones. We’ve compiled a list of heart-felt (affordable) gifts for every occasion.
Plans to build a Formula 1 circuit in a Rio De Janeiro forest have been discarded, following criticism from environmentalists. The Deodoro circuit, scheduled to be built on a former army base in Camboata Forest, would have required felling thousands of trees. The Brazilian former military base served as a competition venue during the 2016 Olympics and plans to repurpose it have caused controversy locally.
Cunning and calculating, murderer Charles Sobhraj makes for an intriguing antagonist in BBC One’s new crime thriller, The Serpent.
