Partnership and Representation Rainbow infographic - Robert Gordon University

The rainbow infographic is a simple but effective image that reinforces the concepts of representation and partnership. And it was produced through partnership too, as a team effort between rgu:union and their contacts within DELTA (the university’s Department for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching and Access).
Arising from the rainbow imagery that has become a symbol of solidarity with NHS workers during the Covid-19 lockdown, the Steps to Success also allude to the rainbow-painted steps that appeared outside the Bon Accord centre in Aberdeen City Centre in early 2019.
Notice, too, that the seven exhortations or motivational statements take the initial letters R O Y G B I V of the rainbow (or, more scientifically, the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum!).
The final product was designed in-house at rgu:union, and has been shared directly with reps and across various social media platforms.
Any queries, please contact:
- Name: Emmanuel Akerele
- Role: President Education and Welfare, rgu:union
- Email: PresEW@rguunion.co.uk
(May 2020)
Item Number:263
- Academic Development Toolkit - sparqs
- Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework (TQEF) - Guidance for Elections - sparqs
- Scotland’s Tertiary Enhancement Programme (STEP) - Practical Guide to student partnership - sparqs
- Tertiary Quality Enhancement Review (TQER) - Practical Guide for students’ associations and student officers - sparqs
- Self-Evaluation and Action Plan (SEAP) - Practical guide to student partnership - sparqs
- Using the SLE model as a Course Rep 2025-26 - sparqs
- An induction guide for Academic Representation Co-ordinators - sparqs
- A guide to inducting students association education officers - sparqs
- Supporting the future careers of SA education officers: outduction toolkit - sparqs et al
- Scotland's Ambition for Student Partnership - sparqs
- Online Student Learning Experience Model - Perth College UHI
- Student Partnership Staircase - sparqs
- Students as active partners in shaping their learning experience - Leeds Trinity University College
- ABCD of Effective Feedback - sparqs
- Theory of partnership: Ladder of Citizen Participation - Sherry R Arnstein
- Understanding the SU's key relationships: The Cadogan Matrice
- Framework for the Development of Strong and Effective College Students
- A Student Engagement Framework for Scotland - sparqs and sector partners
- Engaging Students in Online Distance Learning - sparqs
- Supporting Senior Student Officers in Universities - sparqs
For all resources published by sparqs, see the "sparqs Resources" category in the list on the left, including the following:
- Student Learning Experience model
- Scotland's Ambition for Student Partnership
- A Student Engagement Framework for Scotland
+ resources linked to the SEF - ABCD of Effective Feedback
- Student Partnership Staircase
See all sparqs publications (Strategic Plans, celebration reports, etc.) here.
