| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.11.2024 | Winds of Change: Scotland's Offshore Energy Future Faces Challenges and Opportunities | Scotland stands at a crossroads. The winds of change are blowing, carrying both promise and peril. On one hand, a £2.5 million funding boost for offshore wind technology shines a light on innovation and sustainability. On the other, Dundee ... |
| 20.11.2024 | Scots Offshore Wind Tech Project Gets £2.5M Funding Boost | A funding boost of £2.5 million has been awarded to a partnership between the University of Edinburgh, the University of Dundee, and the Forth and Tay Offshore (FTO) Cluster to improve offshore wind technology.
Now backed by the UKRI Engine... |
| 14.11.2024 | Dundee University Braces for Job Cuts Amid £30M Deficit | Dundee University has warned staff that job cuts are incoming as the institution faces a £30 million deficit in the coming financial year.
Principal and vice-chancellor, Iain Gillespie, sent an email to the university’s 3,000 staff, telling... |
| 23.10.2024 | New Edinburgh Uni AI Tool Can Predict A&E Admissions | Researchers from the University of Edinburgh have used machine learning to update a tool used by healthcare providers highlighting individuals at high risk of urgent hospital care within the next year.
By leveraging AI technology, SPARRAv4 ... |
| 01.10.2024 | The Ada Scotland Festival 2024: A Beacon for Diversity in Tech | The Ada Scotland Festival is back, lighting up the tech landscape from October 1 to 11, 2024. This year marks the fifth anniversary of a festival dedicated to gender balance in technology. It’s a celebration, a call to action, and a platfor... |
| 30.09.2024 | What’s On At Ada Scotland Festival 2024? | The Ada Scotland Festival is back for the fifth consecutive year, championing gender balance in tech and computing, while providing inspiration for young people to build a more diverse workforce in the tech sector.
This year’s festival runs... |
| 20.09.2024 | Dundee Uni Wins for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at European Awards | The University of Dundee has been named Innovative & Entrepreneurial University of the Year at an awards ceremony celebrating entrepreneurship and engagement in higher education.
This year’s Triple E European Awards ceremony was held at... |
| 02.09.2024 | Dundee Uni Discovers AI Can Help Heart Failure Patients | A study from the University of Dundee has discovered the potential for AI to transform care for heart failure patients.
A team from the University’s School of Medicine, working with Red Star AI, were able to identify alternative treatment p... |
| 28.08.2024 | Metabolon and the Scottish Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (SERA) Study Announce Partnership to Leverage Metabolomics Data to Better Understand the Molecular Mechanisms of Rheumatoid Arthritis | Partnership seeks to identify rheumatoid arthritis biomarkers to improve understanding of disease risk, progression, and treatment responses
MORRISVILLE, N.C. and GLASGOW, Scotland, Aug. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Metabolon, Inc., the global ... |
| 17.07.2024 | £40m Hub Set to Anchor High-growth Spinouts in Dundee | The new £40m Hub, scheduled to open early next year, will anchor new high-growth spinout companies in Dundee.
The facility will provide laboratory and office space to spinouts from the University’s School of Life Sciences and spin-ins looki... |
| 28.06.2024 | Brightsolid Expands to Manchester with New Office | Brightsolid, the Scottish cloud service provider, has expanded into England for the first time with new offices in Manchester.
With more than 25 years as part of DC Thomson, the Dundee media company, Brightsolid has grown to become one of S... |
| 17.06.2024 | Universities Scotland says 20% decline in int’l student market reduces subsidized tuition for domestic students | Universities Scotland has expressed concern that a 20% reduction in international student numbers could impede the ability to subsidize tuition fees for Scottish students.
Experts have therefore emphasized the need for the Scottish Governme... |
| 03.06.2024 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | May 2024 | Welcome to the latest edition of the DIGIT Deal Roundup.
Last month, Scotland’s tech sector saw some big funding wins in cleantech, the space sector, and the broader innovation economy.
For a recap on those standout stories, here’s our roun... |
| 30.05.2024 | AI Can Help Detect Heart Failure Risk Early On, New Study Finds | By Aldohn Domingo
Published May 30, 2024 9:53AM EDT
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Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to substantially improve healthcare diagnosti... |
| 10.05.2024 | Dundee Innovation Lab Secures £1.1m Funding Boost | A collaboration between the University of Dundee and full-service law firm Thorntons has secured £1.1m in funding for a legal technology project.
The Levelling Up award was made yesterday (Thursday) by Jacob Young, Parliamentary Under Secre... |
| 25.04.2024 | Glen Clova Scientific raises £4M to combat autoimmune diseases | Scottish biotech startup Glen Clova Scientific has closed a £4M Seed round, led by Norcliffe Capital. The investment will be made in two tranches of £2.5m and £1.5m.
Founded in 2022 as a spin out from the University of Dundee, GCS is develo... |
| 09.04.2024 | Knowvate Hub Launches Platform Aiding Minority Ethnic Entrepreneurs | Innovation community group Knowvate Hub, founded to support entrepreneurs from minority ethnic backgrounds in Scotland, has launched a digital resource platform aimed at educating its members and facilitating connections with ecosystem part... |
| 15.12.2022 | McGhee Award Gets Funding Boost from Current Health CEO | University of Dundee‘s McGhee Award is receiving a new pledge of funding from Current Health CEO Christopher McCann and his partner Dr. Jo-Ann Nugent.
The couple have pledged £25,000 to support the University’s award that recognises and sup... |
| 03.11.2022 | Dundee Uni Medical Engineering Centre to Boost Graduate Futures | A medical engineering centre will help students looking to pursue an education at the forefront of research at the University of Dundee.
The Centre for Medical Education and Technology, developed in collaboration between the School of Scien... |
| 04.08.2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | July 2022 | Recruitment Mark Logan
Scotland has officially appointed its first ‘Chief Entrepreneur’, with former Skyscanner executive Mark Logan selected for the role.
The new position has been created specifically to ensure entrepreneurship is “embedd... |
| 16.09.2021 | Ученый снял короткометражку о последнем ледниковом периоде в Шотландии | Локдаун застал врасплох американского гляциолога Макса Ван Вик де Вриса из Университета Миннесоты, когда тот оказался по другую сторону Атлантики, в шотландском Данди, в гостях у своей девушки. Пара решила не терять времени понапрасну и отп... |
| 29.05.2020 | Facial reconstruction provides glimpse of priest who died 900 years ago | Originally Published by:
Siberian heatwave sparks 'zombie' wildfire fears Presence of 'one of the most interesting planets' Proxima b confirmed Mysterious 'active' object in Jupiter's orbit isn't so mysterious at all
Experts in the U.K. hav... |
| 31.10.2019 | Mysterious hidden ‘witch marks’ found in creepy English cave | Cognizant, a Facebook content moderation vendor, is reportedly quitting the business Would you let a robot mow your lawn? Halloween rides: These are the spookiest orange American cars
Perfectly timed for Halloween, researchers are set to re... |
| 13.12.2017 | Christmas Cyber Lectures: It’s Cool to be a Hacker | Daniel Sewerynski grew up thinking it would be cool to be a hacker. Here, he shares his journey to cyber security discovery, with DIGIT, from wondering if hacking into computing systems really is as easy as the movies make it look, to study... |
| 28.11.2017 | Scottish Enterprise and Skills Board Members Announced | The members of the new Enterprise and Strategic Skills board have been announced by the Scottish Government.
The board is tasked with creating ‘a fresh strategy for enterprise and skills support in Scotland’ and maximising output from publi... |
| 19.10.2017 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers: October 19th 2017 | NEW APPOINTMENTS Zonal
Hospitality technology specialist Zonal has appointed Leo Cunningham as Information Security and Compliance Manager. Cunningham will provide leadership for Zonal’s info-sec requirements, to ensure that the company rem... |
| 08.08.2017 | Data Lab: Funding Call For Online Learning Courses | The Data Lab is looking for online courses which will contribute to data science training and education in Scotland and across the world.
The Data Lab grants will provide between £30,000 and £50,000 for the development of up to five online ... |
| 03.08.2017 | New Centre Of Entrepreneurship To Open In Dundee | Dundee-based Business consultancy firm Elevator is opening a new Centre of Entrepreneurship in collaboration with the University of Dundee.
Designed to promote and support creative, innovation-driven companies from across Dundee, Tayside, a... |
| 20.09.2016 | Dundee secures $20M for Midwest-focused seed fund | Effectively doubling its total capital raised, Dundee Venture Capital commits to the Midwest
Editor's note: Our 6th Annual Vator Splash LA conference is coming up on October 13 at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica. Speakers include Mark Cuban... |
| 19.01.2016 | Microsoft To Launch “Minecraft Education Edition” For Classrooms This Summer, Following Acquisition Of Learning Game | Microsoft is further expanding on its investment in Minecraft, bought in 2014 for $2.5 billion, by acquiring a learning game called MinecraftEdu for an undisclosed sum. The game, produced by a company called Teacher Gaming LLC, allows teach... |
| 07.02.2013 | Researchers revive King Richard III’s face with 3D printing | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The unearthing of King Richard III has given 3D p... |
| 26.07.2005 | Blackboard Recognizes University of Dundee for Assessment Online Course | Washington, DC - July 26x, 2005 – The University of Dundee has won one of the top prizes in the Blackboard Bbionic Course Contest™, an international course contest sponsored by Blackboard, a leading supplier of e-learning software, to rewar... |
