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19.06.2025 | Exclusive: Government admits fossil fuels use is cheaper than net zero technology | The UK government has quietly admitted that renewables and other low-carbon technologies essential to the rapid drive to net zero are more expensive than using fossil fuel, City AM can reveal, which has in turn made energy bills higher for ... |
04.06.2025 | Glasgow's Tech Renaissance: A New Era of Innovation | Glasgow is buzzing. The city is a vibrant hub of innovation, shedding its industrial past for a future steeped in technology. Once known for shipbuilding and heavy industry, Glasgow has transformed into a breeding ground for tech startups. ... |
03.06.2025 | 18 Glasgow Tech Startups You Need To Know About | It’s been a visceral transformation. Pulling into Central Station now offers a strikingly different cityscape than it did just ten years ago.
Years of truncated transition and an identity problem as the city struggled to move on from its in... |
03.06.2025 | Strathclyde Launches New Plan to ‘Redefine’ Entrepreneurship | The University of Strathclyde has launched a new five-year strategic plan to help entrepreneurial students and staff make an impact far beyond its campus.
The Reaching Beyond strategy sets out to ‘redefine what it means to be an entrepreneu... |
28.04.2025 | Vietnam's Rising Star: The New Frontier of British Transnational Education | Vietnam is on the rise. It’s becoming a beacon for British transnational education (TNE) in Southeast Asia. The country is not just a backdrop; it’s a vibrant stage where education meets opportunity. With a growing number of foreign-investe... |
28.04.2025 | Vietnam: A Hub for Accessible World-Class British Transnational Education for Resilient Global Graduates | HANOI, Vietnam, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vietnam is emerging as a leading destination for affordable British transnational education (TNE) in Southeast Asia, offering high-quality local programmes that develop resilient global graduat... |
28.02.2025 | Fintech Scotland Announces Fintechs Receiving £250K for Product Development | Fintech Scotland noted that five fintech firms have each been awarded £50,000 to propel developments that support financial inclusion, accelerate financial resilience and deepen consumer engagement in financial services.
FinTech Scotland, i... |
11.02.2025 | The Dual Edge of Assisted Dying: Ethics and Economics in the Modern Age | The debate over assisted dying is no longer just a moral quandary. It has morphed into a complex tapestry woven with threads of economics, healthcare, and individual rights. As the UK takes steps toward legalizing assisted dying, the implic... |
11.02.2025 | Dxcover Raises New Funding Round To Expand Commerical Presence | Dxcover, a clinical-stage diagnostics company advancing its multiomic spectral analysis (MOSA-Dx) for early detection of solid tumor cancers, announced its next key stage of growth with the closing of significant funding to advance innovati... |
05.02.2025 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | January 2025 | Welcome to the latest edition of the DIGIT Deal Roundup.
A whirlwind start to the year saw big news in funding, with millions invested into the Scottish space sector and select financial service firms, while major acquisitions promise to pr... |
04.02.2025 | Dxcover: Pioneering the Future of Cancer Diagnostics | In the relentless battle against cancer, early detection is the most potent weapon. Dxcover, a clinical-stage diagnostics company based in Glasgow, Scotland, is at the forefront of this fight. With its innovative multiomic spectral analysis... |
03.02.2025 | Dxcover Raises Funding | Dxcover, a Glasgow, Scotland, UK-based clinical-stage diagnostics company, raised an undisclosed amount in funding.
Backers included existing investors, as well as new investors, Macmillan Cancer Support and Maven Capital Partners.
This bro... |
03.02.2025 | Dxcover: Multiomic Spectral Analysis Company Raises Funding | Dxcover, a clinical-stage diagnostics company pioneering its multiomic spectral analysis (MOSA-Dx) for early detection of solid tumor cancers, announced its next key stage of growth with the closing of significant funding to drive innovatio... |
03.02.2025 | Movers and Shakers | February 2025 | Welcome to the February 2025 edition of DIGIT’s Movers and Shakers!
Each month, our Movers and Shakers feature gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem.
While understandably not the busiest month of the year, Jan... |
21.01.2025 | Revolutionizing Accessibility: The Rise of DIY Technology | In a world where technology often feels out of reach, two recent projects shine a light on innovation and accessibility. One project is a dazzling LED mask, while the other is a groundbreaking 3D-printed microscope. Both embody the spirit o... |
21.01.2025 | Revolutionizing Remote Access: Overlay Networks and the Quest for Connectivity | In the digital age, connectivity is the lifeblood of innovation. But what happens when that connection is obstructed? Many home users face a common hurdle: NAT (Network Address Translation). This barrier, often imposed by Internet Service P... |
20.01.2025 | Scots Scientists Build Lab-grade 3D Printed Microscope for £50 | Scientists at the University of Strathclyde have built what they claim is the world’s first fully 3D printed microscope in under three hours, and for less than £50 – a fraction of the cost of traditional devices.
The researchers produced th... |
18.11.2024 | Solway Firth Rescue Missions Boosted By Space Data | Lifeboat rescue missions that take place on the shifting waters of the Solway Firth are being boosted by data from space thanks to a new pioneering project.
Researchers from the University of Strathclyde’s Applied Space Technology Laborator... |
03.10.2024 | Strathclyde Uni Launches New Microelectronics Lab | The University of Strathclyde has opened a state-of-the-art engineering laboratory, with hopes that it will allow students to gain practical design, implementation and test experience of techniques required to create combined hardware and s... |
24.09.2024 | PropEco Raises $275K in Seed Funding | PropEco, a Glasgow, Scotland, UK-based proptech startup, secured a seed funding of £275k.
The round was led by Symvan Capital with participation from The University of Strathclyde’s Inspire Entrepreneurs Fund.
The company intends to use the... |
23.08.2024 | Can Better Data Analysis Prevent a Leading Cause of Injury and Death? | A Scottish research project has identified that improved data analysis could help with the prediction and prevention of falls—a leading cause of injury and death in the elderly.
Injuries from falls are a major cause of hospital admission an... |
23.07.2024 | New £5M Scots Facility to Combat Climate Change via Imaging Tech | A new £5 million Scottish facility aims to combat the adverse effects of climate change through high-speed imaging technology.
The project, developed with input from more than 100 academics and led by the University of Strathclyde, will use... |
01.07.2024 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | June 2024 | Welcome to the June edition of DIGIT Movers and Shakers, 2024!
Every month, our Movers and Shakers feature gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem, from recruitment and partnerships to expansions and awards.
Thi... |
10.06.2024 | Strathclyde Uni & CHSS Partner to Create Metaverse Charity Shop | Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) is believed to be among the first UK charities aiming to set up shop in the virtual world to raise vital funds.
Researchers from the University of Strathclyde’s Business School (SBS) are working with... |
16.05.2024 | Strathclyde Uni Leads New Tech-driven Sustainable Manufacturing Hub | A new manufacturing hub for the sustainable production of medicines which will pioneer the use of advanced technologies, such as robotics and AI, is being led by the University of Strathclyde.
The MediForge Hub aims to transform the develop... |
02.05.2024 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | April 2024 | Welcome to the April edition of DIGIT Movers and Shakers, 2024!
Every month, our Movers and Shakers feature gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem, from recruitment and partnerships to expansions and awards.
Th... |
08.04.2024 | AI Space Sustainability Project Led by Strathclyde Uni Gets £1.5M | An international collaboration which explores how AI can be used to improve space sustainability, safety, and operations has received £1.5 million in funding from the UK Space Agency.
The University of Strathclyde’s Aerospace Centre for Exc... |
26.03.2024 | Scots Spinout to Make Climate Law Accessible via Digital Platform | C2LI, or Climate Change Legal Initiative, has created the Climate Change Litigation Knowledge Hub. The hub, which is currently in development, is a searchable and open-access online platform that takes complex climate change litigation case... |
20.03.2024 | StrathCyber Receives Academic Centre of Excellence Status | StrathCyber, the Cyber Security Research Group at the University of Strathclyde was credited the award by the Government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and EPSRC, signifying the exceptional quality and impact of Strathclyde’s cyber... |
18.03.2024 | Pioneering industrial refrigeration engineer, Dr Forbes Pearson, dies at 92 | Renown Industrial Refrigeration Pioneer dies at 92
The legacy of the renowned engineer and co-founder of the UK's largest industrial refrigeration company, Star Refrigeration, includes over 100 patents and pioneering contributions to the re... |
14.03.2024 | Innovation Node for Time-critical Tech Launched at Strathclyde Uni | The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has launched, at the University of Strathclyde, the first of three innovation nodes focused on the application of accurate and precise timing for new technologies and products in sectors such as quantu... |
12.03.2024 | Strathclyde Uni Launches ESG Scale-up Programme | Strathclyde Business School and the Scottish National Investment Bank have partnered up to launch a new programme aiming to help scale-up Scottish businesses.
The Scottish Impact Investor Readiness Programme aims to address growth barriers ... |
05.03.2024 | Strathclude Uni Developing System to Balance UK Electricity Network | Energy experts at the University teamed up with the Electricity System Operator (ESO) to design an optimisation tool which paves the way for net-zero electricity system operation in Great Britain. It enables the control room to make better ... |
04.03.2024 | Strathclyde Uni Creating Low-cost Sensors to Improve Kenyan Crop Yields | The project is taking inspiration from ancient art and design-based printing processes such as wood blocking, combined with local natural materials such as chimney soot, egg, newspaper and enzymes from local plants and bacteria to make extr... |
12.12.2023 | Strathclyde Uni to Open New Hub for Net Zero Innovation | A new innovation hub within the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland is being established by the University of Strathclyde to aid the development and deployment of technology supporting decarbonisation.
An agreement with Roll... |
11.09.2023 | UK’s Microplate Dx raises €2.9M to advance its antibiotic diagnostic technology | Read this article in:
Microplate Dx, a diagnostics spinout company from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK, announced that it has secured £2.5M (approximately €2.91M) in a seed round of funding.
The company is working on a point-o... |
31.03.2023 | Uncovering The Different Types Of ChatGPT Bias | Distinguished Analyst and Research Fellow, Info-Tech Research Group. Insights and recommendations for projects, portfolios, and change. |
07.09.2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | August 2022 | Recruitment AND Digital
Tech consultancy AND Digital welcomed five new starts as part of its graduate software development and business apprenticeships programme at Club Almeida in Glasgow.
Working alongside the University of Strathclyde an... |
02.08.2022 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | July 2022 | Funding CodeBase
Edinburgh-based company CodeBase was awarded a contract worth up to £42 million to establish seven new tech scaler hubs across Scotland.
The Scottish Government investment will help tech founders scale-up their businesses b... |
27.07.2022 | Secured Carbon Externally Verifies Local Carbon Emissions to Rate the Performance of Climate Projects | The left axis presents global carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration which was measured at 421 parts per million (ppm) in May. The right axis presents the combined trade of carbon offsets and green bonds, predicted to surpass $5 trillion in the... |
20.07.2022 | £1.4m for Strathclyde Uni to Kickstart Knowledge Exchange | The University of Strathclyde has been awarded almost £1.4 million in funding to help translate university research to have real-life impact.
University of Strathclyde funding is being provided by the UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Imp... |
13.07.2022 | Scots-developed Device Can Take 3D Images to Detect Eye Disease | A low-cost device which takes 3D images could transform eye screening and treatment across the globe.
The device, developed by researchers from the University of Strathclyde, captures 3-D images of the retina, the back of the eye and cornea... |
06.07.2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | June 2022 | Recruitment Brillband
Scottish broadband firm Brillband has made two key appointments as it prepares to launch a trial of its app technology in Scotland.
Entrepreneur and fundraising specialist behind investing company Raising Partners, Hel... |
09.06.2022 | New Ayrshire Technology Centre to Help Aid Scots Net Zero Ambitions | The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), operated by Strathclyde Uni, has announced that it will open a new Ayrshire technology centre.
NMIS is working in partnership with North Ayrshire Council and deep tech innovation organis... |
08.06.2022 | Cyber Skills Boost as Apprenticeship Programme Gains NCSC Certification | The Strathclyde’s Uni MSc Cyber Security Graduate Degree programme has been fully certified by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
Certification means the programme meets the criteria defined for Scottish Graduate Apprenticeship Mast... |
06.06.2022 | Movers and Shakers | May 2022 | Recruitment Archangels
Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate Archangels has announced the appointment of Ian Macleod as the new chair of its board.
The former investment analyst and fund manager takes over from Eric Young, who has held... |
02.06.2022 | Could Magnesium Offer an Alternative to Lithium in Batteries? | Magnesium could offer a sustainable and affordable alternative to lithium in batteries, according to research led by the University of Strathclyde.
Funded by the Faraday Institution, the study is exploring suitable electrolytes, which conne... |
23.05.2022 | ‘Groundbreaking’ HINS Light Technology Project Seeks Global Adoption | The University of Strathclyde has partnered with US firm Korrus to lead the patent licensing for its groundbreaking HINS light technology (High Intensity Narrow Spectrum).
A research team at the university developed the system that decontam... |
09.05.2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | April 2022 | Recruitment The Data Lab
Brian Hills was announced as the new CEO of The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI in April.
He was most recently interim CEO following the departure of Gillian Docherty OBE in January this year,... |
25.04.2022 | Campfire Audio leverages 3D printing for new Supermoon earphones | Campfire Audio, a manufacturer of earphones and in-ear monitors (IEMs), has leveraged 3D printing to better customize its new Supermoon planar magnetic IEM model.
The IEM’s patent-pending solid-body design provides optimized acoustic perfor... |
07.04.2022 | Strathclyde Business School Enlists Creatio to Enhance the Educational Experience | Strathclyde Business School will use the Creatio platform to streamline workflows of serving their students and external partners. BOSTON, MA, USA, April 7, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Creatio, a global vendor of one platform to automate ind... |
05.04.2022 | Photonics Design Centre Opens at Strathclyde Uni | A new Photonics Design Centre has opened at the University of Strathclyde to accelerate commercialisation of photonic products into quantum and space markets.
The centre, opened by Alter Technology TUV Nord and based in Strathclyde’s Techno... |
28.03.2022 | The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) announces the selection of three Innovation Nodes as part of its National Timing Centre (NTC) programme | The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), today announces the selection of three innovation nodes in partnership with the University of Strathclyde, University of Surrey, and Cranfield University. These innovation nodes are being developed in... |
22.02.2022 | Strathclyde Uni to Develop Privacy-protecting Cybersecurity Tech | The University of Strathclyde is developing new cybersecurity technology to help people manage their online privacy.
Experts in cybersecurity, psychology, law, business, and criminology will collaborate in the three-year, £3.4-million AP4L ... |
16.02.2022 | CGK Group Slashes Costs By 50 Percent With New Largix 3D Printing System | Belgian chemical processing firm, the CGK Group, is planning to 3D print an entire 13-foot storage container according to a report by the Times of Israel.
By adopting Largix’s robotic, machine learning-assisted platform to construct the sto... |
15.02.2022 | Strathclyde Uni Receives Funding to Develop Quantum Communication | Fresh funding has been allocated to help the University of Strathclyde develop two international quantum communication technology networks.
Quantum communication uses data encoded as quantum bits, or qubits. Unlike traditional bits, where d... |
14.12.2021 | Strathclyde Uni Spin-out Lupovis Secures £615k Tech Research Funding | University of Strathclyde cybersecurity spin-out Lupovis has announced that it has secured pre-seed investment of more than £615,000.
The funding was gained through a syndicate co-led by Techstart Ventures and Nauta Capital, together with a... |
08.12.2021 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | November 2021 | Recruitment and Appointments The Data Lab
The Data Lab announced last month that Gillian Docherty OBE will step down as CEO, a position she has held for the last six years.
Gillian will remain in position at The Data Lab until late-January ... |
01.12.2021 | Strathclyde Uni Partnership Unveils New National Robotics Centre | A new national robotics centre aims to advance smart manufacturing by eliminating barriers and accelerating widespread use of smart collaborative robotics technology.
Borne from the Made Smarter Innovation Research Centre for Smart, Collabo... |
18.11.2021 | Consortium led by Aker Offshore Wind secures blade recycling pilot project funding | Consortium led by Aker Offshore Wind secures blade recycling pilot project funding Thu, Nov 18, 2021 08:00 CET
A UK Government grant has been secured for an innovative pilot to develop the UK’s first wind blade turbine recycling plant.
The ... |
12.11.2021 | DIGIT Movers & Shakers | October 2021 | Recruitment Aveni
Speech analytics firm Aveni has appointed Elizabeth Gooch, MBE, as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer.
Shortly after its recent funding round, the speech analytics company also announced a raft of key design and engineeri... |
12.11.2021 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | October 2021 | Recruitment Aveni
Speech analytics firm Aveni has appointed Elizabeth Gooch, MBE, as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer.
Shortly after its recent funding round, the speech analytics company also announced a raft of key design and engineeri... |
11.11.2021 | COP26 produced a ‘yoyo of feelings’ about agrifood’s climate role | “It’s been a yoyo of feelings,” I overheard one delegate tell another in the Green Zone of COP26 in Glasgow last week.
That was my experience too – and that of many I’ve spoken to about the UN climate summit that brought leaders from all ov... |
03.11.2021 | New opportunities to support sustainability in UK manufacturing thanks to Made Smarter Innovation | New opportunities to support sustainability in UK manufacturing thanks to Made Smarter Innovation
03-11-2021
The Made Smarter Innovation challenge at UKRI announces £20 million for a new Sustainable Smart Factory competition.
The Made Smart... |
02.11.2021 | New Funding Approved for Made Smarter Innovation Programme | The Made Smarter Innovation (MSI) challenge aims to help UK manufacturing become more productive and competitive through the innovation and diffusion of digital technology.
While the much of focus of MSI is on industrial digital technologie... |
29.10.2021 | Scottish Gaming and Robotics Could Revolutionise Stroke Care | Academics at Strathclyde University are working with CHSS to integrate cutting-edge research in areas like robotics and computer gaming technology with CHSS’s Hospital to Home services.
Over the next 12 months, it will integrate the work of... |
26.10.2021 | Affordable FDM 3D printed drug-filled ‘ring’ makes treating vaginal infections more accessible | Researchers at the Hungarian University of Debrecen and University of Szeged have developed a novel, additive manufactured, low-cost medical device that is said to be capable of rapidly treating vaginal infections.
Created using a commercia... |
08.10.2021 | Strathclyde Uni Students Benefit from Newton Flight Academy Partnership | The University of Strathclyde it is teaming up with the Glasgow Science Centre, FIRST Scandanavia and Boeing on a new permanent aviation STEM classroom.
Newton Flight Academy will be used to teach students aviation-related concepts in STEM ... |
24.09.2021 | Scientists develop 3D printed microneedle vaccine patch that outperforms jabs | The 2021 3D Printing Industry Awards shortlists are open for voting, have your say now.
Scientists at Stanford University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) have produced a 3D printed vaccine patch which they claim pr... |
05.08.2021 | Glasgow Firm’s ‘Transformative’ Brain Cancer Test Could Speed up Diagnosis | A major breakthrough by a Glasgow-based tech company could rapidly enhance the early detection of brain cancer.
Research from Dxcover in the Cancers academic journal shows that the company’s liquid biopsy technology is effective even during... |
05.07.2021 | Hyde Aero products partners with Renishaw & NCAM to develop new metal AM capability | Leading European aerospace engineering service provider Hyde Aero Products (HAP) has called on the expertise of global engineering firm Renishaw and the National Centre for Additive Manufacturing (NCAM), based at the Manufacturing Technolog... |
20.06.2021 | BREAKING: Scottish alt-protein startup Enough banks $51m Series B led by Nutreco, Onassis Foundation | UK alt-protein startup Enough has raised €42 million ($51 million) in a Series B round co-led by Dutch food and animal feed major Nutreco and Olympic Investments, an arm of the Onassis Foundation set up by 20th century Greek shipping magnat... |
20.06.2021 | Scottish alt-protein startup Enough banks $51m Series B led by Nutreco, Onassis Foundation | UK alt-protein startup Enough has raised €42 million ($51 million) in a Series B round co-led by Dutch food and animal feed major Nutreco and Olympic Investments, an arm of the Onassis Foundation set up by 20th century Greek shipping magnat... |
28.05.2021 | Renewables Interest Will Drive UK Oil and Gas Transformation, Data Suggests | Newly released data indicates that UK oil and gas transformation will see a boost after Covid-19 as firms eye a move towards a low carbon future.
The 33rd Oil and Gas Survey, conducted by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce’s Resear... |
18.05.2021 | University of Strathclyde Unveils New Spin-out, ULab Equipment | ULab Equipment, a new spin-out from the University of Strathclyde, has officially launched this week.
The company, which is set to pitch at EIE21 on 10th June, provides software to help manage laboratory equipment.
According to ULab, the fi... |
30.09.2020 | New Survey Highlights Increased Adoption of Tech Among Scottish Businesses | The adoption and use of technology within Scottish businesses has accelerated rapidly in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report launched today.
Published by Addleshaw Goddard alongside the Fraser of Allander Institute, ... |
08.09.2020 | DIGIT Deal Roundup Column: August 2020 | Investment Zumo
Edinburgh cryptocurrency startup, Zumo, had a brilliant August, raising more than £1 million in 48-hours as part of a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs.
The company launched its crowdfunding campaign to highlight the benefits ... |
01.09.2020 | Strathclyde University and NMIS to receive share of £15.8m AMCF funding for 3D printing project | Scottish-based Strathclyde University has secured a portion of a £15.8 million challenge fund for a collaborative project with National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS).
Working with NMIS, Strathclyde University will train staff from... |
26.08.2020 | Apprentice Employer of the Month | J.P. Morgan | JP Morgan, one of the world’s most successful financial institutions with a significant presence in Scotland, currently has 55 Graduate Apprentices working at its first class technology centre in Glasgow’s financial services district.
Quite... |
13.08.2020 | Scotland’s Coal Mining Heritage Could Fuel Renewable Revolution | Researchers from the University of Strathclyde hope to draw upon Scotland’s coal mining past to create clean renewable energy.
A project led by the university has won early-stage funding to explore how to tap into geothermal energy containe... |
10.08.2020 | New Digital Platform to Improve Building Inspections | Researchers from the University of Strathclyde have received funding to develop a groundbreaking online platform to carry out building inspections.
The six-month project, which has received £35,000 in funding from the Construction Scotland ... |
04.08.2020 | DIGIT Deal Roundup Column: July 2020 | Investment
Eos Advisory and Cumulus
July was off to a good start for Eos Advisory, who led a £1.7 million investment round to back Europe’s first oncology drug discovery accelerator, Cumulus Oncology.
The investment round, which was support... |
02.07.2020 | New Private Network Could Accelerate the Adoption of 5G in Manufacturing | The Scotland 5G Centre has announced the development of a private 5G network at a new R&D facility in collaboration with the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland’s specialist AFRC and LMC centres.
It is the first of its kind in Sco... |
20.05.2019 | Strathclyde Energy Tech Spinout Secures £2.1m Funding | Energy technology company Synaptec, a spinout from the University of Strathclyde, has secured a £2.1 million investment that will support its proposed expansion.
Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund has invested £2 million in the company ... |
12.12.2018 | Strathclyde University and Lux Assure Win Funding for Oil and Gas Data Analysis | LUX Assure, specialists in corrosion inhibitor management for the oil and gas industry, has partnered with the University of Strathclyde, one of the UK’s leading tech universities, to further develop its successful CoMic™ technology, a corr... |
08.11.2018 | Wind and Solar Power Forecasting Innovation | Natural Power sponsor PhD in Power Forecasting
Leading renewable energy and infrastructure consultancy, Natural Power, is to collaborate with the University of Strathclyde and The Data Lab to jointly sponsor Rosemary Tawn for a PhD in Short... |
10.10.2018 | Scottish Demand for Data Science Talent Continues to Surge | Scotland’s insatiable demand for data science talent has prompted The Data Lab to increase its MSc places in the 2018/19 academic year.
This year’s cohort will increase by 25 to 155 and equates to a 310% increase since the programme launche... |
09.10.2018 | 3D printing news Sliced: United Nations, Mini, Rocket Lab, Sciaky and more | Today Sliced, our regular 3D printing news digest, features the latest educational innovations from the National Institute of Technology, Trichy, I-Form, the Advanced Forming Research Centre, the Beijing Institute of Technology and more.
Fr... |
20.09.2018 | Scotland’s Strathclyde Uni unleashes fintech accelerator programme | The University of Strathclyde has launched a new fintech accelerator programme as it seeks to strengthen Scotland’s position in financial innovation.
The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
The new programme will begin in March 2019. Entrepr... |
07.09.2018 | Scottish Universities to Receive Quantum Tech Funding Boost | Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced a funding boost for Scottish universities and businesses to develop quantum technology.
More than £80 million will be invested over a five year period and will be given to world-leading development ce... |
02.05.2018 | Scottish University to Host UK’s First IEEE 5G Summit | This month will see the University of Strathclyde host the international IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 5G summit – The first time this event has been held in the United Kingdom.
Expected to attract delegates from a... |
13.03.2018 | Orkneys to Trial Gigabit Speed 5G Mobile Network | The Orkneys are not necessarily the first place you would think of when considering the future of mobile telecommunications. However, the islands are about to become a pioneer of ultrafast 5th generation (5G) mobile networks, thanks to tele... |
25.01.2018 | Innovation Nation: Science Centre to Showcase Scotland | The Glasgow Science Centre will play host to a new interactive exhibition focusing on innovation and showcase Scotland as a pioneer in emerging technologies.
Idea #59 will explore advances in artificial intelligence (AI), big data, robotics... |
17.01.2018 | Scotland in Bid to Host New Spaceport | Machrihanish, Sutherland, and Prestwick are among the Scottish locations being considered as potential launch sites for the UK’s first spaceport. If selected, Scotland would benefit from increased investment, job creation and even more prom... |
09.01.2018 | OGTC Announces £1.3M Investment In Four Projects | Over the next ten years around 1400 oil wells on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) are due to be abandoned, at a cost of almost £7 billion. The development of new technology to tackle this issue and reduce that cost is a target set by the UK’... |
13.12.2017 | £65 Million Factory for the Future Announced | The Scottish Government will invest £48 million in the new National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), with an additional £8 million coming from the educational partnership with the University of Strathclyde. This will be added to the... |
07.12.2017 | Scotland Woos Indian Students with £6 Million Scholarships | Scotland is attempting to attract students from India with scholarships valued at over £6 million, Universities Scotland has revealed. Of this total, over £1 million has also been exclusively reserved for ‘outstanding’ Indian students.
The ... |
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... |
25.10.2017 | Is Your Web Browser Mining Bitcoin Right Now? | The rise of Bitcoin and other ‘crypto-assets’ has prompted hackers to ‘hijack’ people’s browsers and use their computational power, security experts have warned. Palo Alto Networks’ Intelligence Centre has outlined how hackers are abusing a... |
06.10.2017 | Women Sweep the Board at Scottish Software Awards | The Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards, now in their 28th year, are given to the best undergraduate software projects, drawn from across all students studying computing science and software engineering in Scotland. Each university s... |