Scottish space tech firm appoints high-profile executives as it eyes global expansion
A Scottish space tech firm has appointed three high-profile executives to its team as it eyes global expansion. Edinburgh-headquartered R3-IoT has also acquired an office space in Glasgow and announced...
Groundbreaking technique restores ‘feel’ to surgeons performing robotic surgery
Scottish researchers have been awarded £1.25 million to develop a “groundbreaking” technique to restore surgeons’ sense of ‘feel’ when performing robotic surgery. The new method will be used during keyhole...
Public Health Scotland’s data and intelligence response to Covid-19
As a Public Health Scotland (PHS) information analyst, I’ve had a front row seat to the data and intelligence response from our organisation to keep the public, leaders in government...
The Data Lab appoints interim CEO
Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI has announced an interim chief executive as a search gets underway to appoint someone permanently in the role. Brian Hills will be responsible...
Covid era offers chance to ‘radically rethink’ Scotland’s approach to health data
The Covid era has provided an opportunity to “radically rethink” how Scotland uses data to improve the health and wellbeing of citizens, according to a leading data expert. Dr Colin...
Opening up access to public sector data will be theme of user forum event
Opening up access to public sector data for research purposes will be the key theme of a user forum event to be hosted next month. Research Data Scotland will host...
Edinburgh tech spinout aims to reduce analysis time for genetic data
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have launched a spinout company that aims to revolutionise the handling of data by drastically reducing the time it takes to analyse millions of...
Work hard for a happy balance
Research reveals ways to help navigate the move from home office to hybrid working while retaining your workforce While many employers and employees may have found the move to home...
Class act puts children at heart of policies
Lessons from data can help reduce impact of climate crisis on youngsters An eye-catching and worrying report at Cop26 revealed that an estimated one billion children areat “extremely high risk”...
Nicola Sturgeon commits to the use of ‘ethical data’ to support government policy
Nicola Sturgeon has committed to the use of ‘ethical data’ to support government policy goals at the annual Data Summit conference. The First Minister’s appearance reinforces a government drive to...
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