Innovation

University entrepreneurs tackle global challenges in startup accelerator

Startups focused on carbon capture, breastmilk donation and machine learning took centre stage at this...

October 3, 2024

Energy Enterprise & Innovation Innovation Partnership Research

Small but mighty: the role of local authorities in achieving net zero

In the UK’s journey to net zero, action is needed to reduce emissions from every...

June 13, 2024

Cars Health Innovation Land & Seas Research

How car culture endangers our health, our environment, our society and what Scotland can do about it

“We have built a whole system around cars; car culture is prioritising cars above everything...

May 6, 2024

Energy Innovation Students

EPSRC’s £6M funding opens doors for 50 offshore renewable energy research engineers at IDCORE

The importance of offshore renewable energy (ORE) research and mutual cooperation between academia and industry...

March 29, 2024

Energy Innovation Partnership Research

An interdisciplinary approach to advancing the Offshore Wind sector: how the Energy@Ed network fosters collaboration to address sector needs

The University of Edinburgh is galvanising academics working in offshore wind and related topics to...

December 20, 2023

Enterprise & Innovation Innovation Partnership Student Experience Students

Climate conscious student start-ups battle for Accelerator prize

Agricultural tech, seafood waste management and children’s healthcare companies took home the top prizes in...

September 15, 2023

Enterprise & Innovation Innovation Land & Seas Research

How Easy Rice Transforms Agriculture Through Artificial Intelligence

Nuttakan Wiriyakrieng, Chief Information Officer at Easy Rice Digital Technology, tells us how the company...

April 27, 2023

Enterprise & Innovation Innovation Research Students

Earth Day 2023: How The University of Edinburgh is Investing in Our Planet

This Earth Day’s focus is ‘Invest in Our Planet’ in recognition of the new dawn...

April 21, 2023

Enterprise & Innovation Innovation Partnership

How Beringar Transforms the Workplace and Drives Sustainability through Building Intelligence

Mark Sorsa-Leslie, founder and co-CEO of Beringar, discusses how the Edinburgh-based start-up delivers crucial data...

March 28, 2023

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