Posts by Stephaine Peebles
Forces in Mind Trust awards grant to examine the lived experiences of veterans living in Scotland
Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has awarded £300,000 to the University of Edinburgh, in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University, to conduct new research into the experiences of ex-Service personnel living in Scotland. The project, entitled You’re in Your Own Time Now, will address the current lack of up-to-date and in-depth data on ex-Service personnel in…
Read MoreApplications for Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneurs are open now!
Creative Informatics welcome applications from individuals and small teams working in any area of the creative industries. Present and previous Resident Entrepreneurs include new media artist Martin Disley, music asset management platform Delic, screenshot note-taking app PicoJar, robotics startup Touchlab, and Edinburgh Tool Library. If you would like to discuss your idea for an application,…
Read MoreCovid-19 recovery open call launching soon to Edinburgh University academics
As the country and Edinburgh and South East City Region continue to face the many challenges of Covid-19, the Scottish Funding Council has provided special funding for Universities in Scotland to mitigate the impact of the pandemic. One of the goals set by SFC is to fund translation of research into action, to support the…
Read MoreGuest Blog: My time as DDI summer intern
In this blog DDI intern Lucia Mackenzie describes her time with us this summer. I was originally drawn to the Data Driven Innovation programme in February 2020 by the scope of the work being done in collaboration with such a wide variety of sectors and academic disciplines. As a student of Politics with Quantitative Methods, to…
Read MoreDDI conference 2020: Doing Data Together – Ethical collaboration through Covid-19 and beyond
Virtual conference, Friday 6 November 2020, 10am-4pm GMT Register for free: scotsmandataconference.co.uk The University of Edinburgh will hold its third Data-Driven Innovation conference (held jointly with the Scotsman newspaper) on Friday 6 November 2020. Join experts from inside the University, and beyond, to hear about the enormous challenges – and real opportunities – in…
Read MoreOur ever-increasing consumption of social media is damaging our ability to think critically and engage in self-reflection, argues Professor Shannon Vallor.
It’s a fundamental question for our times; what are the major impacts of the enormous consumption of emerging technologies on human beings and their character? Professor Shannon Vallor, Baillie Gifford Chair of Data and AI Ethics at the University of Edinburgh, says those impacts have been diverse – but damaging overall. “Positive impacts include…
Read MoreData Education in Schools Launch Website
DDI Skills Gateway are delighted to announce that the Data Education in Schools project has launched their website. The website offers a range of access points for teachers, schools and industry professionals. The Data Education in Schools team will use the website to share resources and promote events to support teachers and connect to the…
Read MoreBorders College Shortlisted for leading the way in Data Science learning
An innovative partnership programme funded through the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal is benefitting students across the region, by allowing not only full-time students to learn about Data Driven Innovation (DDI) but also those who are unemployed or facing redundancy. The programme at Borders College has been shortlisted for a national award at the annual CDN (College Development Network) Awards – one of the…
Read MoreClimbing the learning curve
The West has a lot to learn from other parts of the world in responding to pandemics – and attitudes to data and government play a big part, says Rainer Kattel, Deputy Director and Professor of Innovation and Public Governance at the UCL Listen to our podcast with Rainer here. Vietnam has a population of…
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