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Shaping Scotland’s sustainable recovery

The Data-Driven Innovation initiative has contributed to a major Scottish government report on the economic…

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DDI launch new webinar series

Virtual panel discussion “The role of data and data innovation in the recovery from Covid-19”…

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Data project boost to aid local Covid-19 recovery

A host of projects have received funding from the Data-Driven Innovation initiative to support local…

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Centre for Data, Culture & Society Annual Report

The Centre for Data, Culture & Society published their Annual Report for the academic year 2019-2020…

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Guest Blog: Anna Scott

In this blog Anna Scott, Project Delivery Manager – Data Skills for Work (DDI Skills…

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Data-Driven Innovation funds 19 projects to fight COVID-19

In April, as one part of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Data-Driven Innovation…

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Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase 2020

Celebrating innovation across the creative industries in Edinburgh and beyond. Creative Informatics is holding its…

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AgriTech partnership boost to DDI ambitions

The University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Innovation Centre (RIC) and Deep Science Ventures (DSV) have partnered…

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Space and Satellites: data artist residencies May-June 2020

New Artist-In-Residence Programme announced promoting Scotland’s Space and Satellites industry. Artists will be teamed with…

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