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Double Boost for Scotland’s Global Fintech Ambitions

FinTech Scotland welcomes European Cluster Excellence Award and Strategic Partner Support   FinTech Scotland welcomes…

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Collaboration to improve life for aging population

The University of Edinburgh and Legal & General have announced a major partnership to improve…

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Top cultural organisations seek solutions to data-driven dilemmas

Challenges set by five of Edinburgh’s leading cultural organisations have been selected in the second…

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Start-up Ocyan closes deal with Telefónica to provide Blockchain Infrastructure

The deal comes together with a pre-seed investment round where Ocyan received capital, lead by QVentures…

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Guest blog: Ruth Donnelly, Assistant Director, Careers Service

Most people take it for granted that students at the University of Edinburgh are highly…

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Key role for Edinburgh in new satellite data centre

Support from the Data-Driven Innovation initiative has helped secure a key role for Edinburgh-based researchers…

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Wayra Demo Day 2019

DAVID LEE reports on the AI and Blockchain Accelerator Demo Day, recently held in Edinburgh…

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Take the 2020 ScotlandIS Tech Survey

The Data-Driven Innovation initiative is supporting the 2020 Scottish Technology Industry Survey, delivered by ScotlandIS….

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Getting a Story from your Data

Caroline Parkinson reports from Data-Driven Innovation’s recent event, Getting a Story from your Data  …

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