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Data innovation goes off the wall in Edinburgh

From the writings of George Orwell to extra-terrestrial terrain, culture-seekers at this year’s Edinburgh Festival…

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Guest blog: Data-smart boardroom leaders needed for business boom

Professor John Amis explains why the University of Edinburgh Business School’s Non-Executive Director Programme with…

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Conference to focus on doing data right in Edinburgh

Best-selling author Caroline Criado Perez will visit the University of Edinburgh on Tuesday 10 September…

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University launches first MicroMasters Programme in Predictive Analytics

The University of Edinburgh Business School has launched its first ever MicroMasters in Predictive Analytics…

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Working together to count the uncounted

UNICEF’s Mark Hereward explains how the right partnerships and innovation are key to ‘filling gaps’…

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Ten years of driving tech investment

This year’s announcement of EIE’s partnership with the Data-Driven Innovation initiative was the latest development…

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Industry leaders’ challenge to get creative with data

Four of Edinburgh’s leading cultural organisations are taking part in a £7.6 million initiative that…

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Research partnership boost for City Region’s super-computer

The University of Edinburgh’s high-powered computing centre, the EPCC, is collaborating with US tech giant…

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Why men need to step up on gender equality in data science

PhD Sociology student, Poppy Gerrard-Abbott reports from the Data-Driven Innovation initiative’s Women in Data Science…

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