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Record £25 million offer of investment to arrest offenders and safeguard young people

‘Game changing’ boost for police in global fight against sexual exploitation and abuse of children…

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Visionary restoration breathes life into much-loved city landmark

Edinburgh Futures Institute has officially opened its doors to the public in the transformed and…

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Childlight Publishes Groundbreaking Global Index on Child Exploitation and Abuse Prevalence

More than 300 million children a year are victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse,…

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Universities forge global partnership to combat sexual exploitation and abuse of children

An international collaboration is to be forged between a specialist unit at the University of…

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Photo of Jo Spiller and Jasmeen Kanwal collecting the award for Education Initiative of the Year at the 2024 British Data Awards in London on 8th May 2024

Top Award for Data Education in Schools

The Data Education in Schools (DES) team has scooped top prize for Education Initiative of…

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Book cover of Data-Driven Innovation in the Creative Industries published by Routledge

Creative Informatics team lead new book on DDI in creative sector

The importance of data-driven innovation in the creative industries has been highlighted in a new…

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Two happy women work on a laptop

The Data Lab upskills more than 1000 learners to address growing digital skills gap

The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, has announced it has upskilled…

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‘World’s most advanced’ humanoid robot arrives in Scotland to help build trust

Ameca, the ‘world’s most advanced’ humanoid robot, is set to make robotics more accessible thanks…

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£20 million boost for Scots researchers to fight global exploitation and abuse of children

Pioneering Scottish researchers have been given a multi-million pounds boost in the worldwide battle against…

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