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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 INTERPOL, the international crime fighting body, is set to receive its biggest ever private funding injection to better combat the global sexual exploitation and abuse of children. Plans for a £25 million funding deal were announced following a meeting of…
Read MoreVisionary restoration breathes life into much-loved city landmark
Edinburgh Futures Institute has officially opened its doors to the public in the transformed and revitalised Old Royal Infirmary building. The much-loved city landmark will officially open to the public on Monday 3rd June following an extensive seven-year, multi-million-pound restoration. Built in 1879, the Old Royal Infirmary housed the city’s main hospital until 2003 and…
Read MoreChildlight 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, say Scottish university researchers behind the first global estimate of the scale of the crisis. With files containing sexual images of children reported once every second, the authors said pupils “in every classroom, in every school, in every country” are…
Read MoreUniversities 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 Edinburgh and UNSW Sydney to step up the worldwide battle against the sexual exploitation and abuse of children. UNSW’s Professor Michael Salter, a leading expert on the subject, will lead on a new partnership with members of the Childlight Global…
Read MoreTop Award for Data Education in Schools
The Data Education in Schools (DES) team has scooped top prize for Education Initiative of the Year at the 2024 British Data Awards. DES is part of the Data Skills Gateway, a key strand of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal and its inclusive growth ambition. Since 2018, DES has reached around…
Read MoreCreative 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 book. Data-Driven Innovation in the Creative Industries, published by Routledge, is a collection of essays edited by Melissa Terras, Vikki Jones, Nicola Osborne and Chris Speed. The book reflects on the editors’ experiences in delivering, researching, and supporting the creative…
Read MoreThe 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 almost 1,000 learners in data literacy through its Data Skills for Work programme. The vast majority of which are based in Edinburgh and South East Scotland. Led by The Data Lab, the Data Skills for Work programme is part of…
Read More‘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 to a groundbreaking initiative by the National Robotarium to build public trust in robots and AI across Scotland. The National Robotarium, the UK’s centre for robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) based at Heriot-Watt University in partnership with The University of…
Read More£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 the sexual exploitation and abuse of children. A £20 million ten-year funding agreement has been struck to support the work of the Childlight Global Child Safety Institute, based at the University of Edinburgh. Since its launch last year, its team…
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