Posts Tagged ‘EFI’
Scheme opens to support young people’s financial futures
An innovative partnership that aims to develop better financial services for young people across Scotland has launched. The joint initiative between the University of Edinburgh’s Compassion in Financial Services Hub and charity Young Scot will place young people at the heart of its work, as academics and financial services experts will hear from them directly…
Read MoreIndustry residencies at The University of Edinburgh
There are many benefits from industry residency opportunities at The University of Edinburgh’s innovation hubs. Companies of many sizes and at different stages of growth are choosing to locate at the University of Edinburgh. Partnership working with academics, access to the next generation of talent, and simply being close to likeminded entrepreneurs and spin-outs are…
Read MoreExhibition uses AI to explore love, loss and the future of seas
A deeply moving artwork exploring how artificial intelligence can preserve – and give new life to – the memory of a loved one is set to feature in a new exhibition. How to Find the Soul of a Sailor, which uses the cherished 40-year-old diaries of a seaman to bring his stories back to life,…
Read MoreFutures Institute welcomes partners and members
Edinburgh Futures Institute welcomed the first cohort of partners and members to its co-location spaces this autumn. The opening of the historic landmark building in June 2024 has been marked by a range of activities welcoming the public, students and staff of the University, and local and regional stakeholders and organisations. The Futures Institute recently…
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 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 MoreNew collaboration to focus on reducing inequalities
A collaboration between three major public bodies will see the launch of an innovative new hub to improve health and social inequalities throughout Scotland. The University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute, Police Scotland, and Public Health Scotland will come together to implement a pioneering Scottish Prevention Hub that will aim to improve national public health. Key…
Read MoreOnline game world founded by EFI student wins $50k grant
Plot Twisters, an online game world for social-emotional learning founded by Edinburgh Futures Institute student Jenny Liu Zhang, has been awarded $50K as one of three Grand Prize Winners in OpenIDEO’s Designing for Digital Thriving Challenge. Jenny is in her first year of pursuing her MSc in Narrative Futures at EFI (on a three-year part-time…
Read MoreEdinburgh Professors to lead AHRC Programme on AI
Two Edinburgh researchers will lead a project to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) and data are used responsibly and ethically across society and industry. The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), have appointed Professors Shannon Vallor and Ewa Luger to direct the £3.5 million programme ‘Enabling a Responsible AI…
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