Tag: University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh researchers receive new funding to tackle Alzheimer’s

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have received a £160,000 funding boost from Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity.

The announcement comes during Dementia Awareness Week, a national initiative to raise the awareness of dementia and encourage people to join efforts to help those affected by the condition. Continue reading Edinburgh researchers receive new funding to tackle Alzheimer’s

What Next? Pint of Science Festival launched

Curious about science but not an expert? The Pint of Science festival Edinburgh brings esteemed scientists down to their local pub to answer the biggest question: What Next? Continue reading What Next? Pint of Science Festival launched

Edinburgh Science Festival: The Musical Brain

Playlist for Life are the UK’s leading music and dementia charity and the University of Edinburgh’s Prevent Dementia project aims to identify the earliest signs of the disease.  And together, they are exploring how the power of music can help those with dementia.  

This event, The Musical Brain, will be outlining the neuroscience behind the phenomenon, offering an engaging showcase of how this works in practice and explaining current research while giving advice on how everyone can protect their brain health.

The talk will take place on Saturday 13th April at 1200 in the Auditorium at the National Museum of Scotland.  Tickets are available online

The Edinburgh Science Festival runs until 21st April

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Edinburgh Hub to open doors to success in education

EDINBURGH’S universities, colleges and the local authority have joined forces to increase the educational opportunities open to people who have spent time in care. Continue reading Edinburgh Hub to open doors to success in education

SPRINT programme launched in Scotland

Launched at DATA.SPACE 2019, Scottish businesses can access funded UK university expertise to drive commercial product development
A new programme has been launched to help Scottish SMEs access funded support up to £90,000 for the expertise, data and technology from five of the UK’s top space universities.

The SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) programme provides unprecedented access to university space expertise and facilities to help businesses develop new commercial products for space and other key sectors.

The new, £5 million SPRINT programme is supported by Research England and the Scottish Funding Council. It is being delivered by a consortium of five of the UK’s leading space universities, led by the University of Leicester and including the University of Edinburgh, Open University, University of Southampton and University of Surrey.

The programme will support UK small to medium enterprises in the innovation and development of new space-enabled technologies, services and applications, helping them to enter the growing space sector with existing and new products, and using technologies or data from space to innovate products for their markets.

The SPRINT programme was launched in Scotland at DATA.SPACE 2019, the information conference of the new space revolution, held from 24-25 January 2019 in Glasgow.

Professor Iain Woodhouse, Professor of Applied Earth Observation; Head of Geography and the Lived Environment Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh said: “The University is proud to be a SPRINT partner to support Scottish businesses developing commercial products for space and other key sectors.

“We bring to SPRINT a research heritage in advancing the use of satellite and geospatial data for the development of downstream services of space. We are also developing geo-data science techniques for integration of EO data from satellites, ground sensors, high-altitude platforms, drones and UAVsAt space data.”

Robin Sampson, Founder of Trade in Space Ltd, developing technologies to enable asset securitisation based on satellite imagery said: “We’re delighted to make contact with the SPRINT network and look forward to further engagement and access to Earth Observation expertise, especially through this initiative.”

Steve Greenland, Founder and CEO of Craft Prospect Ltd, a Glasgow-based space engineering practice said: “Craft Prospect has engaged with the SPRINT programme and received great support to investigate potential collaboration projects.

“As a small business, having a single point of contact allows us a greater awareness of cutting edge research within UK universities. We are now evaluating and prioritising how best to move forward.”

Dr Ross Burgon, Head of the SPRINT Programme at the University of Leicester added: “We launched the SPRINT programme at this year’s DATA.SPACE event and it was very well received by the Scottish space sector.

“We’re now working closely with our partner universities in Scotland, the University of Edinburgh and the Open University to explore with SMEs how SPRINT can to support their business growth through the exploitation of space data and technologies.”

For more information on the SPRINT programme, visit https://sprintnetwork.space