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Heriot-Watt scientists use hair thin optical fibre for computing

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Scientists at Heriot-Watt have discovered a new method of programming optical circuits which could be critical for avoiding hacking of communications networks and ultrafast quantum computers. Experimental physicist and Professor of Physics at Edinburgh's...

King Charles III opens new Heriot-Watt campus in Dubai

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His Majesty King Charles III opened the new Dubai campus of Heriot-Watt University on Thursday. The new campus has 5,000 students enrolled from 115 nationalities. The King, accompanied by the UK’s Foreign Secretary, Lord...

Scottish Computing Science Week – National Robotarium showing off to the kids

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It is Scottish Computing Science Week this week, and as part of the festivities, the National Robotarium, based at Edinburgh’s Heriot Watt University campus hosted around 50 school children from Firrhill High School and...
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Football – university first for Heriot-Watt

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 Heriot-Watt University Football Club has reached the highest level of British university football for the first time since the club was founded 78 years ago. They beat Leeds Beckett University 3-1 in a play-off and the...

Academic event discusses leadership and sustainability at pre-COP 27 event

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At an event convened at Panmure House on Tuesday evening, leaders from academia, business, politics and the third sector gathered to discuss the experience of Heriot-Watt University in the delivery of impactful leadership on...

Surplus apples needed for university brandy project

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An appeal has been made for surplus apples from Edinburgh gardens which could be used for a sustainable brandy project  Edinburgh’s surplus apples - usually destined to simply rot - are being turned into one...

Heriot-Watt University collaborates and innovates in new deal

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Heriot-Watt University and InnoScot Health pool expertise to accelerate medtech innovation A partnership which aims to fast-track innovation in medical and healthcare technologies and better understand clinical and nursing needs in Scotland has been announced...

Buffy ‘the wrasse slayer’ helps Scots to silver medal

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Scotland's ladies sea fishing team collected silver medals after surging up the leader board on the second day of the Home International at Weymouth, and Edinburgh-based angler Buffy McAvoy (cor), who has only been...

Heriot-Watt spin out company goes commercial

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A new company has been born out of a research project at Heriot-Watt University funded by Scottish Enterprise's (SE) High Growth Spinout Programme. The business will further develop advanced camera technology to be used in...

Heriot-Watt wins Queen’s Anniversary Prize

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Heriot-Watt University has won the highest honour in UK education for its pioneering research in the field of photonics. This is the fourth time the university has won the Queen's Anniversary Prize and it...

UK’s plan to replace gas for household heating

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Heat and buildings strategy: the good, bad and ugly of the UK’s plan to replace gas boilers by Ran Boydell, Heriot-Watt University The UK government has published its Heat and Buildings Strategy, a plan to replace fossil-fuelled...
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Opinion – what will happen as climate change affects buildings

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Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming accelerates By Ran Boydell, Heriot-Watt University Climate change will affect every aspect of our lives – including the buildings we live...
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Robot will support workers in hazardous environments

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The robot which became famous dancing on YouTube could help save lives and cut CO2 emissions by supporting research into working in hazardous environments at the National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt University. The researchers at the...

Assisted living lab announces successful event at Heriot-Watt

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The National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt University brought inventors together in a week-long event showing how robotics can help with social care offering an opportunity to prototype new solutions. The eventuated the world's first open...

Sir Geoff Palmer is appointed Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University

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Heriot-Watt University announced today that Sir Geoff Palmer has been appointed the new Chancellor. He will be officially inaugurated in October at the University's bicentennial celebrations. Sir Geoff who is a well known and respected...

Head injuries in sport set to be tackled with wearable tech

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The measurement and tracking of head impact force in sport and recreational activities is due to be tackled with wearable technology which will also aid research into, and support informed decisions on, the risk...

Edinburgh to get a National Robotarium

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Work has begun on the new National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt University. This £22.4 million facility will be the largest and most advanced research facility for robotics and AI in the UK. It will work with...

Heriot-Watt mark anniversary with new prize

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Heriot-Watt University is 200 years old this year and is marking its anniversary with a new academic prize. This $75,000 prize is one of the biggest in the UK and is open to academics...

Heriot-Watt and ultrafast laser firm enter collaboration agreement

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Today (21st Dec.) Heriot-Watt University announced a new, five-year partnership with ultrafast laser manufacturer Chromacity. The agreement enhances the continued close collaboration between Chromacity and Heriot-Watt University, with the company ideally positioned to commercialise...

Heriot-Watt embraces partnership working in recovery strategy

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Heriot-Watt University is hoping to build multinational businesses of the future with its new partnership with produce development agency Filament PD. The plan is to help small businesses scale up to compete at global...

Staff at Heriot-Watt balloted over strike action

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The university is threatening compulsory redundancies and the University College Union (UCU) say they are balloting their members at the three university sites in Edinburgh, Orkney and Galashiels over possible strike action. Apparently 130 jobs...

Heriot-Watt developing specialist laser technology

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Heriot-Watt University is developing a specialist laser which will analyse deadly diseases. The Deep Tissue Project is a completely new way of analysing biological tissue including skin, bone and plant life. This is the...

Comment – Women in STEM: how gender inequality could damage Scotland’s economy

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by Fiona McNeill, Heriot-Watt University Like much of the world, Scotland has a problem with gender equality when it comes to science, technology, engineering and maths. From a very young age, outdated assumptions about who...

Sir Geoff stars in government film

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A new campaign relating personal stories of those who came to Scotland from overseas and made their lives here features an esteemed brew master and cereal grain scientist from Heriot-Watt. Sir Godfrey Henry Oliver Palmer,...

Joanna joins the picket line

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by Joanna Cherry QC MP for Edinburgh South West. Joanna writes : "Earlier this month I visited a freezing picket line at Heriot Watt University to meet with striking university staff, all affected by the proposed...

Craft brewers collaborate on limited edition Kettle Sour

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Two dozen female craft brewers, students and lecturers at Heriot-Watt University are making a collaborative beer to celebrate the past present and future of female brewers. The beer will be made at Pressure Drop Brewing...

Brexit and the effect on Britain’s overseas territories

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Brexit will hit Britain's overseas territories hard – why is no one talking about it? Turtle Cove on the Turks and Caicos Islands. Tim Sackton, CC BY-SA by Paul Hare, Heriot-Watt University When the Brexit referendum result was announced...

Will the 2040 ban mean the end of biofuels?

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Does the 2040 ban on new petrol and diesel cars mean the death of biofuels? Flower power. kelifamily Raffaella Ocone, Heriot-Watt University One question that arises from the announcement by the UK government that new diesel and petrol...
Stewart Brewing team up with Heriot-Watt University

Stewart Brewing unite in a Common Cause with Heriot-Watt

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A new beer is being launched as part of a collaboration between leading Scottish craft brewer, Stewart Brewing, and Heriot-Watt University.  The beer, called ‘Common Ancestor’, has been created by four masters students at...

Students win entrepreneur awards

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Six Edinburgh students were among the winners at the Scottish Institute for Enterprise Awards handed out at a dinner in Glasgow city centre last night, winning a share of the £6,000 prize money. Fresh Ideas...