Published in The National by Multimedia Journalist Emer O’Toole A group of students from a Scottish university are in the process of creating an app that will allow businesses to share resources to be more eco-friendly. Six students from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh won the Data Lab’s global Innovation Week competition in June which tasked […]
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Our External Funding service assists Intense IT to secure COVID-19 funding
A Scottish technology firm is to lead an international consortium to roll out a new tool that will help businesses minimise the transmission of Coronavirus. Intense IT has created the WorkSafeAI solution which will help workplaces to decide which prevention measures are most suitable for them. Funding for the project was obtained with help from […]
Regeneration of canals and rivers can improve community health
The regeneration of canals and rivers in cities around the world can result in fewer deaths in neighbouring communities, according to groundbreaking new Scottish research. In a global first, the study led by Glasgow Caledonian University in partnership with Scottish Canals and facilitated by The Data Lab, revealed a faster rate of decline (3% annually) […]
MSc Success Stories: Dr Natalie Polack, Information Analyst at Public Health Scotland
Dr Natalie Polack joined The Data Lab MSc Programme in 2017, undertaking her course at Stirling University on a part-time basis. This allowed her to balance studying with parenting, and to navigate the pressures that come with completely changing the course of your career. In 2019, she completed a six-month remote placement with Public Health Scotland, which […]
Cancer Innovation Challenge – Episode 4/4 – Canon Medical Research Europe
The Cancer Innovation Challenge is a £1M project funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to encourage Innovation Centres in Scotland to work in partnership to help Scotland become a world leading carer for people with cancer through open innovation funding calls for data science solutions. We have decided to run a series of episodes […]
What data can do to support organisations across the Highlands & Islands
Karen O’Hanlan, our Business Development Executive based in Inverness, reflects on the successes of the first year working in the Inverness Hub The Data Lab’s Inverness Hub has now been up and running for over a year. Much of my focus over this first 12 months has been around community building, networking and creating new […]
Can we completely automate forecasting for industry?
Guest blog by Nick Finch, CTO at DataPA Ltd We’re delighted to be able to bring you a technical blog from another of our speakers who would have been speaking at DataTech20 back in March. To do any sort of business planning, you need forecasting. Our reason for existing is to help our customers […]
Learning how to apply data science and AI skills to real life business problems
We fought hard to make sure our MSc students didn’t miss out on their Innovation Week this year – so we rose to the challenge and achieved something unique by delivering it entirely online. The MSc students from 12 universities across Scotland formed virtual teams, applying data science and AI skills to solve a real-life […]
We all need data skills to prepare for the jobs of the future
Blog by Anna Scott, the Project Delivery Manager at The Data Lab for the DDI Skills Gateway (Data Skills for Work) When I joined The Data Lab last November to set up the Data Skills for Work (DSW) programme, I had no idea how timely the development of an upskilling and reskilling programme like this […]
How can a charity quantify the impact it is having?
Read our latest Case Study: Coming full Circle – how data can help charities measure success Circle is a charity working with families to provide tailored support designed to help children deal with social injustice, poverty and health inequalities. It provides one-to-one support sessions to families affected by drugs and alcohol, imprisonment and other social issues, […]