This episode requires a brief introduction. As Brian will mention in the intro it was recorded pre-COVID-19 and some of the issues discussed have had changes to them to match the current needs. Roger Halliday started as Chief Statistician of the Scottish Government in November 2011. Before that, he worked in the Department of Health […]
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Scottish tourism receives hi-tech boost to help smooth road to recovery
A new organisation has just launched to help Scotland’s beleaguered tourism sector make a sustained recovery driven by technological innovation. It will build a support network for travel technology pioneers whose ingenuity could help turn the sector around following the devastating impacts of Covid-19. The venture will create opportunities for businesses, including digital tour operators, online […]
A Day In The Life…Marketing Team
John Callagy works as a Marketing & Communications Offer in the Marketing team. Here he writes about what a typical day looks like for him – if there is such a thing! “No two days are the same at The Data Lab”. A phrase that was uttered to me at the start of my journey […]
Funding for a collaborative project that uses genomic data to deliver precision stroke treatment
The University of Dundee, in collaboration with NHS Tayside, has been awarded £100,000 by The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, to develop a new precision medicine care pathway for stroke patients with support from Storm ID, developers of the Lenus Digital Health Platform. Every year, 15,000 people in Scotland have a stroke. […]
How Scots students are helping make business greener
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 […]
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 […]