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Overview: The Arts & Humanities in Society Working Group of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Young Academy of Scotland is holding a workshop for postgraduate students interesting in pursuing careers beyond academia. The workshop will feature speakers who have made a successful transition from doctoral…

  Have a great idea which could solve a problem facing society? Share it at Edinburgh’s Falling Walls Lab on 29 July 2014 and win a trip to the International Final in Berlin.   Falling Walls Labs are international events which aim to build connections…

As Sri Lanka seeks to rebuild after its turbulent, controversial recent history we welcome His Excellency Dr Chris Nonis, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the UK, to discuss the challenges and opportunities this unique country faces and to explore its strong historical connections with Scotland….

Ruth Davidson MSP, Leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, delivered the final speech of our series with the title, “A Union Revived”. Ms Davidson used her lecture to argue that the referendum debate provided an opportunity for Scots, and also those living elsewhere…

A fantastic opportunity to become a SaltireFoundation Fellow! Applications are currently open for the 2014-15 Saltire Fellowship; an 8-month hands-on business leadership programme.  Founded and nurtured by the GlobalScot network, the SaltireFoundation (http://www.saltirefoundation.com) is a registered, independent Scottish charity whose mission is to find, fuel…

  ‘The fourth lecture in our series started off by Mr Rennie stating that we probably all agreed on the third part of his title. And that he would argue that the first two, although of course more controversial, were crucial to safeguard it. At…

The outstanding astrophysicist and prominent science communicator Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE, FRS, FRSE as the new President – elect of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). The election follows a ballot of all RSE Fellows whichsaw an overwhelming response in favour of her…

‘The Independence Referendum; and the Challenges and Opportunities for Creating a Sustainable Economy that Works for Everyone’ – release from Green Party The third ‘Politicians and the Professionals’ seminar saw Scottish Green Party leader, Patrick Harvie, speak of the opportunity independence could provide “to pursue…

Open Data in Government, Innovation and Research Electronic access to all kinds of data is possible in this ‘information age’; including cancer patient DNA sequences, civil servant salaries, traffic accident reports, academic publications, or the contents of your inbox. Indeed, data sharing has the potential…