Edinburgh Napier has received a hat-trick of nominations for the 2018 Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards.
The awards, run by Interface, recognise, reward and celebrate impacts achieved through collaborative business and academic partnerships.
Dr Stuart Fancey, Director of Research and Innovation at The Scottish Funding Council, said: “The calibre of entries to this year’s awards was very impressive – as was the diversity.
“We are delighted to see universities and innovation centres playing such a strong role in the successes of Scotland’s businesses and public sector.”
Projects involving the university are shortlisted for;
Building Skills Through Knowledge Exchange
Petra Crocker, KTP Associate from the University, worked with Multiply UK Ltd in Edinburgh to create a real-time digital consumer tool to drive both the expansion and reputation of the company as industry experts in planning and insight.
Multiparty Collaboration
e-frail: Edinburgh Napier, CM2000, East Dunbartonshire Health & Social Care Partnership, Loreburn Housing Association, Digital Health and Care Institute Innovation Centre for using ground-breaking technology and predictive analytics to predict people at risk of falling in their homes, therefore preventing falls whilst allowing people to be more active.
Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Exchange
Professor Bill Buchanan from our School of Computing leads knowledge exchange through a series of projects and industry-led events and engagements which have contributed greatly to growing a thriving Scottish cyber security community, leading to improvements in business resilience and incident response, and to innovations and real patient impact in health and social care. He has co-created three successful spin-out companies.
The awards ceremony will be held at Royal Bank of Scotland Conference Centre, Gogarburn, Edinburgh, on Thursday, 22 February.
