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The Mystery Filling
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22 Jun 2020

Angus Wark shares what it’s like working as a librarian at the National Library of Scotland.

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Taking action to reduce carbon emissions from University business travel
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22 Jun 2020

This weekend for Earth Hour Siôn Pickering writes about the need for Universities to cut back on emissions through reduction in business travel.

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What the COVID-19 emergency is teaching us about our institutions
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22 Jun 2020

SFC Chief Executive, Karen Watt, pays tribute to the early response by Scotland’s colleges and universities to the pandemic.

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Supporting autistic students in uncertain times.
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22 Jun 2020

Catriona Mowat describes how the Student Wellbeing Service at Glasgow Caledonian University became the first in the UK to receive accreditation by the National Autistic Society (NAS).

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How college innovation is bringing online learning to health and social care workers
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14 May 2020

Forth Valley College’s e-learning induction programme is one of the projects being funded by the Scottish Funding Council’s College Innovation Fund.

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Going down to Massachusetts
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28 Apr 2020

SFC’s Keith McDonald on the plan for Scottish universities to apply lessons from MIT’s innovation approach, following a recent visit to see ‘how the other half innovate’.

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Scaling up innovation
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28 Apr 2020

SFC's Robin Lee on his visit to Scottish Sea Farms, and how innovation in Scottish aquaculture is bring industry together and creating jobs.

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Safeguarding Scotland’s research ties with Europe
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28 Apr 2020

SFC’s Stuart Fancey on the active approach being taken to preserve the connections between Scottish colleges and universities and European partners.

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Winning grapes and other health innovations
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28 Apr 2020

What happens when you get primary school kids together with undergraduates and PhD students to some of the key challenges we face in healthcare and climate change?

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