Heriot-watt

Scottish universities' spin-out success »

Scotland’s universities have produced more spin-out companies in the last decade than any other part of the UK, a survey has revealed. The news comes as Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University launches its second annual Converge Challenge to pr...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Polly Dallyn | Read more »

Heriot-Watt opens new postgrad centre »

Heriot-Watt University has officially opened a state-of-the-art centre for its 1,500-strong population of postgraduate students. The postgraduate centre has a lecture theatre, seminar and study rooms, and socialising spaces including a staff and stude...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 by Lily Panamsky | Read more »

Heriot-Watt defends crumbling campus »

Bosses at Heriot-Watt have defended the university after a survey which highlighted the poor quality of the learning facilities was made public last week. Information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Guardian revealed 42 percent of...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by John Hislop | Read more »

HW graduate helps create award-winning business partnership »

An Edinburgh academic and the world-leading Scottish alloy recycling firm, Caledonian Alloys, have been awarded a prestigious award for best 'Knowledge Transfer Partnership' (KTP) in Scotland. Professor James Ritchie, Mechanical Engineer of the School...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Chris Grainger | Read more »

What have the union presidents ever done for us? »

As this year’s sabbatical campaigns get under way, The Journal plots the current presidents' original election pledges against their achievements thus far. After winning the election by a narrow margin, one of the promises EUSA President Thomas ...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh announce 24-hour library pilot programmes »

Heriot-Watt University Library is preparing to remain open 24 hours a day on a trial basis, to meet the high demands of its students during exams. The decision to run a pilot scheme for 24 hour opening was taken following a proposal from Student Facin...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by Lisa Toner | Read more »

Edinburgh universities to delve into new research pool »

The Scottish Funding Council has this week announced a £17.4 million contribution to the formation of a marine research pool, as part of a total investment of £74.7 million. The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MAST...

Wed 11 Nov 2009 by Chris Grainger | Read more »

Isa & The Filthy Tongues »

Wed 11 Nov 2009 by Neil Stewart | Read more »

EUSA hosts annual meeting of university presidents »

Plans to encourage cohesion within the Edinburgh community were set last week at the annual Student City Forum (SFC), hosted by Edinburgh University Students Association. Local politicians and student representatives from Edinburgh's academic institut...

Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Student Loans Company defends delays »

The Student Loans Company (SLC) has maintained it is not at fault for delays in loan payments at the start of this academic year, blaming late applications and a general increase in university attendance. An SLC spokesperson said: “Any student w...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Kathleen Oliver | Read more »

Fairtrade: a late arrival »

Edinburgh is one, St Andrew’s is one and Oxford Brookes has been one since 2003. From an unsteady start with just two universities getting onboard, Fairtrade mania has swept across UK campuses in the last six years so that there are now more than...

Wed 28 Jan 2009 | Read more »

Sports Results »

FOOTBALLScottish Conference Men’s 1AHeriot-Watt 1st 2 - 1 Glasgow 1stScottish Conference Men’s 3AStrathclyde 1st 1 – 0 Napier 1stScottish Conference Men’s Conference CupPool 1:Edinburgh 4th 1– 2 Robert Gordon 2ndPool 2:G...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Graham Mackay | Read more »

Heriot-Watt deploys radar in search for renewable energy »

A pilot project lead by Heriot-Watt University’s International Centre for Inland Technology (ICIT) in Orkney has been set up to map tidal currents in the Pentland Firth. Working alongside the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in Thurso the ...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Cameron Robinson | Read more »

Heriot-Watt mourns two student deaths »

A Heriot-Watt student died last week in an accidental 50ft fall from Arthur’s seat.John Muir, a maths and accountancy student, lost his footing while walking home from a night out on Friday 19 September. According to police, Mr Muir, 19, was nego...

Fri 03 Oct 2008 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

Crowd-surfing at the Albert Hall? Unlikely »

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Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Lecturer | Read more »

Heriot-Watt psychological study measures link between music and personality »

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Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Student leaders promote national survey »

Edinburgh’s student leaders are encouraging all final year undergraduates to take part in this year’s National Student Survey, and to tell the truth when answering the questions. The National Student Survey is used by over 170 univers...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 | Read more »

Heriot-Watt recieves controversial oil company donation »

Computer software valued at $35 million has been donated to Heriot-Watt University's Institute of Petroleum Engineering. The reservoir-modelling software, donated by Norwegian oil and gas technology firm Roxar, will be used in research that will...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 | Read more »

The grass-roots of university sport are withering »

A poll on the website of the Community Amateur Sports Club this week asks visitors to vote on whether they think grass-roots sport is (a) blossoming or (b) withering on the vine. Mixed metaphors aside, the results were as overwhelming as they were pre...

Thu 14 Feb 2008 | Read more »

Broken Records can still play »

Wed 30 Jan 2008 by Chris Hammond | Read more »