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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 13h

Looking forward to the awards already - and another year of fantastic, inspiring entries!

Interface @interfaceonline.bsky.social · 17h

🚨Applications for the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2026 are OPEN!

🎉These awards celebrate the partnerships between business, third sector, and public sector organisations and academia. Uncover the categories and how to apply on our website...

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Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards open with new categories | Interface Online

The 11th Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards (SKEA),Scotland’s flagship celebration of business–academic collaboration, launches today (8th October) inviting applications from businesses and academics ...

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Converge @convergec.bsky.social · 5d

Converge announces 2025 award winners with £400K+ in prizes, record @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social funding of £1.26m plus a new Scottish Enterprise partnership to boost university-led innovation.

Discover this year's winners and the full story here:

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#ConvergeAwards

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 5d

This #ScotClimateWeek SFC hosted an event alongside Scotland Beyond Net Zero featuring a range of stakeholders in Scotland to discuss & showcase their work to help fight the climate crisis.

@be-stbuild.bsky.social | @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social | @uofglasgow.bsky.social
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Tackling the climate emergency - Scottish Funding Council

In our second Scotland’s Climate Week blog, SFC’s Elspeth Nicholson describes this week’s event to illustrate the support of Scottish university research for energy transition and our response to the ...

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 6d

Scottish universities carry out amazing research that plays a vital part in both the national and global response to the climate emergency. For #ScotClimateWeek check out our special Research Searchlight feature tinyurl.com/kv2ebbp8

Spotlight: Tackling the climate emergency - Scottish Funding Council

The Scottish Government’s ambitious target to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2045 will shape the development of the future Scottish economy, change the way businesses and institutions think an...

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 7d

We’re delighted to be the latest signatories to the Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice. In #ScotClimateWeek this marks our commitment to eliminating environmental impacts and moving to sustainable practices tinyurl.com/5n88vwk4

Researchers at work. Photo courtesy of the University of Glasgow

Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 7d

The National Schools Programme is taking submissions from those with expertise in widening access research & evaluation to join a taskforce to co-develop a monitoring and evaluation framework.

For more information: www.sfc.ac.uk/student-inte...

Apply here: forms.office.com/Pages/Design...

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 8d

For #ScotClimateWeek we’ve a special guest blog today by Alice Smith from @theeauc.bsky.social. Alice looks at the extent of support available to Scotland’s colleges and universities to progress towards sustainability goals tinyurl.com/z4prk9t6

Students working on climate change activities

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The Data Lab @thedatalab.bsky.social · 12d

As #NationalInnovationWeek wraps up, we’re spotlighting the energy sector's role in Scotland’s net zero journey. We supported the Scottish Climate Intelligence Service, helping 32 councils take data-driven climate action. 🌍

More: thedatalab.com/case-studies...

The Scottish Climate Intelligence Service

The Data Lab supported ECCI to develop innovative tools to facilitate data-driven decisions and positive climate action by local governments.

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 12d

Today we have published two reports that provide an aggregate picture of the financial health of Scotland’s colleges and universities.

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Financial sustainability reports launched - Scottish Funding Council

The Scottish Funding Council has today published two reports that provide an aggregate picture of the financial health of Scotland’s colleges and universities .

www.sfc.ac.uk

Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 14d

This week is #NationalInnovationWeek . Today we want to highlight the work of @dhi-scotland.com

They led multi-sector collaboration testing Colon Capsule Endoscopy for early bowel cancer diagnosis for NHS Scotland.

www.sfc.ac.uk/research-inn...

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sparqs @sparqs-scotland.bsky.social · 15d

We are excited to announce that sparqs is currently recruiting for a Deputy Director to join our staff team.

Please share the details with anyone who may be interested in this exciting new post!

www.sparqs.ac.uk/news-detail....

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 15d

This week is #NationalInnovationWeek .

Today we want to highlight the work of @thedatalab.bsky.social and their work with Canon Medical to explore how smart meter data can be used to infer many health and wellbeing issues.

www.sfc.ac.uk/research-inn...

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The Data Lab @thedatalab.bsky.social · 16d

We’re celebrating #NationalInnovationWeek by spotlighting the SMDH – a £54M UK-wide programme helping SME manufacturers innovate with data. In Scotland, The Data Lab led the data science strand, delivering:

⚡ 28% energy savings
🌍 30% CO₂ reduction
⚙️ 40+ new tools

🔍: thedatalab.com/case-studies...

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 16d

This week is #NationalInnovationWeek . We’re celebrating Scotland’s proud legacy of innovation & global leadership in pioneering the transformative technologies & industries of the future.

Today we're celebrating BE-ST and their programme Next Gen

www.sfc.ac.uk/research-inn...

Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 21d

It’s #SCQFWeek25 & we’re proud to support this year’s theme: #AllLearningCounts Whether you're learning at school, college, uni, on the job, through volunteering, or in life - SCQF helps understand the value of learning & plan your next steps.

Learn more at scqf.org.uk

Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 21d

Really important toolkit from @coldevnet.bsky.social for Scotland's institutions👇

CDN @coldevnet.bsky.social · 21d

🎉 Big news! We’ve launched the Tertiary Self-Evaluation Toolkit (TSET) – your new go-to guide for shaping Self-Evaluation & Action Plans.

Think case studies, podcasts, & practical tips 💡
Start exploring on CDN LearnOnline 👇

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#TQEF #Enhancement

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · 21d

A recent conference stimulated interesting insights into a future for software engineering shaped by AI. In our latest blog, Brian Davison from @edinburghnapier.bsky.social explores the key themes.

www.sfc.ac.uk/exploring-th...

Exploring the evolution of software engineering - Scottish Funding Council

A recent conference stimulated interesting insights into a future for software engineering shaped by AI. Brian Davison from Edinburgh Napier University explores the key themes.

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · Sep 5

It’s great to see this announcement and to have no fewer than 11 Scottish universities represented across the 34 Units of Assessment.

ref2029.bsky.social @ref2029.bsky.social · Sep 4

The names of panel members for the criteria-setting phase of REF 2029 have now been announced on our panels pages. 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/expert-...

Expert panels appointed for REF 2029 – REF 2029

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · Sep 2

Check out our latest blog for an insider’s guide to our first thematic report on college and university self-evaluation and action plans tinyurl.com/5n79ash9

An insider’s guide to the SEAP Thematic Report - Scottish Funding Council

Our latest blog provides insights into SFC’s recently-published thematic report on institutional Self-Evaluation and Action Plans.

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Interface @interfaceonline.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎉This month marks 20 years of Interface. As we celebrate we've secured a double funding commitment from the @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social. This 3 year funding agreement enables us to continue connecting businesses with universities & colleges across the country
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Two decades of impact backed by renewed SFC funding | Interface Online

As it celebrates 20 years of driving business–academic innovation, Interface has secured a new three-year funding agreement, to July 2028, from the Scottish Funding Council.

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · Aug 27

We're celebrating 20 years of @interfaceonline.bsky.social !

SFC has announced a 3-year funding agreement to enable Interface to continue connecting businesses to the expertise of Scottish universities and colleges.

www.sfc.ac.uk?news=sfc-con...

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Celebrating 20 years of Interface

YouTube video by ScotFund Council

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our latest blog celebrates the first anniversary of the new approach to quality assurance and enhancement in Scotland and takes a look at what’s been achieved so far tinyurl.com/3hxewcdy

Reflections on the first year of Scotland’s Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework - Scottish Funding Council

We celebrate the first anniversary of the new approach to quality assurance and enhancement by taking a look at what’s been achieved so far.

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · Aug 5

Good luck to everyone receiving their results today.

Our chair, Cara Aitchison wants to say a huge thank you to the staff who work in Scotland's colleges and universities and to all those who have supported and prepared learners in achieving their goals.

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Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · Jul 31

Our latest report details progress towards a national infrastructure investment plan for colleges. Also out today is new guidance for colleges selling land or buildings www.sfc.ac.uk

Picture courtesy of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI

Scottish Funding Council @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social · Jul 30

New figures from SFC show that 16.7% of Scottish-domiciled full-time first degree entrants to university were from the 20% most deprived areas in 2023-24, up from 16.3% in 2022-23.

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Report shows increase in undergraduates from most deprived parts of Scotland - Scottish Funding Council

New figures show that 16.7% of Scottish-domiciled full-time first degree entrants to university were from the 20% most deprived areas in 2023-24.

www.sfc.ac.uk

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