Heriot-Watt University

Centre of Excellence - Industry and Academia Collaboration

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Mercredi, octobre 2, 2019
Heriot-Watt University, Dubai

With a focus on smart technologies and processes the Centre of Excellence in Smart Construction will push boundaries and will promote and deliver innovation across a number of themes including productivity, sustainability and welfare.

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  • With a focus on smart technologies and processes the Centre of Excellence in Smart Construction will push boundaries and will promote and deliver innovation across a number of themes including productivity, sustainability and welfare.
  • Professor Ammar Kaka, Provost at Heriot-Watt Dubai says: "We look forward to welcoming government representatives, industry officials, technology providers and other academic and research teams to our Centre of Excellence in Smart Construction (CESC).
  • We will use this opportunity to collaborate with like-minded organisations who share our vision and passion and would like to join us in this initiative.
  • The Centre of Excellence will be led from within the Dubai Campus but draws on multidisciplinary academic expertise, undertakes research and business engagement activities that cut across all of heriot Watts schools and campuses, hence embracing talent from the university's wider research eco-system.

The New Enlightenment: A Call to Arms at Adam Smith’s Panmure House

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Mercredi, juin 26, 2019
Education, Public policy, Government, Other Policy Issues, Continuing, University, Scotland, Panmure House, Panmure, Adam Smith, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Adam Smith House

In the spirit of Adam Smithand in the recently restored Panmure House, where he lived and worked over two centuries agoleading policymakers, academics and business leaders will come together on July 12 for a major international event, The New Enlightenment.

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  • In the spirit of Adam Smithand in the recently restored Panmure House, where he lived and worked over two centuries agoleading policymakers, academics and business leaders will come together on July 12 for a major international event, The New Enlightenment.
  • Smiths final home, Panmure House, has been rescued and restored by the Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University.
  • This is a very special venue for an uncommonly talented and committed group of global citizens and thought leaders, said Teece, Panmure Houses inaugural Adam Smith scholar-in-residence.
  • Professor Heather McGregor, executive dean of Edinburgh Business School, said, We have designed Panmure House to bring the world to Scotland, just as Adam Smith took Scotland to the world.

Heriot-Watt Alumnus Establishes Gareth Henry Access Bursary And One-To-One Mentoring Program

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Mardi, décembre 11, 2018
Heriot-Watt University, Actuarial science

A 2001 graduate from Heriot-Watt, Henry is providing not only the bursary for selected students, but he will also offer mentoring and coaching on a regular basis to enhance long-term career growth.

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  • A 2001 graduate from Heriot-Watt, Henry is providing not only the bursary for selected students, but he will also offer mentoring and coaching on a regular basis to enhance long-term career growth.
  • "I hope that through this bursary, other Heriot-Watt graduates may see what they can achieve with study and hard work in the Actuarial Sciences."
  • Henry currently lives in New York, where he has worked in senior roles in investor relations for a number of years.
  • Mr. Henry holds a Bachelor of Science Degree with first-class honors in Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics from Heriot-Watt University.