Your weekly innovation digest (24.11.23)
Glasgow City of Science and Innovation
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We're celebrating and supporting the strengths of the Glasgow City Region's research and business communities, which have helped forge our reputation?as a city region at the forefront of technology, innovation and collaboration.
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Game changing-Glasgow
Collectively, the third sector contributes around ￡3bn to the economy of the city and employs approximately 27,000 staff.
Innovator Spotlight: Susan Aktemel , Homes for Good
Susan is the founder of Homes for Good, Scotland's first social enterprise letting agency, with the aim of changing the private rented sector for people who need homes most. Since 2014, Susan has raised over ￡17 million in social investment.
In 2017, she received?an Honorary Doctorate from the 英国斯特拉斯克莱德大学 for achievements in Social Enterprise, where she is also a visiting professor.?In 2019, Susan was inducted into the Strathclyde Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs and was awarded the inaugural Trinity College Social Innovation Prize at Judge Business School Cambridge.
Tickets going fast for a special edition Art of Possible
Register for our next Art of Possible tech meet-up on 7 December (online) where Philip Crowley, a New York-based angel investor, attorney and founder, delves into the top 10 reasons behind startup failures – and some of the “antidotes”.
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World-class health innovation hub to be built in Govan
The 英国格拉斯哥大学 have announced the construction of a new Health Innovation Hub, due to open in 2025 and setting the stage for a thriving life sciences cluster. Set within the Glasgow Riverside Innovation District (GRID), it will be home to commercial businesses as well as the University-led Living Laboratory for Precision Medicine.?
Green light for ￡60m Met Tower, as vision for reimagined technology hub is unveiled
Bruntwood SciTech 's plans to transform Glasgow's iconic Met Tower have been approved by Glasgow City Council .?The decision will see a new tech and digital hub in the heart of the city centre within the Glasgow City Innovation District .
City of Glasgow College awarded Queen’s Anniversary Prize for life-saving research
Well done to Scotland's largest college, who have been awarded the highly prestigious?prize for Higher and Further Education for its life-saving research into oxygen depletion in enclosed spaces on-board ships.
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The Glasgow City of Science and Innovation team