Edinburgh Science

🚀 Countdown to Edinburgh Science Festival 2025 Begins! 🌍✨ Before we officially launch our Festival programme next week, let’s rewind to October last year, when we shared an exclusive preview with our valued supporters and partners. This year, we’re tackling one of the biggest questions – how to thrive on a planet with finite resources. Through the lenses of science fiction and space exploration, our Spaceship Earth theme will spark conversations, inspire innovation, and ignite imaginations. 🌍 We can't wait to share more! Stay tuned for the full programme release next week, and get ready to secure your tickets. 🎟️ Tickets on sale Tuesday, 18 April at 10 am 👏 Huge thanks to Edinburgh International Festival for sharing your venue with us for this unforgettable preview. #EdSciFest #SpaceshipEarth #Sustainability #ScienceFiction #Innovation

Key discussions included... ✅ Bridging the skills gap in the energy sector ✅ Supporting adult retraining and upskilling ✅ Strengthening collaboration between business, education and government ‘Skills for a Just Transition’ – highlighting the urgency of preparing Scotland’s workforce for a greener economy. 🎥 Featuring our CEO & Director, Hassun El-Zafar

Up Next at Inspace: Data, Technology and Creativity     We are delighted to announce the upcoming Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh Inspace exhibition series kicking off our 2025 programme showcasing different aspects of research and collaboration that incorporate and combine data, technology and creativity.     You’re Not Alone exhibition will showcase the creative work resulting from a participatory community research project with Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative that uses photos and storytelling as the tools to connect and share perspectives.     Coast to Coast promises to animate Inspace street facing City Screens for a final time this season, scanning and translating a small data set of images onto these large format panoramic projections.     This year's Edinburgh Science Festival exhibitions will feature interactive and immersive prototypes and displays that reflect this year’s theme, Spaceship Earth, exploring the challenges of living on a planet with finite resources. More updates on this later this month!     Speaking Towards One Another with Stephanie Lamprea will see Inspace transformed through a multidisciplinary theatrical performance and installation that uses technology and creativity to explore the body, gender representation, and resilience within disability.     #research #collaboration #data #technology #creativity    Upcoming Programme Dates:     📅 1-8 Mar 2025 | You’re Not Alone   📅 15-16 Mar 2025 | Coast to Coast   📅 5–20 Apr 2025 | Edinburgh Science Festival   📅 23-28 May 2025 | Speaking Towards One Another     📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB   🔗 https://edin.ac/4aIbnWg    Inspace is run by the Institute for Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh based at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art at The University of Edinburgh. Our programme unlocks #digital #technologies, tools and #data and explores their role in society through a creative lens. 

How do we equip our workforce with the skills needed for a 'Just Transition'? 🌍💡 Last Thursday, we had the privilege of being hosted by the UK Government, Scotland Office for an Edinburgh Science Climate Co-Lab on ‘Skills for a Just Transition’ – highlighting the urgency of preparing Scotland’s workforce for a greener economy. Chaired by Janet Brown – senior leaders from across energy and infrastructure industries, investment, education, and public and third sectors were challenged by provocations: Kirsty McNeill MP – What more must the UK Government do to ensure Scotland plays its rightful role at the centre of our 2030 Clean Energy ambitions? Laura Fleming – From Passion to Purpose: Bridging the Skills Gap for a Scaling Energy Future Douglas Morrison – Competence as a National Utility: Supercharging Our Economic & Environmental Future 🔎 Key discussions included: ✅ Bridging the skills gap in the energy sector ✅ Supporting adult retraining and upskilling ✅ Strengthening collaboration between business, education and government A huge thank you to our expert speakers and Climate supporters, Baillie Gifford, Edinburgh Airport, Hitachi Energy, Lumo, Vital Energi Utilities Limited, Vattenfall Business Solutions UK and Wood Mackenzie. 📖 Event notes coming soon – in the meantime, catch up on insights from our 2024 Co-Labs: https://bit.ly/3PDgVrm #SkillsForTheFuture #ClimateAction

🚀 Sneak Peek Alert! 🚀 The countdown is on! The full trailer will launch when tickets go on SALE Tuesday, 18 February at 10 am! 🍿

📢 We're Hiring! Join the Edinburgh Science Festival 2025 Team 🎉🔬 🚀 We’re looking for enthusiastic individuals to be part of our Front of House and Box Office teams during the festival period. If you love science, enjoy working with people, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3SvbtJd

🚀 Generation Science is on the road! 🚍 From 3 February to 1 April, we're bringing Scotland’s leading science outreach programme to primary schools nationwide! With over 30% of our shows free and most others subsidised, we’re making STEM accessible, exciting, and inspiring for young minds across Scotland. ⚡🔬 A huge thank you to our supporters – this wouldn’t be possible without you! Together, we’re sparking curiosity and shaping the next generation of innovators. This year’s Generation Science tour is supported by The City of Edinburgh Council, Edina Trust, The Scottish Government, Baillie Gifford, Edinburgh Airport, Garfield Weston Foundation, Hitachi Energy, Elgin, The Gannochy Trust, Syngenta. The Gosling Foundation, Walter Scott & Partners, STMicroelectronics and our Catalysts and those who remain anonymous. #STEM #Education #GenerationScience #InspiringYoungMinds

This recognition highlights the power of partnership in building a skilled, sustainable workforce for the future. 🌟 We’re thrilled that our collaborative work on developing career pathways into heat networks – alongside Powering Futures and Vattenfall Business Solutions UK has been shortlisted for the Inspiring Partnership Award at the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Awards 2025! 🔥🏆 Want to learn more about how we’re empowering students in STEM education? Check out our school's programmes: https://bit.ly/3EwjPM9 #EdinburghScience #ECCAwards #Partnerships #Sustainability #SkillsForTheFuture

🚀 Just 18 days to go until you can book your front-row seat at the EdSciFest! 🌍🔬 🎟️ Tickets go on sale Tuesday 18 February at 10 am – set your alarms and get ready for a festival of discovery! 🧪✨