The Centre for Research in Digital Education invites you to attend the Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture "AI Education for Meaningful Life, Life Together, and Life on the Planet."
🗓️ 12th March 2026, 12:30-13:30 GMT
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute and online
🎟️ Register: https://edin.ac/4rVUC1Q
The Binks Hub invites you to join this seminar on epistemic injustice and mental health which will centre the lived expertise of mental health system survivors.
Epistemic Injustice and Mental Health System Survivor Knowledge
🗓️ Fri, 27 March, 10am -11am
📍 2.55, EFI
Register 👉 https://edin.ac/4aN2FYy
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Join our contemplative Utopia Lab session this Friday. Our Utopia Lab Residents explore how we live with loss, grief, and mortality — and how we might imagine new collective ways of relating to death.
🗓️ Friday, 6 March, 2pm - 4pm
📍 EFI
🎟️ https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/utopia-lab-keeping-death-close/
One to have on your radar 🚀 The AI Accelerator Showcase 2026 connects founders, investors and partners shaping the next wave of AI scaleups.
📅 18 March 2026 | ⏰ 1–7pm | 📍 Playfair Library Hall, Edinburgh
#AIAccelerator #Innovation
👉 Register https://edin.ac/40vmFc3
Are you a visionary leader aiming to integrate the responsible use of AI within your organisation?Learn about our ‘AI and Generative AI for Leaders’ programme in this fantastic interview with Sam Weston, Head of AI & Marketing at digital agency 80 DAYS. Read more 👉 https://edin.ac/4sj7uP7
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Are you a visionary leader aiming to integrate the responsible use of AI within your organisation?Learn about our ‘AI and Generative AI for Leaders’ programme in this fantastic interview with Sam Weston, Head of AI & Marketing at digital agency 80 DAYS. Read more 👉 https://edin.ac/4sj7uP7
✈️ Traveltech Meet Up
🗓️ Tuesday, 24 March 2026 | 13:00pm - 15:00 |
📍 Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute
🔗 Register https://edin.ac/4tWSisx
Curious about agentic AI? This relaxed, practical session explains what it is, how it differs from familiar AI tools, & how it can support day-to-day work.
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Join our nine-week online designed to empower senior leaders and decision makers to harness the transformational power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI and drive innovation within their organisations.
🗓️ 20 April 2026 – 19 June 2026
Register 👉 https://edin.ac/44efQgx
⭐ Student Spotlight ⭐ Edinburgh Futures Institute student MSc Narrative Futures student, Beth Tianxin Xia, is one of three commissioned artists included in “Drawing the Line: An RAI Exhibition” on display at City Arts – Nottingham from Jan-February 2026. Read more https://edin.ac/4tZQYFC
The Data Education in Schools team at the Centre for Research in Digital Education have joined the Centre for Teaching Excellence as the newly established Digital Education and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Advancing Pedagogy Research Hub. Read more 👉 https://edin.ac/4cehchc
Interested in PG study with us? Join our upcoming Postgraduate Online Information sessions on 19th March!
▪️ An Introduction to our Sustainable Futures MSc Programmes
🕛13:00 – 14:15 PM GMT
▪️ An Overview of Master's Programmes at EFI
🕛 15:00 – 16:15 PM GMT
Book 👉 https://efi.ed.ac.uk/events/
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Living Lithographs can be viewed on the large screen at Level 2 from February to 31st March 2026
Immersive Calanais: Past, Present, Future is at Level 1, Anthea Bond Exhibition Room from 16 Feb to 20 March 2026
More details in the link above ⬆️
Two new exhibitions are on display at Edinburgh Futures Institute from Feb to March 2026, showcasing cutting-edge digital art and immersive storytelling. Both exhibitions explore how digital tech can reshape the ways we encounter history, culture and the natural world 👉 https://edin.ac/4kPLiti
Join us for the next Technomoral Conversation, in collaboration with the Centre for Technomoral Futures & BRAID UK.
Hear critical insights from experts across academia & industry on the dominant narratives regarding AI, and what alternative stories can be told.
🗓️ 11 Feb | 6pm
📍 EFI & Online
💳 Free
The BRAID research programme has developed the Responsible AI for SMEs programme, designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses. Full story 👉 https://edin.ac/3Zv8Mdt
Image: Alan Warburton / https://betterimagesofai.org / © BBC/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Our Compassion in Financial Services Hub and the University of Edinburgh Business School are working with the Centre for Compassionate Leadership to deliver the 🌟 Compassionate Leadership Certification Training 🌟 from 19 February – 6 March 2026.
Learn more/register 👉 https://edin.ac/4bS4Smm
Image: Left to right are Gavin Jack (University of Edinburgh Business School), Marion Thain (Edinburgh Futures Institute), Martin Boyle (CodeBase) and Iain Mackie (Malted AI) Photo credit – Stewart Attwood
ICYMI: CodeClan is set to debut the UK’s first applied agentic AI programme to equip firms for the next wave of AI, delivered by CodeBase in partnership with University of Edinburgh Business School and Qwasar. In-person workshops will take place at EFI. Full story 👉 https://edin.ac/4aaAjqN
A new report calls for an overhaul of pensions policy and financial advice to address the current pensions gap, which sees women end up with a staggering 75 per cent less in pension wealth by age 60 than men. Read more 👉 https://edin.ac/4adsuRc
2024/25 Power of Innovation annual impact review by the University of Edinburgh with logos of Edinburgh Innovations and Data-Driven Innovation.
We are delighted to be included in the University of Edinburgh's 2024/25 Power of Innovation report. Discover how our partnerships, technologies and companies are making ideas work for a better world 👉 https://edinburgh-innovations.ed.ac.uk/about-us/power-of-innovation
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Thinking about postgraduate study at EFI? Join our two upcoming online Postgraduate Study sessions!
🔴 Alumni panel Q&A
🗓️ 29th Jan 1PM – 2PM GMT
🔴 Projects and Partners Information Q&A
🗓️ 12th Febr 1PM – 2PM GMT
Register ➡️ https://efi.ed.ac.uk/events/
This initiative is a partnership between The University of Edinburgh and The Leith Collective/We Relove, which aims to provide warm clothing to those facing financial difficulty. Thank you to everyone who has already donated!
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🗓️ Friday, 30 January, 08:30 – 16:00
📍Bio Quarter
Location: Usher Building
Access: Designated drop-off for University of Edinburgh staff, students, and Usher Building tenants only
🗓️ Friday, 30 January, 08:30 – 17:00
📍George Square Area
Location: Crystal Macmillan Building
Access: Open to all members of the public
🗓️ Friday, 30 January, 08:30 – 17:00
📍Edinburgh Futures Institute – Staff & Student Access
Location: Room 2.52, Level 2
Access: Designated drop-off for University of Edinburgh staff, students, and EFI building tenants only
🗓️ Saturday, 31 January, 08:00 – 20:00
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute – Public Access
Location: Canopy Kitchen & Courtyard
Access: Open to all members of the public
‼️ Winter Coat Exchange: drop-off points open until 31 Jan!
Help provide warm clothing to those facing financial difficulty. Location + last day for drop-offs in the comments 🔽
A new report calls for an overhaul of pensions policy and financial advice to address the current pensions gap, which sees men accumulating a whopping 75 per cent more in their pension pots by age 60 than women.➡️
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We are honoured to host a new exhibition showcasing a commemorative tartan design recognising 300 years of medicine at the University of Edinburgh, launched last week at Edinburgh Futures Institute. Running from 15 Jan to 6 Feb 2026, Anthea Bond Exhibition Room, Level 1 👉 https://edin.ac/45n4ZCq
Join us for the next installment of the FutureGaze series, which will focus on the future of animation and the technological advances happening in and around animation.
Hosted by Caroline Parkinson, Director of Creative, EFI.
🗓️ 11 Feb | 12pm - 1pm GMT
📍 Online
💳 Free
🎟️ https://edin.ac/4pWbXpf
Thinking about postgraduate study at Edinburgh Futures Institute? Join us online for our Postgraduate study: Alumni panel and Q&A! Our alumni share what it’s like to study with us.
🗓 29 Jan 2026
⏰ 1pm – 2pm GMT
📍 Online (Microsoft Teams)
🔗 https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/postgraduate-study-alumni-panel/
