Katrina Macapagal, Author at Edinburgh Futures Institute

You Are Here: New Generative Artwork Launched at Edinburgh Futures Institute

A long digital screen on a wall displays abstract blue and white wave patterns in a hallway with stone flooring and dark walls.

A series of evocative and colourful patterns inspired by the stars are on display at Edinburgh Futures Institute, following the launch of “You Are Here.”

University hosts winter coat collection points to support local community

Winter Coat Exchange event poster with University of Edinburgh and The Leith Collective logos, coats hanging on hooks, and a message asking for spare coat donations to help others keep warm this winter.

The University of Edinburgh has partnered with The Leith Collective/We Relove to host collection points for ‘The Winter Coat Exchange,’ an initiative providing warm clothing to those facing financial difficulty.

Venture Café Edinburgh Launch Signals New Chapter for Scottish Innovation

A group of four adults stand in a lively indoor setting, smiling and chatting with each other. Other people mingle in the background, creating a friendly, social atmosphere.

Scotland’s innovation community has a vibrant new home, following the landmark launch of Venture Café Edinburgh on 20 November at Edinburgh Futures Institute.

The New Frontier: Managing and insuring generative and agentic AI risks

A close-up of a computer screen displaying colorful, highlighted lines of programming code on a dark background. The code includes words like "function," "toggle," and "RequestFiles.

Tobi Schneider and Lukasz Szpruch examine how generative and agentic AI are redefining what it means to manage and insure risk.

Leveraging AI Ethically: Student partners with VisitScotland

A young person with long brown hair and glasses stands outdoors in sunlight, smiling. Behind them are red-roofed buildings and a blue sky with white clouds. Green tree branches frame the top of the image.

How Edinburgh Futures Institute MSc student Chloe White is helping shape the future of visitor management in Scotland.

Doors Open Days

Two people in red shirts stand apart on the steps of a stone building with large wooden doors and gold plaques reading “I was a stranger and ye took me in” and “I was sick and ye visited me.”.

We participate in Doors Open Days Scotland every September, the largest free festival that celebrates places and stories, new and old.

Igniting Innovation: Venture Café Edinburgh Launches at Edinburgh Futures Institute

A grand, historic stone building with a central clock tower, pointed spires, and ornate windows. Several people walk up steps toward the entrance under a bright, partly cloudy sky.

Venture Café Edinburgh launches at Edinburgh Futures Institute on 20 November to ignite Scotland’s new wave of innovation.

A time-travelling fusion escape room: a games-based approach to developing hybrid group work skills

A collage of many distorted, melting gold-framed clocks with various times, reminiscent of Salvador Dalí’s surrealist art, overlapping each other in a chaotic arrangement.

Mary Collacott, Joe Noteboom and Emma McAllister share why and how the Edinburgh Futures Institute Learning Technology Team designed a time-travel themed escape room to help students build the skills needed for hybrid group work.

Edinburgh Futures Institute Publishes Annual Report 2024/25

Cover of the Edinburgh Futures Institute Annual Report 2024/25 featuring a colorful jellyfish illustration on an orange background, with university and institute logos and contact details at the bottom.

We are delighted to share the publication of Edinburgh Futures Institute’s 2024/25 Annual Report.

Edinburgh Futures Institute celebrates launch of Community Plan

A person wearing a helmet and knee pads jumps on roller skates in front of a stone building, while another person on skates moves in the background. The building has large windows and signs with gold lettering above the entrance.

Local residents, civic partners, staff and students gathered at Edinburgh Futures Institute to celebrate the launch of the University of Edinburgh’s new Community Plan on 8 October.

You Are Here: New Generative Artwork Launched at Edinburgh Futures Institute

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