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🔬♻️New research from Heriot-Watt University and the University of South Africa shows how acid mine drainage, a major pollution hazard, can be turned into a valuable resource.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🔬♻️New research from Heriot-Watt University and the University of South Africa shows how acid mine drainage, a major pollution hazard, can be turned into a valuable resource.
More here: tinyurl.com/5er9z9r6
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More here: tinyurl.com/5er9z9r6
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Honouring excellence at Heriot-Watt.
We’ve awarded Honorary Degrees to leaders delivering insight and benefit to maths, engineering, charity, biotech & global business.
A huge congratulations to all!
More here: tinyurl.com/ycxmj5wz
We’ve awarded Honorary Degrees to leaders delivering insight and benefit to maths, engineering, charity, biotech & global business.
A huge congratulations to all!
More here: tinyurl.com/ycxmj5wz
Distinguished figures in mathematics, engineering, business and pharmaceuticals honoured
Distinguished figures in mathematics, engineering, business, and pharmaceuticals are honoured with doctorates from Heriot-Watt University
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December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Honouring excellence at Heriot-Watt.
We’ve awarded Honorary Degrees to leaders delivering insight and benefit to maths, engineering, charity, biotech & global business.
A huge congratulations to all!
More here: tinyurl.com/ycxmj5wz
We’ve awarded Honorary Degrees to leaders delivering insight and benefit to maths, engineering, charity, biotech & global business.
A huge congratulations to all!
More here: tinyurl.com/ycxmj5wz
Oysters are booming in the Firth of Forth, thanks to #RestorationForth. Heriot-Watt divers found that the oysters scattered there are thriving.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/ysp8xv8w
#sustainableoceans
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#sustainableoceans
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Oysters are booming in the Firth of Forth, thanks to #RestorationForth. Heriot-Watt divers found that the oysters scattered there are thriving.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/ysp8xv8w
#sustainableoceans
Read more here: tinyurl.com/ysp8xv8w
#sustainableoceans
Congratulations Jen Hardy MBE (DLitt).
Pioneer of cancer support who received her honorary doctorate from @heriotwattuni.bsky.social today.
Read her inspirational story here: tinyurl.com/445atxxe
#HeriotWattUni #cancersupport
Pioneer of cancer support who received her honorary doctorate from @heriotwattuni.bsky.social today.
Read her inspirational story here: tinyurl.com/445atxxe
#HeriotWattUni #cancersupport
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Congratulations Jen Hardy MBE (DLitt).
Pioneer of cancer support who received her honorary doctorate from @heriotwattuni.bsky.social today.
Read her inspirational story here: tinyurl.com/445atxxe
#HeriotWattUni #cancersupport
Pioneer of cancer support who received her honorary doctorate from @heriotwattuni.bsky.social today.
Read her inspirational story here: tinyurl.com/445atxxe
#HeriotWattUni #cancersupport
Thrilled to share that Prof. Pratima “Tima” Bansal of
@iveybusiness.bsky.social has won the 2025 Panmure House Prize for embedding sustainability at the core of business strategy.
Congratulations Tima!
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#PanmureHousePrize #HeriotWattUni @heriotwattuni.bsky.social
@iveybusiness.bsky.social has won the 2025 Panmure House Prize for embedding sustainability at the core of business strategy.
Congratulations Tima!
tinyurl.com/bdcvyp3y
#PanmureHousePrize #HeriotWattUni @heriotwattuni.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Thrilled to share that Prof. Pratima “Tima” Bansal of
@iveybusiness.bsky.social has won the 2025 Panmure House Prize for embedding sustainability at the core of business strategy.
Congratulations Tima!
tinyurl.com/bdcvyp3y
#PanmureHousePrize #HeriotWattUni @heriotwattuni.bsky.social
@iveybusiness.bsky.social has won the 2025 Panmure House Prize for embedding sustainability at the core of business strategy.
Congratulations Tima!
tinyurl.com/bdcvyp3y
#PanmureHousePrize #HeriotWattUni @heriotwattuni.bsky.social
Chaotic light and a shop-bought cable are behind a Heriot-Watt quantum breakthrough reported in Nature Photonics today.
The team says their prototype could power a quantum internet - read more here: tinyurl.com/2rbjbfmr
#quantum #science #photonics
The team says their prototype could power a quantum internet - read more here: tinyurl.com/2rbjbfmr
#quantum #science #photonics
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Chaotic light and a shop-bought cable are behind a Heriot-Watt quantum breakthrough reported in Nature Photonics today.
The team says their prototype could power a quantum internet - read more here: tinyurl.com/2rbjbfmr
#quantum #science #photonics
The team says their prototype could power a quantum internet - read more here: tinyurl.com/2rbjbfmr
#quantum #science #photonics
Dr Audrey Repetti of @heriotwattuni.bsky.social has been awarded the @royalsoced.bsky.social Lady Margaret Moir Medal for her groundbreaking work.
Huge congratulations! 🎉
More here: tinyurl.com/2p9ujzb2
Huge congratulations! 🎉
More here: tinyurl.com/2p9ujzb2
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Dr Audrey Repetti of @heriotwattuni.bsky.social has been awarded the @royalsoced.bsky.social Lady Margaret Moir Medal for her groundbreaking work.
Huge congratulations! 🎉
More here: tinyurl.com/2p9ujzb2
Huge congratulations! 🎉
More here: tinyurl.com/2p9ujzb2
Join us at historic Panmure House in Edinburgh tomorrow night.
We’re bringing together leading experts to demystify the fast-changing world of #carbon markets.
To book your place at this free event visit: tinyurl.com/3e4una9f
#SustainableHWU @heriotwattuni.bsky.social
We’re bringing together leading experts to demystify the fast-changing world of #carbon markets.
To book your place at this free event visit: tinyurl.com/3e4una9f
#SustainableHWU @heriotwattuni.bsky.social
Symposium: Future of Voluntary Carbon Markets
This event will bring together experts to help unpack changes in carbon markets and what they mean for the future.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Join us at historic Panmure House in Edinburgh tomorrow night.
We’re bringing together leading experts to demystify the fast-changing world of #carbon markets.
To book your place at this free event visit: tinyurl.com/3e4una9f
#SustainableHWU @heriotwattuni.bsky.social
We’re bringing together leading experts to demystify the fast-changing world of #carbon markets.
To book your place at this free event visit: tinyurl.com/3e4una9f
#SustainableHWU @heriotwattuni.bsky.social
Tiny grains of cosmic dust could be key to sparking life in space. Prof Martin McCoustra has shown dust helps simple molecules form life’s building blocks even at -190°C.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/y72hatbw
#spacedust #pillarsofcreation
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#spacedust #pillarsofcreation
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Tiny grains of cosmic dust could be key to sparking life in space. Prof Martin McCoustra has shown dust helps simple molecules form life’s building blocks even at -190°C.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/y72hatbw
#spacedust #pillarsofcreation
Read more here: tinyurl.com/y72hatbw
#spacedust #pillarsofcreation
What happens when you take a delicate quantum device out of the lab and drive it hundreds of miles to BT's research centre?
For the team at Intertangle — a @heriotwattuni.bsky.social spin-out — it meant a breakthrough.
More here: tinyurl.com/58zrpm6h
@ukri.org #quantum
For the team at Intertangle — a @heriotwattuni.bsky.social spin-out — it meant a breakthrough.
More here: tinyurl.com/58zrpm6h
@ukri.org #quantum
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
What happens when you take a delicate quantum device out of the lab and drive it hundreds of miles to BT's research centre?
For the team at Intertangle — a @heriotwattuni.bsky.social spin-out — it meant a breakthrough.
More here: tinyurl.com/58zrpm6h
@ukri.org #quantum
For the team at Intertangle — a @heriotwattuni.bsky.social spin-out — it meant a breakthrough.
More here: tinyurl.com/58zrpm6h
@ukri.org #quantum
Great to see Heriot-Watt at the heart of Scotland's efforts to decarbonise road freight. Well done to all involved. 👏
Scotland’s #Transport Cabinet Secretary, @fionahyslop.bsky.social, met road #freight operators & #logistics researchers at Heriot-Watt’s Panmure House as part of our Transport Scotland research
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#ZeroEmission #HGVs @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @ebs-hwu.bsky.social
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#ZeroEmission #HGVs @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @ebs-hwu.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Great to see Heriot-Watt at the heart of Scotland's efforts to decarbonise road freight. Well done to all involved. 👏
New Heriot-Watt research shows 64% of vessel traffic in Scotland’s MPAs goes undetected because it isn’t using AIS.
Hidden activity could put whales, dolphins and other protected species at risk.
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Hidden activity could put whales, dolphins and other protected species at risk.
Read more: tinyurl.com/4vjhwear
#HeriotWattUni
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New Heriot-Watt research shows 64% of vessel traffic in Scotland’s MPAs goes undetected because it isn’t using AIS.
Hidden activity could put whales, dolphins and other protected species at risk.
Read more: tinyurl.com/4vjhwear
#HeriotWattUni
Hidden activity could put whales, dolphins and other protected species at risk.
Read more: tinyurl.com/4vjhwear
#HeriotWattUni
New research overturns the idea of an Early Triassic “charcoal gap.”
An international team - including our own Dr Clayton Magill from the Lyell Centre - have found evidence of ancient wildfires.
More here: tinyurl.com/23yjb68w
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An international team - including our own Dr Clayton Magill from the Lyell Centre - have found evidence of ancient wildfires.
More here: tinyurl.com/23yjb68w
#HeriotWattUni
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New research overturns the idea of an Early Triassic “charcoal gap.”
An international team - including our own Dr Clayton Magill from the Lyell Centre - have found evidence of ancient wildfires.
More here: tinyurl.com/23yjb68w
#HeriotWattUni
An international team - including our own Dr Clayton Magill from the Lyell Centre - have found evidence of ancient wildfires.
More here: tinyurl.com/23yjb68w
#HeriotWattUni
We've signed an MoU with Dynamic Earth to create new opportunities for public engagement and bring cutting-edge science to life across Scotland.
The partnership will showcase research, spark curiosity, and inspire the next generation of scientists.
More here: tinyurl.com/56f3sfyr
The partnership will showcase research, spark curiosity, and inspire the next generation of scientists.
More here: tinyurl.com/56f3sfyr
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We've signed an MoU with Dynamic Earth to create new opportunities for public engagement and bring cutting-edge science to life across Scotland.
The partnership will showcase research, spark curiosity, and inspire the next generation of scientists.
More here: tinyurl.com/56f3sfyr
The partnership will showcase research, spark curiosity, and inspire the next generation of scientists.
More here: tinyurl.com/56f3sfyr
Have rich countries lost enthusiasm for tackling the climate crisis?
You can listen live to Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer as she shares her opinion with @lbc.co.uk at 6:50am.
#HeriotWattUni #COP30 #SustainableHWU
You can listen live to Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer as she shares her opinion with @lbc.co.uk at 6:50am.
#HeriotWattUni #COP30 #SustainableHWU
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Have rich countries lost enthusiasm for tackling the climate crisis?
You can listen live to Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer as she shares her opinion with @lbc.co.uk at 6:50am.
#HeriotWattUni #COP30 #SustainableHWU
You can listen live to Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer as she shares her opinion with @lbc.co.uk at 6:50am.
#HeriotWattUni #COP30 #SustainableHWU
Don't miss @lbcnews.bsky.social at 5:50pm today to hear from our own Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer. She will be sharing her thoughts and hopes for the upcoming #COP30.
#HeriotWattUni
#HeriotWattUni
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Don't miss @lbcnews.bsky.social at 5:50pm today to hear from our own Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer. She will be sharing her thoughts and hopes for the upcoming #COP30.
#HeriotWattUni
#HeriotWattUni
What can COP30 achieve?
Hear Heriot-Watt's Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer:
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#COP30 #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #HWUsutainable
Hear Heriot-Watt's Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer:
tinyurl.com/mrtzjr23 (Listen from 22:20)
#COP30 #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #HWUsutainable
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What can COP30 achieve?
Hear Heriot-Watt's Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer:
tinyurl.com/mrtzjr23 (Listen from 22:20)
#COP30 #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #HWUsutainable
Hear Heriot-Watt's Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer:
tinyurl.com/mrtzjr23 (Listen from 22:20)
#COP30 #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #HWUsutainable
Interested in being an engineer?
Here's what's possible at Heriot-Watt University.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdvu23sd
#nationalengineeringday #royalacademyengineering
@raeng.org.uk @HWU_EPS
Here's what's possible at Heriot-Watt University.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdvu23sd
#nationalengineeringday #royalacademyengineering
@raeng.org.uk @HWU_EPS
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Interested in being an engineer?
Here's what's possible at Heriot-Watt University.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdvu23sd
#nationalengineeringday #royalacademyengineering
@raeng.org.uk @HWU_EPS
Here's what's possible at Heriot-Watt University.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdvu23sd
#nationalengineeringday #royalacademyengineering
@raeng.org.uk @HWU_EPS
A breakthrough laser technique could improve the tech used by astronomers to hunt for planets, and will soon be tested
@SALT_Astro
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More here: tinyurl.com/2kznhv4d
#astronomy #frequencycombs
@SALT_Astro
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More here: tinyurl.com/2kznhv4d
#astronomy #frequencycombs
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A breakthrough laser technique could improve the tech used by astronomers to hunt for planets, and will soon be tested
@SALT_Astro
.
More here: tinyurl.com/2kznhv4d
#astronomy #frequencycombs
@SALT_Astro
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More here: tinyurl.com/2kznhv4d
#astronomy #frequencycombs
In a world first, Heriot-Watt University has launched a groundbreaking online course dedicated to Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) — tackling one of the root causes of climate change.
👉https://tinyurl.com/mrxbhj8m
#SustainableHWU #HeriotWattUni
👉https://tinyurl.com/mrxbhj8m
#SustainableHWU #HeriotWattUni
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
In a world first, Heriot-Watt University has launched a groundbreaking online course dedicated to Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) — tackling one of the root causes of climate change.
👉https://tinyurl.com/mrxbhj8m
#SustainableHWU #HeriotWattUni
👉https://tinyurl.com/mrxbhj8m
#SustainableHWU #HeriotWattUni
Congratulations IDRIC!
Winner Research Institute of the Year 2025
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Winner Research Institute of the Year 2025
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October 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Congratulations IDRIC!
Winner Research Institute of the Year 2025
More here: tinyurl.com/5n6e8fdm
#HeriotWattUni
Winner Research Institute of the Year 2025
More here: tinyurl.com/5n6e8fdm
#HeriotWattUni
Is #seafood being unfairly singled out in the microplastics debate?
Prof Ted Henry discusses this in an interview with the Canadian radio station, CBC Listen.
Interview here: tinyurl.com/58hv7ubk
Prof Ted Henry discusses this in an interview with the Canadian radio station, CBC Listen.
Interview here: tinyurl.com/58hv7ubk
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Is #seafood being unfairly singled out in the microplastics debate?
Prof Ted Henry discusses this in an interview with the Canadian radio station, CBC Listen.
Interview here: tinyurl.com/58hv7ubk
Prof Ted Henry discusses this in an interview with the Canadian radio station, CBC Listen.
Interview here: tinyurl.com/58hv7ubk
Exciting development: @scottishrugbyblog.co.uk by
Men's Sevens programme moves to full-time operations at
Oriam.
Another milestone in the growing partnership between Scottish Rugby and Scotland's Sports Performance Centre.
More here: tinyurl.com/mwkr6epp
#HeriotWattUni
Men's Sevens programme moves to full-time operations at
Oriam.
Another milestone in the growing partnership between Scottish Rugby and Scotland's Sports Performance Centre.
More here: tinyurl.com/mwkr6epp
#HeriotWattUni
October 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Exciting development: @scottishrugbyblog.co.uk by
Men's Sevens programme moves to full-time operations at
Oriam.
Another milestone in the growing partnership between Scottish Rugby and Scotland's Sports Performance Centre.
More here: tinyurl.com/mwkr6epp
#HeriotWattUni
Men's Sevens programme moves to full-time operations at
Oriam.
Another milestone in the growing partnership between Scottish Rugby and Scotland's Sports Performance Centre.
More here: tinyurl.com/mwkr6epp
#HeriotWattUni
Prof Stephen Euston has found a greener way to extract protein from rapeseed waste using eco-friendly solvents.
His method boosts yields from 15% to 53% — a big step towards sustainable protein sources.
Read more: tinyurl.com/s3spcxuv
#HeriotWattUni #SustainableHWU
His method boosts yields from 15% to 53% — a big step towards sustainable protein sources.
Read more: tinyurl.com/s3spcxuv
#HeriotWattUni #SustainableHWU
October 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Prof Stephen Euston has found a greener way to extract protein from rapeseed waste using eco-friendly solvents.
His method boosts yields from 15% to 53% — a big step towards sustainable protein sources.
Read more: tinyurl.com/s3spcxuv
#HeriotWattUni #SustainableHWU
His method boosts yields from 15% to 53% — a big step towards sustainable protein sources.
Read more: tinyurl.com/s3spcxuv
#HeriotWattUni #SustainableHWU
Today, we celebrated the life and legacy our our late Chancellor, Professor Emeritus Sir Geoff Palmer KT OBE.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Today, we celebrated the life and legacy our our late Chancellor, Professor Emeritus Sir Geoff Palmer KT OBE.
More here: tinyurl.com/3r8tx2b2
#HeriotWattUni
More here: tinyurl.com/3r8tx2b2
#HeriotWattUni