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BIG Ideas workshops in Inverness - October 7th

UHI HI Links invites you to a workshop with Dr Kevin Byron which aims to help companies turn business ideas and aspirations into a reality. The workshop is open to any business of any size, working in any sector and will be an extremely practical and interactive workshop helping companies to work through the process of bringing business change to fruition ……
More about BIG awards funding Download the application form here

Spaces for the event are very limited and those interested must apply for the event, application forms are available above. For further information, or to return a completed application form, contact charlotte.ball@uhi.ac.uk .

HIE sponsored competition for businesses to win a trip to MIT, Boston

Enter Highlands and Islands Enterprise's (HIE) competition to win a visit to one of the world's leading creative and visionary laboratories, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, where you will gain inspiration for innovation within your own business. HIE are offering 5 ambitious businesses within the Highlands and Islands the opportunity to win a *sponsored trip to the internationally renowned MIT, tailored to the requirements of the individual businesses by utilising the excellent relationship HIE has developed with MIT over the last 5 years. HIE is committed to working with, and supporting, the companies after the trip to make sure that maximum outputs are obtained …… *Terms and conditions apply

Find out more on the HIE website.

BBSRC Industrial CASE Studentship Competition 2010

BSBRCs Industrial CASE Studentship Competition will award Doctoral Training Grants (DTGs) for start in October 2011 to support collaborative postgraduate research training leading to a PhD …… READ FULL ARTICLE

Proposals for Industrial CASE studentship funding can be submitted by either the industrial company or an individual academic supervisor (citing an industrial partner).
Full information in pdf format

PHD grant awards for the Creative industries Sector

The Creative Industries KTN is currently inviting applications for suitable projects.
Industrial CASE Awards are three-and-a-half year PhD awards funded by the UK Research Councils. They consist of a collaborative partnership between a university and company. A PhD project is defined and arranged between the partnership, and a suitable student identified to carry out the research.
For 2010 approximately £66,838 is available for each award from the EPSRC. …… READ MORE ON KTN WEBSITE

For 2010 approximately £66,838 is available for each award from the EPSRC.

Full information in pdf format

AHRC SFC Knowledge Exchange Programme: Funding call for research projects 2010

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) are pleased to announce a call for research based knowledge exchange projects of mutual strategic interest in the field of health and the environment. AHRC and SFC have agreed to total funding of £500, 000 for this call. The level of funding available for any single project will vary depending on the scope of activities and the extent of the collaboration across the HEI and non HEI partners. For guidance, a maximum AHRC/SFC contribution to any single project will be in the order of £50, 000 per annum for up to two years. …… READ MORE ON SFC WEBSITE

The AHRC SFC Knowledge Exchange Programme aims to promote the contribution that the arts and humanities can make to a healthier Scotland, specifically in the context of the environment and health.

Application form in pdf format

Food and Drink events in Stornoway and Dingwall

On August 23rd and 24th UHI HI Links held 2 events, one in Stornoway and one in Dingwall. Both events featured the same 2 speakers, Jennifer Bryson, Food Innovation at Abertay and David Lamb, Scottish Agricultural College. These food and drink experts spoke to the many delegates who attended about new product development and getting your product to market. The presentations are available for downloads here and anyone interested in following up with the speakers on any of the issues highlighted please get in touch.

Please note - this document is 54 pages long and 11MB in size.

This presentation is provided for your information only and we ask that you do not use it in any other way without our prior consent.
Contact us if you wish to use any of the slides for your own purposes.

Greener business seminar - Thurso

On Monday 30th August UHI HI Links held an event in Caithness Horizons, Thurso with 2 academic speakers from Edinburgh Napier University, John Currie and Jamie Pearson. The speakers gave some interesting ideas for how a business can save money and become greener, by looking at a range of factors in the business, including waste management strategy, renewable technologies and much more. The presentation is available for download here and anyone who is interested in further information from the speakers or follow up with them on any of the issues please do get in touch with UHI HI Links.

Please note - this document is 107 pages long and 24MB in size.

Business Lecture CHS 19th August - PowerPoint by Dr Stephen Harwood

This lecture at the Centre for Health Science, explored the theme of exploiting technology to diversify and grow your business. Dr Harwood (of The University of Edinburgh Management School) has kindly allowed us to post his presentation.
more information on the lecture

This presentation is provided for your information only and we ask that you do not use it in any other way without our prior consent.
Download the presentations in pdf format Contact us if you wish to use any of the slides for any purposes.

HI Links went to the Black Isle Show - Thursday 5th August 2010

We were joined by ETS who showcased their cattle monitoring device 'Silent Herdsman™'.
FULL ARTICLE HERE for more information on the device.

We were also joined by local food writer and baker, Liz Ashworth, who was demonstrating girdle-baking traditional Orkney bannocks and drop-scones using Bere barley grain from Orkney.
UHI HI Links funded a project with the Agronomy Institute UHI to help return this grain to modern use.

Community Planning Project (CPP) - PowerPoint presentations

Both presentations from the meeting are available for download by clicking the icons right.
The Knowledge Exchange Strategy Meeting on 14th July was attended by representetives from HI Links, HIE, UHI, HIFRS, SNH and the board of CPP. A full report of the meeting has been distributed to committee members and a copy of the report is available on request.

Presentations are provided for your information only and we ask that you do not use them in any other way without our prior consent.
Contact us if you wish to use any of the slides for your own purposes.

Jim Mather MSP for Argyll and Bute opens our tourism sector workshops on Islay

Jim Mather MSP was keen to show his support for the recent HILinks workshop for Islay and Jura businesses. The event set out to give practical advice on the effective use of ICT to boost business while improving service quality and managing costs.

Click through to the FULL ARTICLE to view video of the opening address

Business Lecture - PowerPoint by Dr Sean Ennis

This lecture at the Centre for Health Science, Inverness covered the relevance of branding for small firms trying to develop new markets. Dr Ennis from the University of Strathclyde has kindly allowed us to post his presentation for download.

Workshop for tourism businesses on Islay and Jura

This was an extremely well attended event and due to the number of requests for more information following the event the 3 presentations from the day have been amalgamated onto one document and are available below to download.

Please note - this document is 178 pages long and 29MB in size.

EPSRC Industrial CASE studentships 2010

Scottish Enterprise acts as the agent in Scotland on behalf of EPSRC to assist in the allocation of these awards. There are three awards available for the coming academic year. The intention is that awards will be made to applications that most fully match the economic development objectives of Scottish Enterprise and the EPSRC award criteria ……

The current round closed 16th July 2010 - links below are left for information on what might be available 2011.

Find out more on the EPSRC website. Download the application form here

ESRC Knowledge Exchange Schemes

The schemes are intended to be used to foster collaborations between academic researchers, businesses, the public and third sectors and are one of the most effective mechanisms for knowledge exchange. The ESRC funds and manages a wide range of schemes that encourage knowledge exchange and greater interaction between the social science research community and research users ……
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The current call closed 5th August 2010 - check this page for notification of the next funding call.

The ESRC issues harmonised calls for the schemes above. Please note, the schemes are not designed to fund new research.
Full information in pdf format

HI Links services summary

If you want to read a summary breakdown of the kind of services we are able to offer (by no means an exhaustive list) then click below to see or download a copy of our summary services document ……

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