Heriot-Watt University

Mercedes Maroto-Valer, a world leading expert in energy systems and decarbonisation, has been awarded the ACES-Margarita Salas Awards in its first edition, in the category of Physics, Mathematics and Engineering.During the State visit to…

Preserving historically significant artefacts from degrading is an ongoing battle for galleries, museums and libraries across the world.Ambient conditions including humidity, temperature and their changes can damage or even destroy…

Mussel Farming, Sustainable Green Jobs, and Low Carbon Fuels all feature in latest Islands Growth Deal Business Cases.The Islands’ Growth Deal Joint Committee, which will oversee the Growth Deal, and which consists of two elected…

Blue hydrogen can play a positive role in the energy transition – under certain conditions concludes an international group of researchers, led by Heriot-Watt University and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland.The…

Heriot-Watt’s head chef is set for a double-helping of graduation success next week when his son and daughter collect their degrees.For more than 20 years, Jamie Jack has worked in the heat of the Heriot-Watt kitchen preparing dishes for…

Mercedes Maroto-Valer, a world leading expert in energy systems and decarbonisation, has been awarded best research project of the year at the Disruptors & Innovators (D+I) awards in Madrid.The event, which took place at the Royal…

Heriot-Watt University has today unveiled a new online education initiative designed to open up higher education opportunities to thousands of non-traditional students around the world.Heriot-Watt Online, which will be presented during a…

Heriot-Watt’s Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Equalities Research (I-SPHERE), and its market research partner Kantar Public, has received a prestigious award from the Market Research Society (MRS), the leading authority on research,…

Booker Prize Winner Douglas Stuart collected his Honorary Degree from Heriot-Watt University today.The celebrated author returned to his alma mater where the Chancellor of University, Professor Sir Geoff Palmer, presented him with the…

This week saw the graduation of our first cohort of Software Development graduate apprentices. This landmark moment included a group of apprentices from one of our key employer partners – aerospace engineering company Leonardo. And one of…