Planning for Autonomous Vehicles PAV Sep 2, 2019 - Mar 1, 2023
Autonomous Vehicles (AV), or self-driving vehicles, promise widely available, low-cost, clean, door-to-door transport for people and goods. Widespread use on Europe’s roads is anticipated by the 2030s and is expected to have numerous societal implica...
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All Projects (44)
Storytagging May 1, 2020 - Sep 30, 2022
StoryTagging will increase the market reach of creative industry SMEs by developing a digital platform that will allow creatives to harness (as stories) much of what makes Northern localities distinctive to the people who live and work there: place,...
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Augmented fashion: immersive interactions for sustainable heritage in fashion and textiles Feb 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2024
There is increasing pressure to move towards a more sustainable global fashion and textile industry where traditional methods of textile and clothing manufacture, using natural renewable sources that are inherently long-lasting offer a 'slow' fashion...
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Stronghouse Jan 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2023
The Stronghouse project focuses on community approaches to retrofitting houses for energy efficiency. Current practices to improve home energy efficiency are not sufficiently developed to meet CO2 emission reduction targets. This is largely because...
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My Orkney Story: Developing a collaborative digital story platform Jan 1, 2020 - May 1, 2021
Based on previously funded initiatives, The Orkney Folklore Trail, which worked with local storytellers, musicians and illustrators, this project responds to challenges and opportunities within the Orkney community caused by tourism. It does this th...
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Creating year-round sustainable business demand for the Outer Hebrides textile industry Feb 15, 2021 - Feb 14, 2023
This KTP seeks to develop new innovative Harris Tweed Hebrides textile products and facilitate international market access, providing year-round and sustainable business demand for the Harris Tweed Hebrides brand and the network of 130+ self-employed...
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Urban Observatory for Multi-participatory Enhancement of Health and Wellbeing Mar 1, 2021 - Feb 28, 2025
Our natural and built environment and social fabric are critical determinants of health and well-being. Three quarters of the European population now live in cities and urbanisation continues at high speed, driven by economic growth and employment op...
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#Doric Feb 1, 2020 - Sep 30, 2022
This project comprises a series of edit-a-thons working on Wikipedia articles for (a) north-east topics and (b) written in Doric. These will include the entries for particular towns and other geographical locations or features in the North-East, eve...
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Implementing a Digital Strategy Aug 1, 2020 - Jul 31, 2022
Applying business research methodologies to the design, development and deployment of a digital strategy and the associated programme of staff development and cultural change required to enable the company to expand their online B2C sales and grow th...
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Scottish Public Libraries and their role in community resilience during lockdown Jun 15, 2020 - Dec 15, 2020
In ‘normal’ times public libraries are crucial community hubs but have, like other public spaces, been closed during the pandemic lockdown. In recent years, public libraries in Scotland have been strongly supported through Scottish Government initiat...
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Immersive Scotland Research Network Mar 31, 2021 - May 30, 2023
This project will facilitate multi-disciplinary knowledge exchange and exploration of immersive technologies in Scotland.
We aim to establish a network of academics, industries, micro and SMEs and cultural organisations ready for the future...
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'Maddie is Online': Supporting creatively young people’s digital literacy and resilience skills development. An empowering agenda for school librarians. Jan 1, 2021 - Jan 31, 2022
The project aims to explore issues surrounding young people’s development of digital literacy and resilience as the online citizens of tomorrow and to develop a set of resources, activities and lesson plans that school librarians and teachers can use...
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Extracting intelligence from existing data bases Nov 22, 2021 - Nov 21, 2023
This management KTP will focus on helping the workforce at AGCC develop the skills and understanding necessary to extract intelligence from its existing data, refine its forward data collection activities and help the organisation to deliver an effec...
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Capitalising on Digital Innovations for Heritage and Capacity Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
This project seeks to capture and share the technological learning from three NPA projects (Storytagging (RGU), Digi 2 Market (Udaras na Gaeltachta, Republic of Ireland) and CINE (University of Ulster, Northern Ireland)). These focus on digital story...
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Integrated digital strategy and online delivery model to scale up a weldless connection solution Aug 29, 2022 - Oct 28, 2024
This project will apply organisational performance and human resource management research methodologies to evaluate the unique needs of the business, expediting the transition of the company from a traditional salesperson-driven sales model to an agi...
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The Disappeared Village Jan 5, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
This project aims to host an exhibition and event as part of Scotland's Year of Stories 2022. Working in collaboration with Moray Libraries the exhibition and event will celebrate the story of Culbin, The Disappeared Village, and showcase creative ou...
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How good is our public library service? Refresh Jan 31, 2022 - Jul 1, 2022
Work commissioned by Scottish Information and Library Council to update, revise and refresh the quality standards framework for Scottish public libraries 'How good is our public library service?'
Raban 400 May 1, 2022 - Mar 24, 2023
The printed word revolutionised our world; it changed ideas, thinking and societies. 2022 marks the 400th anniversary of printing coming to Aberdeen with the arrival of Edward Raban and his printing press.
It will tell Raban’s life...
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Ferry Passenger and Freight Modelling for Shetland Jul 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
Through this project, ZetTrans, the regional transport partnership for Shetland, in partnership with RGU and HIE will investigate and demonstrate in a pilot study the potential for a holistic data-driven transport model for Shetland ferries that can...
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Connecting Threads May 1, 2022 - Oct 30, 2023
The Augmented Fashion project encountered a range of issues including the impact of Covid-19 and the need for project partners to rapidly digitally upskill, and the siloed and gendered nature of computing science and fashion/textile disciplin...
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