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Over the last 10 months, Scotland's four Innovation Centres - The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), Built Environment-Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), and The Data Lab - have been travelling across the country to engage with colleges and collaborative business partners, exploring opportunities for innovation and partnership that can strengthen the local economy and shape the future workforce.

The vital role that university research and innovation play in society, the economy and the environment was the theme of a visit to Heriot Watt University today by the Minister for Higher and Further Education, Graeme Dey. The minister toured the Medical Device Manufacturing Centre (MDMC), a partnership between Heriot Watt, Robert Gordon University and the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee.