Life Sciences is a significant growth sector within Scotland which is rapidly developing a reputation for excellence regionally, nationally and globally.
The increasing number of life science businesses based in the Highlands and Islands is confirmation of the region's potential and evidence of Highlands and Islands Enterprise's committed support for the sector.
The Highlands and Islands have strengths in two major sub sectors: natural products (particularly in Argyll and the Western Isles) and P4 Digital Healthcare (activity focussed on the east coast between Elgin and Inverness).
A number of other sectors such as the creative industries, ICT, financial and business services and food and drink are engaging with the life sciences industry in the Highlands and Islands, illustrating the scale of the sector and the potential for business development and collaboration. This is particularly the case within the field of 'P4 Digital Healthcare'. This term is being adopted in the life sciences and digital healthcare sectors to describe the changing healthcare landscape as it becomes more Predictive, Preventative, Personalised and Participatory.
Scotland is ideally placed as a location for leading innovation in healthcare. It has supportive policy environment and a health board specifically tasked with delivering healthcare using digital technology (NHS24). In addition, one for the world's largest deployments of telehealthcare will occur in Scoltand in the form of the TSB programme DALLAS in 2012. There will be three active sites in the Highlands and Islands.
News
07 March 2012
With construction now underway to build infrastructure for the multi-stakeholder Inverness Campus, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is working to attract new occupants to the site from around the UK and abroad.
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28 February 2012
A £6.5 million project to create a centre for excellence for digital health, research and education in Elgin has been given the go-ahead by Moray planners today.
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18 November 2011
Construction of the ambitious European Marine Science Park is underway at Oban in Argyll, where a turf-cutting ceremony was held to mark the occasion.
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17 November 2011
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed construction, infrastructure and design company Morgan Sindall to develop 100 acres of land at Beechwood as the first phase of its ambitious Inverness Campus project.
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09 November 2011
Plants and flowers which could have been destroyed when construction work starts at Inverness Campus are moving to a new home across the city.
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Events
2012
Mar
5
05 March 2012 to 30 March 2012, Highlands and Islands
Deadline - 30 March 2012. goNorth 2012 are looking for your films.... This year goNORTH are going to be screening a full programme of curated features, which will encompass content from our production partners from across the UK, Europe and America.
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Mar
5
05 March 2012 to 30 March 2012, Highlands and Islands
The goNORTH live showcases deadline is fast approaching, get your entries in now!
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Mar
22
22 March 2012, Highlands and Islands
The Scottish Academy of Fashion has teamed up with Textiles Scotland to offer a series of continuing professional development (CPD) workshops.
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Mar
23
23 March 2012, Highlands and Islands
‘Awards for Young Musicians’ supports the UK's most talented young instrumentalists aged 5-17 years of age who, because of financial need, may be prevented from fulfilling their creative potential.
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Mar
26
26 March 2012, Highlands and Islands
This funding scheme to assist individuals to develop and extend their own professional visual art practice is now open for applications.
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Mar
27
27 March 2012, Glasgow SECC
The Social Enterprise Exchange 2012, sponsored by HIE, is the result of an exciting partnership, which brings together the two leading social enterprise events in the UK and Scotland respectively: Voice and S2S. This unique initiative between Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) and Social Enterprise Scotland, delivered in partnership with CEiS, will create the world’s largest social enterprise event in 2012.
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Mar
27
27 March 2012, Dunblane
The Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service (SMAS) works with businesses throughout Scotland providing expert advice, one-to-one support, training and events for manufacturing businesses of all sizes.
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Mar
27
27 March 2012, Dunblane
Gain insights into some of Scotland’s most recognisable companies and discover how they are competing in a global marketplace at this specialist manufacturing event.
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Mar
30
30 March 2012, Highlands and Islands
Deadline 30 March. The Clore Duffield Poetry and Literary Awards, with a deadline set for 30 March 2012, are worth a total of £1m over five years, from 2011 to 2015, with individual awards ranging from £1,000 to £10,000.
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Mar
30
30 March 2012 to 01 June 2012, Highlands and Islands
Deadlines from 30 March to 01 June. The MEDIA Programme offers many different funding schemes, each targeting different areas of the audiovisual sector. A selection of calls are currently open
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Apr
17
17 April 2012, Inverness
This is a free event for companies interested in finding out about exporting to Ireland.
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Apr
24
24 April 2012 to 26 April 2012, Brussels
Following the success again of this year’s event in Brussels, Scottish Development International and Highlands and Islands Enterprise are again providing the opportunity for Scottish companies to be part of the Scotland Food & Drink Pavilion at the European Seafood Exposition 2012.
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Apr
25
25 April 2012, Highlands and Islands
Deadline – 25 April 2012. NESTA has just launched a new programme for arts and cultural organisations in Scotland.
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Jun
12
12 June 2012, SECC, Glasgow
The Scottish Technology Showcase 2012 offers an ideal opportunity for you to find solutions to your business challenges. This free event provides a platform for technology to enable your business to become more productive and more competitive, whatever your industry.
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Oct
26
26 October 2012, Highlands and Islands
Deadline - 27 April; 27 July & 26 October 2012. The Wellcome Trust is inviting organisations and individuals to apply for funding through its Arts Awards.
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