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CONTENTS
PrinciPals review 04
news 08
international 16
research 20
PeoPle 28
statistics 34
MISSIONTo create and transer nowlede, to enable students and sta to ulltheir potential and to enrich all the communities with which we enae.
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It has been an exhilarating ew
months or me since I joined
Heriot-Watt as Principal. One o
my very rst assignments was to
attend the ocial opening o the
Scottish Borders Campus by the
Princess Royal, the culmination o
many years work by colleagues
in the University and at Borders
College and a tremendously
important step in the provision
o tertiary education in the
Borders. I should emphasise
that the Campus opening is not
an end but just the rst step
in developing the articulation
which will help students to
progress seamlessly through their
education to the highest level
which their abilities and ambition
will allow.
Academic collaboration between
the College and University hasalready resulted in a new joint
Borders Business Programme and
increased recruitment to both
institutions in the current year,
with urther collaboration in
course provision planned.
The completion o the
Postgraduate Centre was another
milestone, key to our strategic
development and the planned
growth in postgraduate numbers.
I have made a point o learning
about the Schools and Services
rst hand, by visiting as many as
I can. Other visits are scheduled
or the new year. The annual
graduation schedules also meant
visits to our Dubai Campus and to
Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala
Lumpur or meetings with our
Academic Learning Partners, and
the capping o around 500 o our
overseas students.
My impression o Heriot-Watt was
always one o a great creative
intensity which comes rom a very
practical and innovative approach
to the way things are done, and
this impression has been strongly
reinorced. This sort o hands-on,
can-do work comes rom the very
origins o the institution, with
its groundbreaking start as the
rst Mechanics Institute, giving
ordinary people access to science
and technology.
Heriot-Watt has an enviable
reputation or producing
graduates ully equipped to
achieve the highest personal
and proessional standards. This
refects very well on our teaching.
We are working hard to improve
some aspects o our teaching
provision in the light o the last
National Student Survey.
This year we recorded our
largest intake o new students in
the Universitys history with an
overall rise o 20%. This means
that, in terms o the overall
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My impression o Heriot-Watt was always oneo a reat creative intensity which comes roma very practical and innovative approach to theway thins are done, and this impression hasbeen stronly reinorced.
Proessor Steve Chapman
FRSE, FRSC, CCHEM, PhD
Principal and Vice-Chancellor
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1.75 million or the coming
year alone, increasing the scope
or investment towards our
strategic goals. This allows us
to plan or the development
and appointment o 20 new
top level academic posts in the
coming year in addition to the
25 approved under the phase
one investment planning.
A new strategic theme, with
the working title o Creativity,
Design and Innovation, will
provide an opportunity or the
School o Textiles and Design
and the School o Management
and Languages to participate in
the Themes to a much greaterextent. It will also allow the
School o Mathematics and
Computing Sciences to introduce
the topic o the digital
economy (a recognised priority
or the research councils) and
to increase the scope o the
Innovative Manuacturing
Research Centre representing
the Universitys largest current
EPSRC-unded project.
Focus on the Future builds on
key areas o the Universitys
existing strengths. I am,
however, determined that we
will support, maintain and
develop all o Heriot-Watts
traditional strengths, academic,
personal and institutional. I am
keen to promote key areas, with
investments under discussion
potentially including the area
o ood and drink. We need to
recognise and build on all oour strengths, and to make sure
that quality, the quality o our
people, our research and our
whole product, is key to all o
our decisions and developments.
An exceptional eature o
Heriot-Watt is its international
prole, with key successes
already outlined. Our
international reach is a
tremendous asset and there
is no doubt that Heriot-Watt
is Scotlands International
University with a real global
presence.
student population, growth
includes a 10% rise to over 7,500
in Scotland and a headcount in
Dubai now at well over 1,300. In
our key growth area o taught
postgraduate students, both
UK/EU and overseas ee income
levels have increased by almost
20%. Undergraduate numbers
rom non-EU countries have also
grown. These gures exceed
this years student recruitment
and ee income targets and
are strongly competitive in
comparison with other Scottish
and UK universities. This is a
great achievement and planning
is already underway to expand
and improve teaching space tomeet demand.
In the 2009 Guardian University
League Table the University
gained an overall ranking o 22
out o 117 UK universities, doing
particularly well in the career
prospects measure. Modern
Languages at Heriot-Watt was
ranked within the top 10 in
the UK and other high ranking
subjects were Building and
Town and Country Planning (top
in Scotland), Art and Design,
Physics and Sports Science.
The University maintained
its strong position in the
employment measure in the
2009 Sunday Times University
Guide, standing ourteenth
o all UK universities and
second in Scotland, based on
the proportion o students
in employment within sixmonths o graduation and
the proportion o these in
graduate-level jobs. Indeed
Heriot-Watt continues to
eature prominently across
press league tables or graduate
employment, typically in the UK
top 20, particularly when the
quality o such employment is
taken into account
Focus on the Future is the
Universitys long term strategy,
and I am delighted to note that
we now have a second tranche
o investment unding released,
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The Dubai Campus is now main
ver impressive proress indeed
and is set to do even better in the
comin ears. Student numbers are
up a third rom the previous ear
with the Campus havin to increase
in size b 50 per cent to maintainits hih level o resource provision.
Underraduate derees in Civil
Enineerin, Fashion Desin and
Fashion Maretin and Retailin
have been successull launched
this ear.
To cater or these developments the
Universit has expanded into new
premises and we are committed
to developin and rowin the
rane o courses in Dubai as
part o our stron international
networ. Discussions are alread
underwa with our partners Eion
International Holdin to build a
new Campus within the Dubai
International Academic Cit.
Our people are our strenth,
and our students our clients. We
have just run a sta surve, which
showed a 57% Total Satisaction
Indicator. This is positive, but not
ood enouh and is a number to
build on. Students are also ased
to ll in a rane o surves, internal
and external. We need to ensure
we tae their responses on board,
and act on themand we are.
The Universit has approved the
settin-up o an initial 1.5M
und or the improvement o
student-acin services in the
current nancial ear. The rst
approved proposal was to extend
librar openin hours, with 24
hour openin o the librar at e
times. We have also approved
the development o new learnin
spaces. Approved in principle is a
proposal to re-develop part o the
Huh Nisbet Buildin to create a
student centre or one-stop shop
to co-locate student acin services.
Its important that the Universit
surroundins refect and support
its successes and provide a ood
learnin and worin environment.
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This year werecorded our
largest intakeo new students
in the Universityshistory with an
overall rise in newstudents o 20%
2009 saw the largest intake of new students in the universitys history
Meanwhile 2009 saw the 40th
anniversar o the Edinburh
Campus, and I ot to mae m
mar b plantin a tree,
a Norweian Maple, alon with the
Students Association President,
Simon Eltrinham. Its one o an
estimated quarter o a million trees
on the Campus, but it will alwas
be that little bit special to me.
Around the Universit I have
come across hue enthusiasm and
loalt to Heriot-Watt and man
positive ideas. An institution
needs stron leadership, but it
also needs the support, sill and
sheer hard wor o ever member
o the Universit sta and o
its e staeholders. This is a
dialoue I am looin orward to,
in partnership with all o these
roups, or the Universit in the
ears ahead.
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NEWSThe new 31.4M Scottish Borders Campusin galashiels was ofcially opened by thePrincess Royal. The Campus was created as aco-location venture between Borders Collee andHeriot-Watt University.
Princess royal oPensscottish BorderscamPusThe new 31.4M Scottish
Borders Campus in galashiels
was oiciall opened b the
Princess Roal. The Campus was
created as a co-location venture
between Borders Collee and
Heriot-Watt Universit, a unique
collaboration between urther
and hiher education to maximise
tertiar education opportunities
or the Borders.
Durin a tour beore the ocial
openin the Princess Roal visited
some o the new acilities and
worshops and met with students
and lecturers rom Heriot-Watt
and Borders Collee. Students and
lecturers rom the School o Textiles
and Desin displaed a rane
o ashion, textiles and interiordesins and she met members
o the Collee and Universit
Students Associations, as well
as a roup o Liesills students
and sta rom the Access and
Supported Learnin Department.
Durin the tour the Princess Roal
was accompanied b the Principals
o the Universit and Borders
Collee and senior manaement
iures rom both institutions,
as well as representatives o
Borders Council and o the
undin bodies which supported
the co-location proramme.
The Princess then perormed the
ocial openin ceremon, unveilin
a plaque in the main reception area.
Masters student Emma Daniels-Arthur
presented her with a speciall produced
pashmina in a new tartan which Emma
hersel created to celebrate Return
to the Ridins, a major Homecomin
Scotland 2009 event tain place in
the Scottish Borders.
Postgraduatecentre oPensHeriot-Watts 7M Postraduate
Centre, desined to provide a state o
the art acilit or postraduates across
the Universit, opened or business
in 2009, providin a multidisciplinar
ocus and networin opportunities
or the Universits 1,500 stron
communit o postraduate students
rom 100 countries.
The Centre oers hih tech video
conerencin acilities to allow
postraduate students to tae
part in multi-site lectures, tutorials
and research meetins, as well as
enhancin communication between
the Heriot-Watt campuses. The
Educational Development Unit
(EDU), involved in the proessional
development o researchers, students
and sta, is housed in the Centre
and is main ull use o the new
technoloies available.
Heriot-Watt leads the wa in
providin a central orum or
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40th anniversary of the edinBurgh camPus
The newInternational Study
groups recruitmentnumbers have
also acceleratedrapidly and it is
liely that over 100internationalstudents willaccess Heriot-Watt degrees
in 2010
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networin and expandin
collaborations with industr
and commercial sectors. This
approach, with an emphasis on
entrepreneurship and vision, is e
to the involvement o Cairn Ener,
who provided enerous sponsorship
or the construction o the Centre
and a Proramme Co-ordinator to
promote innovation and enterprise
activities within the student
communit.
The three-stor landmar buildin
houses the Cairn Auditorium, a
150-capacit lecture theatre, and
two additional lecture theatres.
Each seat is data equipped. Seminar
rooms, stud and social zones
provide postraduate tauht and
research students, proessional and
academic colleaues across campus
with video conerencin acilities and
wi communications. These hih
tech spaces accommodate tutorials,
researcher and sta trainin sessions,
and are ideal or worshops, master-
classes and as brea-out areas or
the lecture theatre.
40th anniversary ofthe edinBurgh camPusIts 40 ears since Heriot-Watt started
wor to move rom its cit centre sites
to a new purpose built Campus. The
anniversar is bein celebrated with a
series o events and activities throuh
the ear, startin with the plantin o
a Norweian Maple b the Principal
and the President o the Students
Association.
It was in November 1969 that the thenChancellor, Sir Alec Doulas-Home,
unveiled a plaque to commemorate
the itin o the Riccarton Estate to
the Universit b Midlothian Council,
while cross-countr runners brouht
the Universit standard rom the
cit centre throuh a snow storm to
the site. The Riccarton Estate had,
in its da, plaed an infuential part
in Scottish societ, however b the
1950s the main house had allen
into disrepair and was demolished in
1956. The rounds, with their verdant
woodlands, loch and abundant
wildlie, remained a testament to their
prosperous past.
Since then, the Campus has
fourished into a unctionin villae
and learnin and research centre,
with 8,200 sta and students.
While the buildins are modern the
careull nurtured rounds mae a
hue impact. The wealth o wildlie
and plant species was alwas
careull considered as the Universit
too shape, with the emploment
o an environmental consultant at
the construction stae and a site
conservation committee to deal with
onoin development, conservation
and manaement o site landscape.
Ater 40 ears o use as a universit
campus the rane o fora and auna
has actuall rown; records show
that over 250,000 trees have been
planted and the number o bird
species recorded increased rom
66 in 1972 to 88 in 1996.
Meanwhile, as part o the
Universits strateic ambition to
be at the oreront o research
and research-led education in the
Uk and internationall, upcomin
developments will include new
residences, at both the Edinburh
and Scottish Borders Campuses,
incorporatin more shared fats and
ewer sinle stud rooms, larer
dess and improved noise control
and ventilation. Alread the plans
have achieved the BREEAM 2 ratin
o excellence, siniin the are
bein developed to the hihest
environmental standards.
record recruitmentHeriot-Watt recorded the larest
intae o new students in its historin 2009 with an overall rise in new
students o 20%.
This means that in terms o the
overall student population, rowth
includes a 10% rise to over 7,500
in Scotland on a ull-time equivalent
basis and over 1,000 students in
Dubai, also on a ull-time equivalent
basis. The headcount in Dubai will
be over 1,300. In our e rowth
area o tauht postraduate
students, both Uk/EU and overseas,
have increased b around 20%.
Underraduate numbers rom non-
EU countries have also rown.
Amonst the notable increases
were a sinicant rise in Chinese,
Saudi Arabian and Liban students
studin at Heriot-Watt and rom
a domestic perspective a sharp
upturn in students articulatin rom
Further Education Collees. Plannin
is alread underwa to expand
teachin space to meet demand.
These ures exceed this ears
student recruitment and ee income
tarets and are stronl competitive
in comparison with other Scottish
and Uk universities. This is a reat
achievement and mars a ver
positive beinnin to the 2009/10
academic ear.
The new International Stud groups
recruitment numbers have also
accelerated rapidl and it is liel that
over 100 international students will
access Heriot-Watt derees throuh
this route in 2010.
imProving the studentexPerienceThe Universit has approved
the settin up o a und or the
improvement o student-acin
services, to be spent in the current
nancial ear. 1.5M has initiall
been set aside or the purpose. The
rst approved proposals are to extend
librar openin hours and to improve
stud space. Approved in principle
is a proposal to re-develop part o
the Huh Nisbet Buildin to create a
student centre or one-stop shop to
co-locate student acin services.
Meanwhile Heriot-Watt raned4th in Scotland and 24th in the Uk
in the Times Hiher Educations
Student Experience listins, which
covers academic and non-academic
areas. Students ave particularl
hih ratins to the Universits
connections with industr, campus
and sports acilities.
league taBlesIn this ears guardian Universit
Leaue Table, the Universit ained
an overall ranin o 22nd out
o 117 Uk universities, ranin
particularl hihl in the career
prospects measure. Modern
Lanuaes at Heriot-Watt was
raned within the top 10 in the
Uk. Other hih ranin Heriot-
Watt subjects were Buildin and
Town and Countr Plannin (top in
Scotland), Art and Desin, Phsics
and Sports Science.
Other subjects, includin Art and
Desin (Textiles), Buildin, Phsics,
Sports Science and Town and Countr
Plannin were in the Uk top 20.
The Universit maintained its stron
position in the emploment
measure in the 2009 publication
o the Sunda Times Universit
guide, ranin ourteenth o all
Uk universities and second in
Scotland. This measure is based
on the proportion o students in
emploment within six months o
raduation and the proportion o
these in raduate-level jobs. Indeed
Heriot-Watt continues to eature
prominentl across press leaue
tables or raduate emploment,
tpicall in the Uk top 20,
particularl when the qualit o such
emploment is taen into account
Heriot-Watt also rans in the top 10
or the proportion o international
students studin at the Universit.
This ear, or the rst time the
Universit also entered the rans o
the top 400 universities o the world,
which equates to the top 5%, in the
infuential THE-QS world Universit
Ranins. This was a rise rom our
position in the top 500 in 2008.
focus on the futureA second tranche o investment
undin was released or Focus on
the Future strateic developments.
The undin, o 1.75 million or
the comin ear alone, increases the
scope or investment towards the
Universits strateic oals, enablin
the development and appointment
o 20 new academic posts over a
ten ear period in addition to the
25 approved under the phase one
investment plannin.
A new strateic theme is to be
developed, Creativit, Desin
and Innovation. It will provide
an opportunit or the School o
Textiles and Desin and the School
o Manaement and Lanuaes to
participate in the Themes to a much
reater extent. It will also allow
the School o Mathematics and
Computin Sciences to introduce
the topic o the diital econom (a
reconised priorit or the research
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councils) and to increase the scope
o the Innovative Manuacturin
Research Centre (in the School o
Enineerin and Phsical Sciences
and the School o Mathematical and
Computer Sciences), representin the
Universits larest current EPSRC-
unded project. The scope o the
proposed new Theme will be dened
via externall acilitated worshops.
working withindustry ProjectA 6.5M project or a step-
wise increase in business and
entrepreneurship development has
been launched at Heriot-Watt to
support the Universits Focus on the
Future strate. 3M o the undin
is rom the European Reional
Development Fund (ERDF) to oster
enaement with industr and
enhance entrepreneurship.
This pan-Universit, three ear
project will help to boost the impact
o major prorammes in research
and development and in advanced
enineerin and ener, both areas
o considerable importance to
Scotland. Innovative manuacturin
and quantum inormation research are
major prorammes within the strate.
Co-ordinated b Technolo and
Research Services (TRS) it is an
innovative move to maximise impact,
placin new sta and activit worin
toether in Schools, Technolo
& Research Services, Corporate
Communications and Oranisational
Development. 11 new posts will provide
business development, new compansupport, entrepreneurship development
and additional communication
activities. For maximum eectiveness
the business development proessionals
are embedded in academic areas
(School o Enineerin and Phsical
Sciences, School o Built Environment,
Inrastructure and Transport Theme,
Institute o Petroleum Enineerin,
Ener Theme).
iPe sPin-outs2009 saw an increase in the spin-out
compan activit rom the Institute
o Petroleum Enineerin. Two new
companies were ormed, Petroc
Technoloies and Epistem, and
existin spin-out Hdraact is movin
to new premises on the Universits
Research Par.
Petroc Technoloies was ounded
b Dr Mehran Sohrabi to provide
technical support and commercialise
the outcome o a Scottish Enterprise
unded Proo o Concept project
in the area o carbon capture and
storae to mitiate carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere and reduce
the eects o lobal warmin.
The unique, patented technolo
developed to prevent leaae o
carbon dioxide rom underround
storae sites is critical or the success
o this carbon dioxide mitiation
strate. Lon term storae o
carbon dioxide underround
prevents its release into the
atmosphere and thereore combats
lobal warmin.
Epistem ounders Proessor Mie
Christie, Dan Arnold and Jac
Talbot will provide world-leadin
sotware or quantiin uncertaint
and reducin ris in the oil and
as industr. Uncertaint leads to
riss in business decisions costin
millions or even billions o pounds,
and so a better understandin o
the uncertainties can save industr
sinicant costs.
financial networkoPens doorsThe launch o the Financial Services
knowlede Transer Networ
(kTN) provides Heriot-Watt with acentral point or accessin undin
possibilities or collaborative research
between academia and industr.
The Financial Services kTN is a
overnment-sponsored initiative
which brins toether nancial
services oranisations, top researchers
rom the Uk science base and
innovative technolo oranisations.
B encourain, supportin and
leadin interaction between these
staeholders, the kTN will brin
toether experienced proessionals and
leadin scientists to explore current
and uture challenes, to identi
drus and use a Field Impairment
Test, asin drivers to perorm tass
such as estimatin time lapses or
standin on one le.
The Heriot-Watt team is worin to
develop their test sstem into an eas-
to-use hand held device or roadside
use. The immediate identication
o those whose drivin is impaired
throuh drus will mae a sinicant
contribution to road saet.
george daviesmaster classgeore Davies conducted a Master
Class or students at the geore
Davies Centre or Retail Excellence
on the launch o his new gIVe brand,
to coincide with the launch o the
new store in glasow in November.
gIVe b geore Davies oers a
new retail ormat. The label loos
at desiner stle with the ocus
bein on luxurious abrics and
attention to detail, and the brand
is also about movin service and
technolo to the hihest level or
the hih street customer.
The visit coincided with geores
birthda, and students and
colleaues celebrated with caes
and rereshments.
BarBara takesBiBa to the BordersThe leend behind Biba, the icon
o 1960s ashion, visited the School
o Textiles and Desin or a special
preview o the new lm Beond
Biba. Barbara Hulanici, who is now
a hihl rearded interior desiner
and desins collections or Top Shop,
met students rom across the school
and was impressed with what she
saw. The acilities are amazin,
ou can reall eel the ener in the
studios, its lie a W illie Wonas
actor or ashion, she said.
Followin the screenin o the
lm, which ocuses on her earl
challenes and how she became the
leend that she is toda, students
and sta were treated to an exclusive
in conversation with Mar Ele.
He is one hal o the Ele kishimoto
desin duo, respected throuhout
the ashion world or their sinature
prints and quir collections, and is
collaboratin on a student project.
international Prizein actuarial scienceProessor Andrew Cairns has won
a premier international research
prize in actuarial science, alon with
co-awardees Proessor David Blae,
o the Cass Business School at Cit
issues that require strateic research
undin and advise the research
undin councils, and to liaise with
technolo rms to help turn research
results into products and processes.
As one o ve universities which
are associate partners, Heriot-
Watt assists the kTN in terms o
outreach, runnin o events, and
providin eedbac rom members
to FS-Net, the independent, not-or-
prot oranisation which leads and
co-ordinates the kTN activities and
interacts directl with overnment
aencies and science undin councils.
scholar BusinessawardThe success o SCHOLAR, an online
learnin and teachin resource
or Scottish students created b
Heriot-Watt Universit, has been
reconised with a prestiious diital
business award or its wor in the
education sector.
The Herald Diital Business Awards
reconised SCHOLAR as the best in
the sector, usin diital platorms
to enhance learnin. SCHOLAR is
one o the larest online learnin
prorammes in the world with
over 100,000 reistered students,
oerin a complete portolio o web-
based interactive learnin materials
or Scottish pupils at Hiher and
Advanced Hiher.
roadside drug testResearchers at Heriot-Watt have
developed a simple rapid testwhich can identi a wide rane
o drus in saliva, a potential
roadside test solution to the
problem o dru-drivers.
The Department or Transport
estimates that one in ive drivers
or riders illed in road accidents
ma have an impairin dru,
leal or illeal, in their sstem
and the number o such accidents
increased b 28 per cent between
2005 and 2007.
Police currentl have no equivalent
to an alcohol breathalser to test or
WORkINg WITHINDUSTRy PROJECT
BARBARA TAkESBIBA TO THEBORDERS
SCHOLARBUSINESS AWARD
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A wide rane oHeriot-Watt stories
eatured in thepress and media,
at home andabroad, durin theyear, continuing
to raise theUniversitys
prole amona wide rane o
audiences
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Universit, and Proessor kevin Dowd
o the Universit o Nottinham.
The David garric Halmstad Prize,
the most prestiious research award
in actuarial science worldwide, is
awarded annuall b the Actuarial
Foundation in North America or the
best paper in the actuarial literature.
Proessor Cairns and his co-authors
won the prize or Pricin Death:
Framewors or the Valuation and
Securitization o Mortalit Ris.
This is onl the third time the
Halmstad Prize has been won b
Uk academics. On the last occasion
it was also awarded to Heriot-
Watt academics, Proessors Anus
Macdonald and Howard Waters.
resnet uPgradeThe Resnet service, which provides
broadband services, phone, TV
and data to sta and students on
the Edinburh and Scottish Borders
Campuses, is bein upraded to
brin it into line with other leadin
Uk academic institutions.
Essentiall a new manaed service, it
will instantl triple the current overall
bandwidth, increase personal base
allocation, provide loin acilities
and ive students the choice o
increasin their individual access
speed at a reasonable cost.
hosPitality servicesHospitalit Services at Heriot-Watt
was launched in 2009, ollowin
restructurin o the old Caterin andResidences department.
Current projects include
redecoratin the Lord Thompson
Hall, extensive wors in Residences
1 and 2, openin and upradin
ca outlets, uprades to the public
areas o the James Watt Centre and
supportin the uprade o internet
and wireless access.
Plans or the uture include
improvement in a number o the
existin caterin outlets, urther
uprades in residences, the
introduction o on line booin
and pament or commercial
accommodation and the roll out
o cashless transactions in caterin
outlets.
fairtrade universityand downing streetvisitHeriot-Watt was one o three
universities invited to a Downin
Street tea part with Sarah Brown
to celebrate the number o Fairtrade
universities and collees passin the
100 mar.
Heriot-Watt Students Association
President Simon Eltrinham joined
representatives rom Aberstwth
Universit and Merscouh Collee
to share the honour o passin
the 100-mar with a tea part at
Downin Street, hosted b Sarah
Brown and held to celebrate the
15th anniversar o the arrival o
the rst three FAIRTRADE-certied
products in Uk shops.
The Fairtrade Universities and
Collees scheme started in 2003.
In order to become a Fairtrade
universit or collee, students and
sta must mae a commitment to
supportin Fairtrade. This includes
ensurin that Fairtrade products are
available in on-site caes, restaurants
and shops wherever possible, and
raisin awareness o Fairtrade and
the benets it brins to producers in
developin countries.
heriot-watt
in the newsA wide rane o Heriot-Watt stories
eatured in the press and media, at
home and abroad, durin the ear,
continuin to raise the Universits
prole amon a wide rane o
audiences. Stories covered included
the Bhutan project, Dr Bjarne
Holmes research into relationships,
Dr Adrian Norths wor on music
and personalit, Dr Andrew Cairns
on the impact o chanes to the
pension ae, Dr graham Turner on
British Sin lanuae, Dr Eric Maca
and his team on carbon capture and
storae and Dr Terr Lansdowns
wor on driver distraction. Coverae
o the Universit also included the
launch o Worin with Industr,
the openin o the Scottish Borders
Campus and developments at the
Dubai Campus. There were also
a number o interviews with and
articles b Principals Proessor
Muscatelli and Proessor Chapman as
well as a wide rane o Heriot-Watt
experts, speain about their own
wor and commentin on the news
stories o the da.
alBa PhotonicsA new spin out compan, Alba
Photonics, has been ormed rom the
School o Enineerin and Phsical
Sciences, ollowin completion
o a Proo o Concept project,
unded b Scottish Enterprise,
into nanostructure materials led
b Proessor Mohammad Reza
Tahizadeh.
Proessor Tahizadeh and his team
are producin micro lenses that
are fat, stacable and low-cost -
creatin competitive advantae to
customers requirin micro-optical
lenses and main them the choice
o the telecoms and laser industries.
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Collaboration and partnership have
continued as major themes in the
Universits international strate and
activities in 2009. About one third
o students on campus in Scotland
are rom overseas and the student
numbers at the Dubai Campus have
increased substantiall to 1,300 with
new prorammes added in areas
such as Textiles and Civil Enineerin.
The Heriot-Watt Academic Learnin
Partner networ has expanded
to include a new partnership in
Banladesh and 2009 saw the 1000th
student raduate rom the Heriot-Watt
Manaement Proramme. Durin
the ear the Universit undertoo a
rane o visits to its partners and to
assess potential new opportunities in
countries such as India, Lebanon, Sria,
Jordan and Nieria.
recruitmentHeriot-Watt is nown as Scotlands
international universit and we are
proud o the rich diversit in our student
population. In 2009, the overall rise
in student recruitment at Heriot-Watt
included a sinicant increase in the
number o international students
studin with the Universit in Scotland
and abroad. Indeed, the number o
international tauht postraduate
students has risen b almost 20% andstudent numbers at the Dubai Campus
reached 1,300.
The establishment o Heriot-Watts
oce in Tianjin and the wor o Zhoni
Wan as the Universits representative
in China, have made a stron impact,
increasin the level o awareness and
demand or prorammes o stud and
research at Heriot-Watt, with a 55%
increase in tauht postraduate students
comin to the Universit rom China.
The China Oce has also supported a
rane o partnership and collaborative
activities, worin with man o the
Universits Schools and Institutes.
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weaving in Bhutan
Focused eorts b the Recruitment
and Admissions team on marets
in the Middle East and North Arica
have also been eective, leadin to a
250% rise in the number o students
rom Liba and Saudi Arabia. EU
recruitment remains stron and the
Universit welcomed around 300
new French entrants in 2009.
The International Stud Centre isbecomin well established and it
is liel that over 100 international
students will access Heriot-Watt
derees throuh this route in 2010.
duBai camPusdeveloPmentsAt the Universits Dubai Campus
the proramme portolio was urther
developed to include underraduate
derees in Automotive Enineerin,
Civil Enineerin, Fashion Desin
and Fashion Maretin and
Retailin. The successul launch o
these prorammes contributed to
the increase in student numbers,
accommodated b the development
o new acilities at Dubai
International Academic Cit. Campus
accommodation was increased b
50%, maintainin the hih level
o resource provision and acilities
or students. New developments
in student support in areas such
as careers, student representation,
student newsletters and the
development o clubs and societies
urther improved the qualit o the
student experience on Campus.
Anticipatin uture rowth and
development, Heriot-Watt Universit
and its partners in Dubai have been
in discussion about uture plans or
the Campus. With increasin student
numbers it is planned to build Heriot-
Watts own campus within the Dubai
International Academic Cit, alon
with partners Eion International
Holdin, and discussions are
underwa on this development.
Resources and unded through
the United Nations Development
Programme. Working with
local teachers in Thimpu and
Chumey in central Bhutan, the
project was ocused on the
development o standards or
the assessment o weavers skills,
curriculum development and the
establishment o learning resources.
The next stage in the project will
be the delivery o a programme o
Training o Trainers by Cardonald
College, working with sta rom
the School o Textiles and Design.
heriot-watt
in BangladeshIn August 2009 the Heriot-WattManagement Programme was
launched in Bangladesh with a
new Approved Learning Partner,
the Bangladesh Institute o
Management Studies. The School
o Management and Languages
Director o External Programmes,
Marc Quinn, represented the
University at the launch at the
British Council in Dhaka. The event
was attended by over 200 people,
including the rst cohort o 20
students who have registered or the
Bachelor o Business Administration
degree, and a number o
distinguished guests including
internationaldeveloPmentDuring 2009, Heriot-Watt
undertook a wide ranging
programme o international
business development. The
University has continued to
develop its Academic Learning
Partner Network, to extend
strategic alliances and increase
opportunities or distance learning
into new markets. It has worked
in partnership with Scottish
Development International, UK
Trade and Investment and a
number o Scottish Colleges in
international initiatives where
there is a requirement or skills
and vocational level qualications,as well as Heriot-Watts degree
programmes. A prime example o
this was a project in Bhutan which
provided an ideal opportunity
to build on the longstanding
collaboration between the
School o Textiles and Design and
Cardonald College in Glasgow.
weaving in BhutanIn July 2009 the Head o School
o Textiles and Design, Proessor
Alison Harley, led a mission to
Bhutan to carry out a project
sponsored by the Bhutanese
Ministry o Labour and Human
About one thirdo studentson campus inScotland are
rom overseasand the studentnumbers at theDubai Campushave increasedto 1,300.
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and the newly qualied surveyors
will go on to support and develop
Bahrains ambitious expansion o
its inrastructure and construction
industry.
masters scholarshiPsin africaEdinburgh Business School has been
active in Arica or 20 years, with
over 1,800 active students, and its
programmes have generated over
1,000 alumni. In 2009, the University
launched a major scholarship
scheme or students acing nancial
hardship and who demonstrate
their commitment to contribute
to society. Up to 50 ull MBAscholarships per year will be made
available or ve years, believed
to be the largest ull scholarship
scheme on oer to the continent by
any university. The rst scholars will
be chosen in early 2010.
mBa launchedin russianThe Edinburgh Business School is
a pioneer in delivering courses in
languages other than English, with
MBAs taught in Chinese, Spanish
and Arabic. October 2009 saw the
launch o an MBA programme
in Russian, in collaboration with
the Institute o Political Studies,
a leading research and teaching
institution in Kiev, Ukraine. The rst
students are expected to start their
studies in early 2010.
collaBorations in chinaHeriot-Watt was one o a number
o Scottish Universities invited to
take part in Scottish Government
Receptions in China, hosted by
the First Minister in Hong Kong,
Shanghai, and Beijing. The
Ministerial visit was designed to
support educational links and
to explore new opportunities in
the elds o renewable energy,
gol tourism, lie sciences and
computer gaming. The University
was represented at these events
by Vice-Principal Proessor Andy
Walker, along with Dr Cheng
Xiang o the School o Engineering
Proessor Nazrul Islam, Chairman o
the University Grants Commission
o Bangladesh, and Dr Wali Tasar
Uddin, Honorary Consul-General o
Bangladesh in Scotland and a Heriot-
Watt Honorary Graduate.
10 years and 1,000graduatesThe Heriot-Watt Management
Programme, which is oered
through a wide range o Academic
Learning Partners, celebrated its
1,000th graduate in 2009. Since its
launch in 1999 over 2,500 students
have enrolled on the programme
and it has proved to be a popular
and fexible option or studentswho wish to study or a Heriot-
Watt undergraduate degree in
their own country and at their own
pace. The 1,000th graduate, Doris
Osei rom Ghana, received her
Bachelor o Business Administration
(BBA) degree at the School o
Management and Languages
Graduation in June.
Bahrain funding fornew surveyorsThrough the Dubai Campus, a
number o projects have been
initiated in the Middle East region
including the award o a contract
by Tamkeen, a Bahraini unding
body, to the Bahrain Training
Institute (BTI) and Heriot-Watt to
train over 200 civil engineering
graduates. This project has been set
up to address a national skills gap
and Physical Sciences and Mr
Zhongyi Wang, the Universitys
representative in China. Guests
included representatives o Heriot-
Watts partner institutions in China
and collaborators in the Science
Bridges research project. The 1.1M
UK-China Science Bridges, unded
by Research Councils UK and led by
Heriot-Watt, is part o a 12M set
o collaborations between British
universities and institutions in
China, India and the US.
During 2009 a strategic partnership
was developed with the Chinese
Service Center or Scholarly
Exchange (CSCSE), part o the
Ministry o Education. The CSCSEplays a pivotal role in advising
students on study abroad options
and has a range o Chinese
University partners, including the
SQAs centres in China. Through this
partnership Heriot-Watt will be able
to develop urther research and
teaching collaborations with the
advice and guidance o the CSCSE.
overseas graduationsHeriot-Watt graduands around
the world have celebrated their
academic success. In 2009, the
University awarded its rst ever
honorary degree at the Dubai
Campus to Derek Shepherd, ormer
managing director o Aggreko
International. He was awarded
a Doctorate o Engineering in
recognition o his outstanding
contribution to the international
growth o the temporary power
industry in the region, and to thedevelopment o the economies o
both Scotland and the UAE.
The honorary degree was
presented during a ceremony
which celebrated the graduation o
over 130 students and marked the
rst graduates in undergraduate
engineering programmes.
Graduations were also held in
Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia
and Moscow. This event was
distinguished by a strong industry
presence and all the graduates
had been sponsored by industry
throughout their study.
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dr cheng xiang wang, Professor andy walker, first ministeralex salmond and mr zhongyi wang
Dorisoseithe1,000th
managementProgrammegraDUate
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Research awards or the same
period were 27.1M. Proessor Alan
Miller, Deputy Principal (Research &
Knowledge Transer), said he was
delighted with the gures and thatall concerned were working to build
on these successes.
A 6.5M project or a step-
wise increase in business and
entrepreneurship development has
also been launched to support the
Universitys Focus on the Future
strategy. The pan-University three
year project will help to boost the
impact o major programmes in
research and development in all
areas o the academic community.
Co-ordinated by Technology
and Research Services (TRS)
the innovative move will
maximise impact by placing
new sta in Schools, TRS,
Corporate Communications and
Organisational Development.
PreParing Physicists
and engineers of thefuturePhD-level research and education
in Physics has been underpinned
by two initiatives involving the
School o Engineering and Physical
Sciences (EPS).
Proessor Andy Harvey led the
successul bid or the Heriot-Watt
Industrial Doctorate Centre in
Optics and Photonics Technologies.
The Centre will provide state-o-
the-art doctorate-level training
with a strong industrial emphasis
or the next generation o optics
and photonics engineers. On
oer is the Engineering Doctorate
(EngD), a unded our-year
PhD-level doctorate degree with
an emphasis on research and
development in a commercialenvironment. The consortium
o Heriot-Watt, Strathclyde, St
Andrews and Glasgow universities
gained Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
unding o 4.5M. The participating
universities will provide additional
investment o 500,000.
EPS Physics is also involved in a
9.4M tri-institutional doctoral
training centre which was ocially
opened in St Andrews in October.
The Scottish Doctoral Training
Centre in Condensed Matter
Physics (CM-DTC) is a collaboration
between Heriot-Watt, St Andrews
and Edinburgh universities. Up
to 60 lite graduate students will
join the our-year CM-DTC PhD
programme over the next ve
years. The rst ten graduates
began their training in September.
The Heriot-Watt involvement is led
by Proessor Ian Galbraith.
ai interactionlaB oPensA new group o post-doctoral
researchers in the School o
Mathematical and Computing
Sciences is investigating some o
the central problems in computer
science and articial intelligence by
developing intelligent interactive
systems which can collaborate
eectively and adaptively with
humans, using a variety o methods
such as speech, graphics, touch,
vision and natural language.
Research spend at Heriot-Wattincreased by almost 30% rom 15.4Mto 19.9M durin the last fnancial year, anexceptional level o rowth, refecting thequality o Heriot-Watt research.
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mathematic modelling the first line of defence from infection
Uk CHINASCIENCE BRIDgE
NURTURINgPROFESSIONALCAPACITy INSIgN LANgUAgEINTERPRETINg
RESEARCH
The 1.1M Uk-China Science
Brides, unded byResearch Councils
Uk, is part oa 12M set ocollaborations
between Britishuniversities and
institutions inChina, Indiaand the US
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Led b Dr Oliver Lemon, the
Interaction Lab is unded b rants
worth over 1 million rom the
EPSRC, European Commission
and ESRC/EPSRC TEL. Dr Lemons
appointment was made under the
15M Scottish Inormatics and
Computer Science Alliance (SICSA),
which is unded b the Scottish
government and aims to consolidate
and develop Scotlands position as
an international research leader in
inormatics and computer science.
British sign languageScotland has a sinicant position
in the academic histor o Sin
Lanuae Studies in the Uk, with
Heriot-Watt Universit at the
oreront in this eld. This ear has
mared the consolidation o closer
academic ties across institutions
and the eneration o co-operative
ventures with a number o
international scholars.
Heriot-Watts British Sin Lanuae
(BSL) roup is educatin advanced
sin lanuae teachers and their
trainers, nurturin proessional
capacit in sin lanuae interpretin,
explorin reional and social variation
in BSL use and innovatin in the
use o diital techniques and new
experimental techniques or the
analsis o sined and interpreter-
mediated interaction. A Scottish
Fundin Council SPIRIT project has
supported a web-based approach to
dissemination and enaement which
has alread attracted attention rom
authorities in the European Union
looin to carr orward the sinlanuae plannin aenda.
3.5m carBonstorage ProjectResearchers at Heriot-Watt
have a e role in an ambitious
project which could see the Uk
become the rst countr with
a comprehensive assessment o
national CO2
storae capacit.
The 3.5M project launched
b the Ener Technoloies
Institute will carr out a review o
potential oshore sites suitable or
storin CO2. This will enable the
government, CO2
emitters, storae
operators and inrastructure and
technolo developers to mae more
inormed choices on the realistic
extent and roll-out o carbon capture
and storae in the Uk.
Heriot-Watt scientists will have a
e role in calculatin the total
dnamic CO2
storae capacit o
the saline ormations in Uk waters,
benetin rom the Institute o
Petroleum Enineerins expertise
in simulation o fuid fow in
porous media and the impact o
eochemical and eomechanical
eects on fuid miration and
interactions with the roc.
science BridgesHeriot-Watt is leadin a Science Brides
Award, linin Uk universities and
Chinese universities and institutions.
The project will wor on new
developments in hih-speed, secure
wireless multimedia connections.
The 1.1M Uk-China Science
Brides, unded b Research
Councils Uk, is part o a 12M set
o collaborations between British
universities and institutions in China,
India and the US.
The aim o this project is to create,
a Uk-China Joint Research and
Development Centre or ourth
eneration (4g) Wireless Mobile
Communications, supportin
collaborative research, mutual
visits, exchane o researchers,
and rapid technolo transer andcommercialisation.
cycles to chaos due toclimate changeClimate chane is liel to have
a much more dramatic eect on
some animal populations than
had been expected, accordin
to research b a consortium led
b Heriot-Watt. Man animal
population numbers fuctuate
accordin to ccles, but the eects
o climate chane on these ccles,
combined with invaders movin
into new areas as conditions
threshold that trees can tolerate,
maladaptation and extinctions
may occur. Model rameworks
can be used to assess intervention
strategies (such as planting uture
adapted seeds) that can help
prevent extinction o native tree
populations.
Proof of concePtfunding for sensortechnologiesProo o Concept unding will
allow Heriot-Watts Directly
Inscribed Optical Sensing (DIOS)
project to target bre sensing
applications ranging rom
aerospace and buildings to bio-sensing and chemicals, where
the sensors provide critical data
on stress/strain or on a chemical
ngerprint.
The project will develop a range
o unique optical interrogators
using their patent pending
laser processing techniques. The
technology will be progressed
towards either licensing
opportunities with existing
optoelectronics companies or look
to orm a spinout company, selling
novel sensors to a global bre
sensing market estimated in excess
o $15 Billion by 2015.
virtual faBric swatchesA project using interactive multi-
modal digital media to allow
designers to share the look and
eel o the abrics with which they
are working is being undertaken
by Proessor Mike Chantler along
with colleagues in the Texture Lab
at the Scottish Borders Campus.
The appeal o wallcoverings,
abrics and textiles lies not only
in their colour pattern but also in
the visual eect o the underlying
texture, which can dramatically
change their overall appearance
when viewed rom dierent angles
or under varied lighting. Most
designers, when planning designschemes, have to work on 2D
drawings. They can only accurately
evaluate a new combination o
colour, pattern and texture by
abricating a sample swatch.
The t3D sotware suite rom
Totallytextures allows ordinary
scanners and digital cameras to
be used as 3D surace scanners
to scan a collection o textures
to create a digital library o 3D
suraces which can be accessed to
create photorealistic renderings o
textured suraces to be distributed
via email or presented in on-line
catalogues.
chane can transorm the ccles
into chaos, accordin to new
methods or studin mathematical
models devised b the roup,
which includes Microsot Research
in Cambride and a Dutch National
Research Institute.
Their hihl novel methodolo
builds on theor developed in elds
as disparate as theoretical phsics
and computational ecolo, and
draws on recent developments in
stabilit theor and computation.
Team leader Proessor Jonathan
Sherratt sas that the new
methodolo allows them to extract
and wor with inormation rom
mathematical models which was
not previousl possible, and could
be applied to elds as diverse as
chemical reactions, fuid fow, and
the spread o epidemics.
investing in infectionMathematical modelling will also
be used to examine the ways in
which host animals evolved a
wide variety o ways o deending
themselves rom inection.
Most organisms are inected by a
wide variety o inectious agents
(e.g. bacteria, virus and ungi) and
have had to evolve a wide variety
o ways o deending themselves.
The study will provide key insight
or the management o disease in
natural and agricultural systems.
Mathematical modelling will
also be used to examine climate
change induced alterations in the
distribution o tree species. Trees
are long lived and thereore slow
to adapt to change. I the rate o
environmental change exceeds a
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masts Project
The MarineAlliance or Scienceand Technoloy orScotland (MASTS)
will receive theundin over seven
years as part o atotal investment
o 74.7M
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Interactive roomsets can also
be produced to allow the user
to try out dierent colour and
texture combinations on the walls
o a room, and the technology
has real potential to transorm
marketing webpages into
eective direct sales tools.
green logisticsLow carbon shipping will be
investigated under an EPSRC
unded project being undertaken
by Proessor Alan McKinnon and
his team in the Logistics Research
Centre. The 250,000 project
expands the Centres portolio
o Green Logistics research beingundertaken by this internationally
respected grouping.
james wattmanufacturinginstituteThe James Watt Institute or
High Value Manuacturing was
ormally launched in April.
Proessor Denis Hall, Director
o the James Watt Institute,
believes that the development
is extremely relevant to the
economic needs o Scotland and
the UK. Heriot-Watt is involved
in a signicant expansion o
manuacturing-related research
activity, building on the successes
o the Innovative Manuacturing
Research Centre (IMRC), unded
jointly by the EPSRC and
industrial partners. A signicant
number o new relevant
academic sta with excitingscience-based research agenda
have been recruited, enhancing
the capacity to contribute to
the development o novel
technologies underpinning
new manuacturing processes
and products. The plan is to
embed the current IMRC within
a new and larger organisational
structure.
m-theory researchA ve year research programme
into M-theory, a possible contender
or the long-sought world
ormula which would potentially
provide a unied description o
all the natural phenomena in our
universe, is being undertaken by
a Mathematical Physics Group
Hosted by Proessor Richard Szabo.
The 0.5M project, unded by
EPSRC, asks crucial questions
about M-theory, where the
basic building blocks are 2- and
5-dimensional objects called
M2- and M5-branes. One o the
great current mysteries is how
to describe the dynamics o
the M2-branes, even i gravity
was turned o. It is necessary
to explore possible extensions
and modications o a recentcandidate theory which turned
out not to be general enough.
Mostly, mathematical aesthetics
will be used as a guideline or
constructing these extensions by
identiying broader mathematical
rameworks into which the
original theory can be tted,
with constructions checked
against physical requirements.
creating green wavesTechnology designed to analyse
large numbers o novel marine
microbes could lead to more
ecient and greener ways to
manuacture new drugs or
conditions such as epilepsy,
diabetes, fu and other viruses,
as well as improving the
manuacture o other products
such as agrochemicals.
Research in the School o
Engineering and Physical
Sciences is contributing to a
project, unded by the EPSRC,
which is directed at developing
potentially useul enzymes in
microbes that are ound in
the sea.
The approach is to look or
microbes which can promote
the chemical reactions required
or use in manuacturing.
They are then treated under
conditions where they produce
the key enzymes in higher yield,
which are puriied and undero
sstematic testin to evaluate their
activit. Microbes are now bein
identiied with a tpe o enzme
which could be e to a cheaper,
more eicient and sustainable
process in the snthesis o
valuable chemicals b both the
pharmaceutical and arochemical
industries.
mastsThe Scottish Fundin Council (SFC)
has announced a 17.4M investment
in a new marine science research
pool which will brin toether
researchers rom several universities
and research institutes includin
Heriot-Watt.
The Marine Alliance or Science and
Technolo or Scotland (MASTS)
will receive the undin over seven
ears as part o a total investment
o 74.7M. Ten partners, includin
Heriot-Watt and seven other Scottish
universities, are to orm the pool
which will carr out world-class
research, trainin and nowlede
exchane.
Amon its e areas o research
MASTS will pool existin strenths to
loo at areas includin biodiversit,
marine predators, sustainable
mariculture and sheries.
The ormation o MASTS will create
eiht new proessorships and
13 lectureships/readerships. A
raduate academ will be at the core
o MASTS, oerin PhD studentships
and advanced postraduate traininin marine sciences to attract and retain
oun scientists o true excellence.
listen with motherand fatherFollowin research on the lins
between music and personalit,
Proessor Adrian North and his team
undertoo a surve commissioned
b the mobile phone compan
Noia into the musical tastes o
nearl 4,000 twins. This revealed
that enetic infuences on the music
people lie varies with enre. Dr
North said that while previous studies
have shown that perect pitch abilit
appears to be partl inherent, with
as much as 50% o our musical
taste bein predetermined it appears
there is a stron arument or the
existence o music enes.
random maPs with aclear route in mindA Polish specialist has joined applied
probabilit researchers at Heriot-
Watt or a ear-lon interdisciplinar
collaboration, led b Dr Jennie Hansen.
The collaboration with Proessor
Jerz Jaworsi, rom the Adam
Miciewicz Universit in Poland, lins
Heriot-Watt with one o the worlds
top centres or random raph theor
and discrete mathematics. The
project, at the interace o probabilit
theor, raph theor, and computer
science, ocuses on understandin
the component structure o random
raph models or stochastic raph
structures which arise in areas as
diverse as epidemiolo, computer
science, and crptolo.
The applications o this wor
to the securit and unction o
communication networs and
to the control and prediction o
epidemic processes are strateic or
Europe, and the 110,000 undin
was provided under the European
Commissions Framewor 7 Research
Proramme.
Picture PerfectResearchers in the School o
Enineerin and Phsical Sciences
(EPS) are developin a sstem
which will boost sonar detection or
submarines which could observe
the ocean foor with 10 times better
resolution and detect underwater
mines with improved accurac. The
Uks Deence Science and Technolo
Laborator is supportin the wor
to improve sonar taret detection in
cluttered underwater environments.
The EPS team will develop alorithms
and 3D imae processin techniques
or intererometric snthetic aperture
sonar (SAS). These sonar combine a
number o acoustic pins to orm
imaes at vastl hiher resolution
than conventional sonar. To date SAS
sstems are used almost exclusivel
or research purposes and have et
to be deploed in militar platorms.
The EPS researchers will combine
the SAS with more conventional
side-scan sonar to determine i their
joint deploment can improve the
detection and classication o tarets
under water.
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VIRTUAL BATTLEAgAINST REAL
BULLyINg
RESEARCH
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stalking checklistVictims o stalking now have more
support, thanks to work by Dr
Lorraine Sheridan, Senior Research
Fellow in Psychology.
She contributed a stalking risk
checklist as an assessment tool or
use in suspected cases o domestic
abuse, stalking, and honour
killings. It has just been rolled out
to every police station in England
and Wales.
In the past the police have ailed
some stalking victims because
many o the behaviours engaged in
by stalkers can seem to be routine
and harmless. However, stalkersrequently do build up to violent
acts and some sexually assault or
even murder their victims.
Dr Sheridan has been researching
the psychology o stalking since
1996 and has identied some
indicators o risk in stalking
cases. The aim o the stalking risk
checklist is not to assess risk per
se but to help ensure that non-
specialist police ocers are asking
the right questions o victims and
are collecting the correct evidence
in an attempt to prevent serious
violence.
synthetic BiologyA microengineering team
at Heriot-Watt has been
commissioned by ITI Lie Sciences
to support international research
and development programmes
in synthetic biology. This couldimprove production methods
in markets such as biouels and
energy, environmentally riendly
chemicals, drug development and
new material abrication. Synthetic
biology represents one o the
astest growing segments o the
lie sciences market, which could
be worth over $1.5 billion by 2013.
ITI Lie Sciences, a division o
ITI Scotland Ltd, has committed
2.5M to develop technology to
enable the ecient assembly o
small DNA segments into larger
and more complex ragments.
Current methods or DNA assembly
are inecient and the prototype
resulting rom the 18-month
Genome Segment Assembly
programme will enable the high-
throughput assembly o DNA
segments in an automated and
reliable way.
electricity from carexhausts?Chemists at Heriot-Watt are
investigating the potential use o
waste heat rom car exhausts as an
energy source. Around a third o
the heat that goes into powering
a typical car engine comes out as
waste through the exhaust, withmore lost through the engine
cooling system. Proessor Anthony
Powell and Dr Paz Vaqueiro are
investigating the possibility o
using this as an attractive and
environmentally clean way to
generate electrical power.
Recovery o only 10% o this
otherwise wasted heat would
result in a reduction by 12 million
tonnes in carbon dioxide emissions
in the UK alone. The team is
researching new thermoelectric
materials with the highly unusual
combination o the ability to
conduct electricity like a metal and
to conduct heat like an insulator.
Thermoelectric materials could
be used or cooling as well as or
generating power, and would be
environmentally riendly since
they completely eliminate the
need or harmul coolants inrerigeration.
virtual Battle againstreal BullyingThe battle against bullying in
schools across Europe is being
helped by computer scientist
Proessor Ruth Aylett, an expert
in virtual reality and articial
intelligence. She has been leading
a nine-partner project, spanning
the UK, Germany, Portugal and
Italy, which created 3-D animated
characters or whom pupils would
eel empathy.
Primary school pupils used the
Fear Not! desktop programme
on their own. The character,
who was being bullied, sought
the pupils help and advice, with
the next episode infuenced by
what the pupil decided. AnotherEU-unded project has aimed
to improve childrens empathy
towards other cultures through
virtual role play.
heads or tailsA computer network which
undertakes the virtual equivalent
o a game o heads and tails
could solve the problems which
arise when multiple computers
are working together.
Proessor Takis Konstantopoulos,
o the department o Actuarial
Mathematics and Statistics,
is an expert in stochastic, or
random, processes in probability
theory which includes modelling
communications networks such as
the Internet. He is working on the
Ethernet, computer networking
technologies or local area
networks, which involve manycomputers hooked to the same
channel. Two computers cannot
transmit packets at the same
time, and the traditional answer
has been to dictate a cyclic order.
But the team has ound the
best way to increase speed is
to have each computer toss
a coin, a system that works
because o probability. They are
currently investigating BitTorrent,
which accounts or around 40 per
cent o Internet trac and is used
to download very large les such
as lms.
eleCtriCityfromexhaUsts
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Professor Pauljowitt electedPresident of iceProessor Paul Jowitt has
taken over as President o he
Institution o Civil Engineers
(ICE). Proessor Jowitt has
been heavily involved with
ICE throughout his career, was
previously Senior Vice-President
and has chaired a number
o panels and policy groups,
including the ICE Presidential
Commission, Engineering
without Frontiers.
new head ofthe instituteof PetroleumengineeringProessor Simon Stewart has
been appointed the new Head
o the Institute o Petroleum
Engineering.
Proessor Stewart graduated
in Geology rom Dundee in
1989 and obtained his PhD in
Structural Geology rom Imperial
College in 1992. He worked
or eight years with Amerada
beore joining BP in 2000,
working in Baku, Azerbaijan,
as Senior Geophysicist and
most recently as New Well
Delivery Team Leader. He has
experience in 4D seismic data
interpretation, geomechanics,
well planning and exploration
and is an Honorary Proessor at
Durham University.
new PeoPle andorganisationaldeveloPment directorShirley Campbell has joined
Heriot-Watt University in the
newly developed role o Director
o People and Organisational
Development. Her remit includes
prioritising the Universitys Focus
on the Future strategy rom an
HR and Development perspective.
further develoPmentsThe Educational Development Unit
(EDU), led by Proessor Rob Pooley,
has transerred to the People
and Organisational Development
(POD) team and been re-named
the Academic Enhancement Team.
They retain responsibility or
the Postgraduate Certicate in
Academic Practice plus an expanded
role in support o the Academic
Enhancement Framework Project.
The Organisational Development
Team led by Julie Dickson, also
part o the POD team, will take
up responsibility or Researcher
Development.
The two development teams
will work closely together to
provide an integrated mix
o development activities
and proessional career
development or everyone
across the University all located
within the Postgraduate Centre,
and with an expanding role in
the Dubai Campus.
PEOPLE
People are the ey to the success o anyinstitution. Around Heriot-Watt I have oundthat sta and students are hugelyinnovative, inventive, enthusiastic andloyal. This is a tremendous resource and onewhich we will build on. Professor Steve Chapman, Principal
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joint winners for thelearning and teachingawardTwo groups were jointly awarded
the Heriot-Watt Learning and
Teaching Award 2009 with a
Certicate o Achievement and aprize o 500.
Jayne Smith, Theresa Wilkinson
and Hazel Sharp rom the School
o Textiles and Design received the
Award or their collaboration in
the development o learning aids
or blended learning to assist in the
integration o previously separate
subject materials. The Award
also went to Dr Sandy Louchart
and Dr Judy Robertson rom
the School o Mathematical and
Computer Sciences or their work to
increase student engagement and
scholarship skills and to enhance
the rst year experience within
Computer Sciences.
Plaid PerformancesThere was a tartan theme to
awards won by Textile and
Design students.
Maxine MacIver and Katherine
Butler took top honours in
Bringing Home the Tartan, a
competition to create a design
on the theme o Homecoming
2009, inspired by tartans in the
new Scottish Register o Tartans.
Meanwhile Teri Scott won a
competition to design the rst
ocial Scottish Parliament tartan
to mark the 10th anniversary o
devolution.
entrePreneur awardMaria Zedda, a dea
entrepreneur and Heriot-Watt
graduate, was the overall
winner in the Ready to Start
Entrepreneur Awards.
Maria, Managing Director
o Wideaware Training,
graduated rom Heriot-Watts
Post-Graduate Certicate in
Environmental Access and
Design, designed to give disabled
people the opportunity to
capitalise on their knowledge
o environmental barriers to
become access auditors.
honorary graduates:01 Mary Portas, Creative Director
o Yellow Door, was awarded
a Doctorate o Letters in
recognition o her distinguished
career and her outstanding and
creative contribution to the
advancement o marketing and
brand communications within the
retail sector.
02 His Excellency Proessor Anbal
Cavaco Silva, President o the
Republic o Portugal, was awarded
a Doctorate o Letters in recognition
o his distinction in the discipline o
Economics and in public service in
the Republic o Portugal.
03 Mr Steve King, Musician
and Musician-in-Residence
at Heriot-Watt University,
received a Doctorate o Letters
in recognition o his distinction
in the eld o music and his
outstanding contribution,
through music, to the cultural
and educational lie o Heriot-
Watt University and the wider
Scottish community.
04 Mr Ian Marchant, Chie
Executive o Scottish and
Southern Energy, was awarded
a Doctorate o Engineering in
recognition o his distinguished
career and outstanding
contribution to sustainable
development o the Scottish
energy industry.
05 Mr Robert Graham, Chairman
o Grahams Dairy, received a
Doctorate o the University inrecognition o his outstanding
contribution to Scotlands dairy
industry and or his demonstrated
leadership in the context o small
and amily owned businesses.
06 Mr Gavin Gemmell, ex-Chair
o Heriot-Watt University Court
and Chair o Archangel Inormal
Investments Ltd., was awarded
a Doctorate o the University in
recognition o his contribution
to the governance and progress
o Heriot-Watt University and
o his outstanding career and
leadership in the nancial sector.
07 Ms Carol Ann Duy, Poet
Laureate, was awarded
a Doctorate o Letters in
recognition o her artistic
achievements as poet,
playwright and promoter o
creative writing.
08 Dr Ben Goldacre, writer,
broadcaster and medical doctor,
received a Doctorate o Science
in recognition o his outstanding
contribution to scientic
journalism and in the promotion
o public engagement with
and greater understanding o
science.
09
Mr Paul Walsh, CEO oDiageo and Chairman o the
Scotch Whisky Association,
was awarded a Doctorate
o Letters in recognition o
his distinguished career and,
through his leadership, an
outstanding contribution to
sustained development and
economic success within the
global drinks industry.
10 Mr Alan Shaw, Chartered
Engineer, received a Doctorate
o Engineering in recognition
o his services to the energy
generation industry and o
his many years o support
and advocacy o Heriot-Watt
University.
11 Peter Ingram-Monk, specialist
and campaigner on the needs o
disabled people in accessing the
built environment, was awarded
a Doctorate o Engineering inrecognition o his outstanding
contribution to disability
equality and access and to the
development o proessional
training in support o these aims.
12 Ian Wall, ormer chie
Executive Ocer o the EDI
group, was awarded a Doctorate
o Science in recognition o his
outstanding entrepreneurial
contribution to the development
o social, cultural, educational
and commercial opportunities
to the benet o the people o
Edinburgh and o Scotland.
13 Michel Contie, Senior VP,
Total, Northern Europe, received
a Doctorate o Engineering in
recognition o his distinguished
career and leadership in the oil
industry and or his support and
promotion o university research
in this eld.
14 Stean Kay OBE, was awarded
a Doctorate o the University
in recognition o his signicant
contribution to the Heriot-
Watt University community
over many years in governance,
management and change
leadership roles, and o his
outstanding career in the paper
industry.
15 Heriot-Watt University
awarded an honorary degree
or the rst time at its Dubai
graduation. The honorary Doctor
o Engineering degree was
awarded to Derek Shepherd,
ormer managing director
o Aggreko International, in
recognition o his outstanding
contribution to the international
growth o the temporary power
industry in the region, and to the
development o the economies
o both Scotland and the United
Arab Emirates.
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Fernando Cardenas-Lizana was
also awarded the MacFarlane
Prize, but deerred his graduation
until 2010.
PhD stuDent awarDeD
J.M. LesseLs schoLarshiP
froM the royaL society
of eDinburgh
Mr. Yian Liu, a frst year
Mechanical Engineering PhD
student, has been awarded the
Royal Society o Edinburghs J.M.
Lessels Scholarship.
Arising rom a bequest rom
the late Proessor John Moyes
Lessells, an eminent mechanical
engineer who emigrated to
America in 1920, the Scholarships
are or Honours Graduates in
all orms o Engineering rom
Scottish Universities, and support
some aspect o their proession
outwith the UK. Yian will be
traveling to Duke University in
North Carolina to work on a
collaborative research project.
seLeX innovation
awarD
The Directors o SELEX Galileo
have awarded a Bronze Innovation
Award 2009 to Dr Jason Hong,
Reader in the department
o Electrical, Electronic and
Computer Engineering, School o
Engineering and Physical Science.
coMPuter society
awarDDr Judy Robertson has been
selected to receive the IEEE
(Institute o Electrical and
Electronics Engineers) Computer
Societys 2009 Computer
Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Teaching Award
or Outstanding contributions
to undergraduate education
through teaching and innovative
use o pioneering technologies
in teaching.
chevron schoLars
Eleven students studying
Mechanical, Chemical and
Petroleum Engineering are the
frst group o Chevron Scholars
under the Chevron University
Partnership Programme.
Heriot-Watt is one o only 20
universities around the world to
be involved in the scheme which
has provided 150,000 in 2009
or scholarships and support to
the selected students, including
support and assistance or specifc
degree courses and research.
The Scholars will also have the
opportunity to apply or work
experience and internships, with
Chevron looking to employ top-
class graduates on completion
o their university studies. The
programme builds on Chevrons
30-plus year relationship with
Heriot-Watt, and identifes
mutually benefcial partnership
opportunities through Chevron
Upstream Europe.
Professor PaLMer
awarDeD honorary
Doctorates
Emeritus Proessor Geo Palmer
has been awarded an Honorary
Doctorate in Science by the
University o Abertay. He will
also be awarded an Honorary
Doctorate in Arts and Science by
the Open University in 2010.
MacfarLane Prize
awarDeD to DrchahaM aL-aLouch
Dr Chaham Al-Alouch, School o
the Built Environment, has been
awarded the MacFarlane Prize.
He graduated with the Degree
o Doctor o Philosophy in June
2009, and is an architect.
Dr Al-Alouchs thesis described an
unusually challenging programme
o research that combined
environmental psychology with
architecture, ocusing on the
attitudes o patients to privacy
within hospital wards.
Heriot-Watt isone of only 20universities
around the worldto be involved in
the scheme whichhas provided
150,000 in 2009for scholarships
and support to theselected students
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income and exPenditure 2008/9
income m %
Funding body grants 42.6m 31.7%
Tuition ees and education contracts 48.1m 35.7%
Research grants and contracts 19.9m 14.8%
Other income 22.7m 16.9%
Endowment and investment income 1.2m 0.9%
t 134.5 100.0%
exPenditure m %
Sta costs 73.4m 54.8%
Other operating costs 51.2m 38.2%
Depreciation 7.5m 5.6%
Interest and other nance costs 1.8m 1.4%t 133.9 100.0%
Postgraduate Postgraduate undergraduate camPus total
schools research taught
Engineering and Physical Sciences 216 408 1,573 2,377
Mathematical and Computer Sciences 61 249 844 1154
Built Environment 71 608 845 1,524
Lie Sciences 38 79 684 801Management and Languages 32 434 1,901 2,367
Textiles and Design 16 22 548 586
t 434 1,800 6,395 7,809
Postgraduate institutes
Institute o Petroleum Engineering 59 240 299
Edinburgh Business School 61 61
t 493 2,101 6,395 8,169
The University also has more than 9,000 students studying on international programmes.
In addition there are ~150 exchange and visiting students.
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France
China/HongKong
Greece
Kingdomo
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Arabia
India
IrishRepublic
Germany
Nigeria
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LibyanArabRepublic
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