The latest episode of our Futures Conversations podcast is out now!

🎧 Episode 11 – Gbenga Ibikunle: Fintech and Financial Services.

Listen and subscribe now! Available on all major podcast streaming platforms and on our website: efi.ed.ac.uk/futures-conv...

Have you read our Annual Report 2025/26 yet? Some figures from our year in numbers: 91 UG, 347 PG students, 1,526 Venture Café Edinburgh attendees, 1500 visitors for Doors Open Day, plus 160,000 Book Fest audience members, 682 writers, 1 unicorn! 🦄

Full report: https://efi.ed.ac.uk/our-progress/

Join this upcoming celebration day with The Binks Hub!

🗓️8 Oct 2026, 10:00 - 18:15 📍Greyfriars Charteris Centre

Celebrate the projects and collaborations undertaken in partnership with the Binks Hub, to mark the conclusion of the hub’s five-year research funding. 👉 https://ow.ly/iJGf50ZQX5m

ICYMI: Last week we published Edinburgh Futures Institute's Annual Report 2025/26!
The report features highlights of our activities from the past year across four areas: Innovation, Research, Education, and Convening. Read more 👉 https://edin.ac/4xrbpvm

We were delighted to host Turing Fest Investor Day on Tuesday, at Edinburgh Futures Institute, allowing conversations, relationships and connections to be fostered.

Learn more about Turing Fest: turingfest.com

The latest episode of our Futures Conversations podcast is out now! Prof Ram Ramamoorthy, Chair of Robot Learning and Director of the Generative AI Laboratory (GAIL) brings us on a fascinating journey into the work of robots & machine learning 👉 https://efi.ed.ac.uk/futures-conversations-podcast/

Join our global community of compassionate leaders and change-makers on September 30, 2026 for a conversation on building compassion into the culture of financial services. Hosted by the Center for Compassionate Leadership & EFI's Compassion in Financial Services Hub. Book 🎟️ https://edin.ac/4hj5Jxr

Edinburgh Futures Institute welcomed its largest intake of students to date during Welcome Week 2026 which took place on 14-18 September. Over 300 new students walked through our doors ready to start their learning journey. See more photos 👉 https://efi.ed.ac.uk/welcome-week-2026/
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Join the last event of our Future University programme this Friday, 18 September! Financial Times columnist Sarah O'Connor draws on her reporting to explore what role universities should play in building a more human-centred economy.

🗓️ 18 Sept, 6PM –7:15 PM 📍EFI + online
🎟 https://edin.ac/4w0Jgeg

There's still time to book for this free event happening this Friday!

What university structures do we need by 2050? Join this conversation asking which traditions should be preserved, & which structures may need to be reinvented.

🗓️ 18 Sept, 2PM –3:30 PM 📍EFI + online
🎟 https://edin.ac/4oNUzEf

We are delighted to share the publication of Edinburgh Futures Institute’s 2025/26 Annual Report.

The report celebrates achievements of the past year across four areas: Innovation, Research, Education and Convening.

Read more and download the full report 👉 https://edin.ac/4xrbpvm

Just two days to go before our Future University events programme on 17-18 September! Speakers including former Director of AI Ethics at Twitter, Rumman Chowdury will explore provocative topics including leadership, AI and the future of work.

Read more + book tickets 👉 https://edin.ac/4rmfHTt

We’re proud to announce that our Shaping Young People’s Financial Futures Together work has been shortlisted for the Changing Customer Needs Award as part of the 2026 Scottish Financial Services Awards!

Find out more about the report: efi.ed.ac.uk/new-research...

The work of the Centre for Data, Culture & Society (CDCS) is integrating into EFI as Data-led Methods and Research Technology support. Dr Lisa Otty shares how this signals our renewed commitment to supporting research exploring data, culture and society. Read more 👉 https://edin.ac/4r6f0O6

The latest episode of Futures Conversations is out now!

🎧 Episode 9 – Sian Bayne: Digital Education

Professor Sian Bayne explores how education has been transformed by digital technology over the past two decades.

Listen & subscribe 👉 https://efi.ed.ac.uk/futures-conversations-podcast/

There's still time to register for Day 2 events in our Future University programme, 18 Sept 2026!

Day 2 turns to Response: asking speakers to imagine what a university needs to be for its communities to stay relevant for the future.

Book now 👉 efi.ed.ac.uk/future-unive...

Just over a week left before Day 1 of our Future University events programme on 17 September 2026!

Day 1 events are framed around Disruption: AI, Knowledge, Public Purpose, opening with a conversation on how AI is reshaping the core work of the university.

Book now: efi.ed.ac.uk/future-unive...