Thomas McBride, a Sports Scholar and School of Management and Languages student, has been selected for the Scotland U19 cricket tour to South Africa.

The tour which commences on 22 March, will play an important role towards the preparation and final selection of the squad for the U19 World Cup in ...

The Academic Registry is delighted to announce that online results functionality for all students has now been released.

From the end of January 2012, students will be officially notified of their final course results via Student Self Service.

All students, and staff in Schools/Institutes who are ...

A reception, hosted by the Principal, was held on Thursday 26th January 2012 to officially mark the re-opening of the newly refurbished University Museum.

The reception was an opportunity to celebrate the re-launch of the University Museum and for people to learn more about the work of the Museum and ...

To nominate please visit <a href="http://www.hwunion.com/ltoscars">www.hwunion.com/ltoscars</a>

The Union has now launched the third Heriot-Watt University Student Union Learning and Teaching Oscars. Each year this prestigious event has gone from strength to strength and this year has had recognition in national newspapers for the work achieved.

The success of the ...

Elisa Vignaga, a Research Assistant from the School of the Built Environment (SBE), has won the highly prestigious Dick Chorley Award 2011 from the British Society for Geomorphology.

This award recognises the most significant original published contribution to geomorphology by a current or recently graduated post-graduate student. Her paper ...

Professor Dorrik Stow on the expedition

In an underwater river of sand and mud off the Iberian Coast, a scientist from Heriot-Watt University has discovered new evidence buried under six million years of earth history, which has significantly advanced our understanding of climate change.

Professor Dorrik Stow, director of research at the Institute of Petroleum Engineering at ...

World renowned Scottish Judo expert and holder of a tenth Dan, Dr George Kerr CBE will give this year's Edinburgh Lecture entitled: 'Breaking boundaries in sport.'

Dr Kerr is one of only six living people in the world today to hold a tenth Dan in judo. There is no higher honour ...

James and Karen Battison accepting the Diploma from the University Principal

A small, private ceremony was held on 14 December at the Edinburgh Campus to award a posthumous Diploma in Higher Education to one of our students.

Jamie Battison, from Coldingham in the Scottish Borders, had completed his second year of a Combined Studies programme, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, when he ...