December 2025 Newsletter
You can read IQN Hub’s December Newsletter here.
Industry Partners’ Forum
The Integrated Quantum Networks Hub hosted its first in-person Industry Partners’ Forum in Edinburgh this November. We were delighted to welcome an enthusiastic audience of formal industrial partners and external stakeholders for a day of productive discussions, networking, and exclusive updates from our research leads.
Our partner network is critical to the Hub’s mission and adds enormous value to our programme, contributing a diverse array of expertise and commercial perspectives in addition to ~£20m of additional direct and in-kind support.
We would love to talk to you if you are interested in joining our growing community and, for all those interested in regular updates on our research and activities, please sign up to our newsletter here! 
IQN Hub Outreach Event – Quantum Shorts
To celebrate the United Nation’s “International Year of Quantum Science and Technology”, the IQN Hub recently hosted an outreach event at Heriot-Watt University. The Hub welcomed 67 high school pupils from six schools across Scotland’s Central Belt, including two from Glasgow, for an event exploring quantum science, creativity, and future career pathways.
The event featured a screening of “Quantum Shorts” – winning entries from a global short-film competition led by the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore. These films introduced pupils to quantum science in a creative and accessible way.
During the afternoon, pupils also heard from IQN Hub’s Professor Alessandro Fedrizzi and PhD student Kiki Dekkers about the exciting advances being made in quantum science, as well as what life is like as a university researcher. The session sparked lively questions and thoughtful discussion from the audience. It was fantastic to see such enthusiasm and curiosity for science from these young people.
The Hub collaborated with Heriot-Watt University’s Outreach team to deliver this event, and we look forward to continuing our partnership to further develop the IQN Hub’s outreach programme. Widening participation in quantum science is critical so that we can inspire the next generation of quantum scientists. 
