Tag: Edinburgh Napier University

The Cricket Scotland Performance Academy, launched today (26 November), will support the development of young male and female cricketers and encourage the continuing development of the sport across the country. It will use Edinburgh...

Edinburgh Napier University is the first in Scotland to achieve a gold award from the Ministry of Defence for offering increased educational opportunities to ex-service personnel. The university also works with local schools, including Colinton...

DETERMINED Kasey Johnson used a freak accident in which she lost a leg as inspiration to build a new career.The 27-year-old suffered life-changing injuries after being crushed when a storm brought down a 60ft...

Scotland can tackle the challenges posed by an era of rapid technological development. That’s the view of Jamie Hepburn MSP, the Business Minister, who said there was a determination not to repeat the mistakes of...

A young journalist graduated earlier this week from the university course shaped by his inspirational grandfather, which has given generations of talented Scots a pathway into the news industry.Former Scottish Daily Express feature writer...

Female researchers from across Scotland will take to their soapboxes on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile on Saturday 8 June 2019 to share their passion for science.   Soapbox Science was set up to bring science to public spaces,...

A total of £772,000 has been awarded to Edinburgh Napier University for three key health projects.The grants from the Chief Scientist Office part of the Scottish Government have been awarded to treat psychosis,...

Edinburgh Napier University graduate, Barbara Kidd, has returned to her old university to take charge of the fundraising campaigns which will reinforce the quality of its teaching programmes.Based at the Sighthill campus, she moves...

Edinburgh Napier University's Bright Red Sparks awards recognise innovation and services by start-ups and fledgling companies.There are six winners chosen from a shortlist of 16, with two judging rounds one of which was...

Edinburgh Napier University is adding to its creative portfolio with a new postgraduate programme in Photography.The new programme – which will be taught within the University’s School of Arts and Creative Industries – will...

Linlithgow Academy were the best overall company in a young entrepreneurs award for schools from across the Lothians. Wicks 'n' Wax topped the list of 14 individual awards which attracted around 150 students and 18...

All the universities and colleges in Edinburgh have combined to help those who have been in care have increased opportunities in education.The HUB for SUCCESS will launch tomorrow and will try to buck...

Napier Photo Collective cordially invite you to be their guest for a silent photo auction they are hosting on the 17th of December. Each year a group of graduating photography students from Edinburgh Napier University...

A new theatrical work to be staged next week at Craiglockhart Chapel at Edinburgh Napier University will highlight the causes and effect of shellshock. The university's School of Arts and Creative Industries commissioned the special...

After being made redundant three times, once on Christmas Eve, former City & Guilds qualified printer, David Easton, was forced to rethink his career plans. A decade on, he has got a significant amount of...

At a graduation ceremony at the Usher Hall earlier one of the graduates achieved an MSc in International Tourism Management. She won her place on the course in a Destination Edinburgh competition.Her video love...

by Richard Llewellyn Lecturer in Transportation Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University PixabayRichard Llewellyn, Edinburgh Napier UniversityThe UK should raise its motorway speed limit for cars and vans to 80mph as a way of increasing national productivity, a...

A good review is sought after by nearly all Edinburgh Festival Fringe performers but one Edinburgh Napier student wouldn’t take offence to someone describing her show as rubbish. Chloe Martina Salvi, a Lighting Design student from Edinburgh Napier’s School...

Multiple curling champion collects 1st Class Honours.Bruce Mouat, on of the countries top curlers, revealed a second talent as he graduated on Friday with a First Class honours degree. The 23-year-old has racked up a...

A former Royal Marines Commando has driven a taxi for nine years to pay his way through university as he bids to become an established TV documentary maker.Edinburgh Napier mature student Matt Jones, 51, has...

Unless you were there, it is hard to imagine what post- war Edinburgh was like in the early 1960s. A profoundly middle-class city, it was dominated by an almost unimaginable veneer of propriety and professional respectability  -...

Edinburgh Napier University student Benjamin Lang spoke at the 2018 Youth Climate Summit at the Glasgow Concert Hall last weekend, sharing the stage with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.Benjamin answered a call from the 2050 Climate...

A new centre at Edinburgh Napier University will offer companies a way of training staff to deal with crippling cyber attacks on websites.  Industry guests were shown how the SOCLAB centre at Edinburgh Napier’s Cyber...

The world needs to build more than two billion new homes over the next 80 years ShutterstockSean Smith, Edinburgh Napier UniversityBy the end of this century, the world’s population will have increased by half –...

Britain's railways were nationalised 70 years ago – let's not do it again No backtracking. Matt Buck, CC BY-SA Jonathan Cowie, Edinburgh Napier UniversityIt is 70 years since the era of public rail ownership began in Great...

Scottish EDGE competition rewards start-ups with roots in Edinburgh NapierTwo entrepreneurs whose start-up ideas were brought to life during their time with Edinburgh Napier have both scooped a top funding award. Edinburgh Napier graduates Sydney...

20/20 Productions, the creative communication, event and digital production company, becomes one of over 200 Living Wage employers to be recognised in Edinburgh.75% of accredited Living Wage businesses report increased motivation and retention rates...

An Edinburgh student has landed himself his dream job after dazzling during a placement working with a famous charitable institution.Scott Binnie, a fourth year Marketing Management student at Edinburgh Napier University, initially undertook a...

A nursing student who honed his talents while working with prisoners and drug addicts has been honoured for his outstanding caring skills.Simon Hunter, 33, who graduated from Edinburgh Napier yesterday with a BN in...

Retail expert, Neil Rackham, awarded degree at Wednesday's Graduation CeremonyProfessor Rackham pioneered ‘consultative selling’ and has been a consultant to executives at more than 40 of the US Fortune 500 companies. He has worked...