Edinburgh’s sick children got a dose of Christmas cheer yesterday when 100 free copies of children’s classic, Peter and Wendy, were delivered to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.The much loved tale about the boy who never grew up celebrates its publishing centenary this year.And to mark the milestone MSc Publishing students from Edinburgh Napier [...]
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by Katy Docherty A Mexican Archbishop today called for a cease to country’s bloody battle against drug cartels. His plea comes at the funeral of the latest 18 victims to be caught up in gang violence. The bodies of the 18 were discovered in a mass grave outside the holiday resort of Acapulco. The funeral took place [...]
By Ryan C. Gavan Mike Russell, the Cabinet Secretary for Education in Scotland, has promised not to introduce tuition fees north of the border. This comes after the recent Browne Review into higher education funding in England and Wales. This is rasing concerns about the future of University funding in Scotland. In a statement about the [...]
By Joel Sked Studying at university has taken a step further into the digital age thanks to the latest smartphone innovation introduced by the University of Edinburgh. With requests from students to allow them to view timetables and course information from their phone the university came up with the application which should work on Apple’s [...]
On 25 March, the Edinburgh based writer, Prof Alexander McCall Smith, the author of over sixty books (including the the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency Series, 44 Scotland Street series), stopped between his travels around the world to come and give a talk and do a Q/A session with the Year 2 and Year 3 students [...]
Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill popped into the radio studio to speak with our reporters about the Lockerbie bomber, the new plans to tackle organised crime in Scotland, and how the Cashback for Communities scheme is helping youngsters around Edinburgh and Fife. Listen here:
2009 was the year of homecoming, and 2010 is the year of outgoing for some university students. Our reporters, Jingjiao Liu and Chenyu Cui, speak to Suzanne Smith, Faculty Administrator at Edinburgh Napier University, about exchange programs currently on offer to students. They also speak to some international students about their experiences.
Students at Edinburgh Napier University are to hold a series of protests this week over the removal of a student newspaper from all campuses. The protests will be held every day this week, both on campus and at the Scottish Parliament. The row centres over issues of press censorship and began after independent student newspaper [...]
by Wendy Wan Students have been protesting at Edinburgh Napier University following allegations that copies of the newspaper were removed from the Napier campuses, and possibly destroyed after an article was published in The Journal, detailing a vote of no confidence against Kasia Bylinska, president of Napier Student Association. Deputy editor of The Journal Nick Eardley says, “students have a [...]
by Linn Dupont Today is the official launch of the Centre for Nano Safety at Edinburgh’s Napier University. Scientists in Scotland are presenting their work on a way to use laboratory-grown cells as a future replacement for animal testing. The study is called InLiveTox and is a collaboration between the Scottish team and teams in [...]
By Amy Sutherland Nursing and midwifery students at Edinburgh Napier University have been informed by email that they are entitled to receive the vaccination against the H1N1 virus if they wish. The NHS Board for Lothian and Borders has agreed to allow nursing students to attend one of several sessions arranged in the area to receive their [...]
By:Fiona Gardner & Lauren Redpath Loan delays still causing problems The Student Loans Company (SLC) is being blamed for 175,000 students in the UK still waiting to receive their student loans. Freshers are the hardest hit with just 72% of applications processed, compared with 78% last year, this information was gained by the BBC through [...]
BY BRIONNY LEIPER A state of the art computer game facility was opened at Edinburgh Napier University on Monday October 5th. The University’s School of Computing welcomed former student Brian Baglow, a producer of the popular ‘Grand Theft Auto’ game, to officially open the new game design lab. The lab will provide resources for students on [...]
BA Journalism students had extra cause to celebrate when they graduated this week. History was made when forty students attended a ceremony at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre. Not only were they the first Journalism students to graduate under the new title of Edinburgh Napier University, but they were also the first to leave with Broadcast Journalism [...]
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