Scottish Traditions: Burn’s Night Burns Night is a traditional celebration of Scotland’s national bard, or poet, Robert Burns. It is held on 25th January, Burns’s birthday, when Burns suppers are […]
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Chinese New Year 22nd January 2023, Year of the Rabbit Happy New Year, 新年快乐, xīn nián kuài lè January 22nd marks Chinese New Year, a holiday that is celebrated by […]
Glossary: Dreich – tedious; damp and wet (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50476008) Hogmanay – New Year’s Eve (in Scotland) If it’s your first Winter in Edinburgh: you’re in for a treat! Edinburgh tends […]
A Guide to Beating Exam Stress It might be hard to believe, but exams are nearly here and 2022 is nearly over. I know, right!? The exam period can be […]
Winter and the Christmas holidays are just around the corner, so it’s time to get cosy, put your feet up and get your fluffy socks on, have a hot drink, […]
Held annually on 3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities was established by the United Nations (UN) in 1992 with the aim of promoting the rights and well-being of […]
What is Saint Andrew’s Day? Each year St Andrew’s day, or the feast day of Saint Andrew, is celebrated in Scotland on 30th November. St Andrew has officially been the […]
Edinburgh Napier’s repository – a home for the university’s research A repository is a kind of digital archive for storing all the research outputs created by a university’s academics and […]
World Television Day The invention of the television was revolutionary. It is largely credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird who rolled out commercial usage in the 1920s. But the […]
Friday 18th November sees Children in need return to our screens. But what is it about? Every year, the BBC and other partners join a huge fundraising drive to […]
