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Nature Reviews Immunology Journal

Nature Reviews Immunology Journal The Nature Reviews Immunology journal is a scientific journal which covers all topics associated with immunology in great detail and depth. This includes applied features as well as fundamental mechanisms. Immunology itself is the study of how the body protects itself against infection and fights against disease, as well as what […]

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day   Remembrance Day takes place on the 11th of November each year. It is also known as Armistice Day.   The Armistice was an agreement signed by the Germans and the Allies to mark the end of fighting in World War I. The signing of the Armistice took place on the 11th hour […]

Poetry under fire: what poems did during the First World War

Poetry under fire: what poems did during the First World War 5.30pm, Tuesday 11 November 2025 Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University (hybrid) What did the First World War do to poetry? What did poetry do during the First World War? In this lecture, Dr Julia Ribeiro Thomaz will explore a brand new corpus of war poets to interrogate not what is […]

Bonfire Night and The Gunpowder Plot

Bonfire Night and The Gunpowder Plot In 2018, UK consumers spent £316 million on Bonfire Night, also known as Fireworks Night or Guy Fawkes Night, according to market research company Mintel. Most of that money went up in smoke, spent on fireworks and bonfires. Fireworks displays remained the most popular way to celebrate, with 38% […]

Make online reading easier: three accessibility tools worth trying

Make online reading easier: three accessibility tools worth trying Accessing eresources can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially when dealing with dense text or distracting layouts. To help, the library has created tutorial videos that walk you through some excellent accessibility tools. Here’s a quick overview of three tools that can make reading online resources much easier. […]

A History of Halloween

A History of Halloween Are you sitting comfortably? If so, let me begin with a fascinating history of Halloween. People trace the origins of Halloween back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, celebrated around 2,000 years ago. This festival marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. During this time, […]

Ghost Stories: A spooky tale of haunted Campuses

Ghost Stories: A spooky tale of haunted Campuses Creepy Campuses Craiglockhart: Many old buildings have ghost stories associated with them and Edinburgh Napier campuses are no exception. Of course, no one can prove if the sightings are genuine, but here are a few of the stories we have heard from staff…. From 1920 until 1986 […]

Publishing open access: why and how

Publishing open access: why and how Open access (OA) publishing is more than making research freely available online. Most OA articles use Creative Commons licenses, which allow anyone to read, reuse, and share work, as long as proper attribution is given. Read on to learn more about making the most of ENU deals with journal […]

Open access in practice

Open access in practice It is the Open Access Week, a perfect time to have a closer look at what open access is in practice, how we can benefit from it and what Edinburgh Napier does to support open research. What is open access and why is it important? Open access means research is published […]

World Statistics Day

World Statistics Day Librarians love statistics almost as much as we love spreadsheets and shelving books – and today we celebrate World Statistics Day! Unlike the other World Awareness Days that we covered on the blog, which have spanned decades. World Statistics Day is relatively new to the global calendar, starting in 2010 and is […]

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