Upcoming Postgraduate events and advice After hibernating over winter, we’re happy to return to campus and get ready for the upcoming trimester. A lot of our work right now is concerned with helping our returning students (and ourselves) get readjusted to life at Napier,. So we thought we’d do our bit to help welcome the […]
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January’s origin story January, it’s cold, it’s dark and the festivities are another year away. But there is a lot more to January than the bleakness. We are going to dive into January’s origin story. January and Janus’ origin He has two heads, loiters in doorways and carries a big stick and a set of […]
Spanish Christmas Traditions
A Spanish-style Traditional Christmas Christmas in Spain is not so very different from Christmas elsewhere, but there are one or two traditions that may sound slightly exotic to Scottish ears, and I’ll set them out here. First of all, our festive period is longer, running from the 22nd of December until the 7th of January. […]
Lost Days and Old Christmas We are nearing the end of this leap year, a year when we have one extra day in February. If you are celebrating Christmas on December 25th spare a thought for the residents of the Shetland island of Foula who will not celebrate Christmas until 6th January. Why would they […]
Publishing Archive Day Last month, together with Avril Gray of the Publishing Programme and Laura Cooijmans-Keizer, Senior Curator of University Heritage Collections, I was able to celebrate Book Week Scotland by showcasing treasures from the Edward Clark Collection, held in Merchiston Library. This unique resource illustrates the development of book printing processes and changing styles […]
Dewey Decimal System Day Today is Dewey Decimal System Day, which honours the creation and establishment of the Dewey Decimal Classification System and American librarian Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) who invented it in 1876. The Dewey Decimal Classification system is a numerical sequencing system which organises primarily non-fiction books and publications into ten main categories to […]
CAB Abstracts Databases Introducing CAB Abstracts… CAB Abstracts is one of the many databases we are subscribed to. It offers academic literature and publications on subject areas such as forestry, agriculture, human health and nutrition, animal health, veterinary sciences and conservation and management of natural resources. It was established by the Centre for Agriculture and […]
National Tree Week National Tree Week begins on November 25 and continues until December 3. It marks the start of the tree-planting season, providing a wonderful opportunity to celebrate trees. If possible, volunteers can join tree-planting activities organized by local groups and conservation organizations. If planting isn’t an option, consider finding some “Tree Time” to […]
Book Week Scotland 2024 Book Week Scotland 2024 is an annual celebration of reading which takes place from 18- 24 November throughout Scotland. It is a way of bringing together people of all ages and from all walks of life to celebrate the joy of books and reading. There are many events and activities taking […]
