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The Tourism Research Centre at Edinburgh Napier has excellent working relationship with the British Council, the United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. In February 2025, Professor Jane Ali-Knight travelled to Belgrade, to lead a week-long Festival…
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Professor Gary Kerr, an academic within the Tourism Research Centre, has given the Keynote Lecture at the Association of Mexican Museums and Centres for Science & Technology (AMMCCYT) Annual Colloquium 2024, hosted by Centro de Ciencias Explora in León de…
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An Edinburgh Napier University research team is the winner of the Silver 2023 Award for Cutting Edge Research in Event Studies. The team won the award for their paper published in Event Management, the leading international journal for the study…
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In the last two years, the tourism sector has been presented with unprecedented challenges. Now destination leaders must respond. To assist, a comprehensive series of leadership skills courses are providing accredited leadership training and ongoing professional development for new and…
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The digital India Festival Academy builds on the success of these two face-to-face events. Between January and March 2021, it aims to help delegates make their festival scalable, sustainable, and successful.
Dr Jane Ali-Knight, Professor in Festival and Event Management at Edinburgh Napier University is partnering with The Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast, Great British Bake Off star Andrew Smyth and Jamie Oliver’s team to bid…
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Tourism and events students at Edinburgh Napier Business School continue to gain the skills and learning opportunities that will help them become future industry leaders.
Could a membership base built on subscriptions become the model to relaunch theatre post Covid-19? PhD Researcher Martin Belk thinks the history of innovation that launched The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and The London Arts Lab in the 1960s provides…
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International Festival and Events Management graduates Jessica Ambrose (MSc) and Katie Daniel (BA Hons) have been spending their August finding out what goes on behind the scenes at Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) after they landed roles as Events Assistants. We…
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“For reasons of both safety and security, the design and management of crowded spaces has become one of the most important aspects of creating and sustaining a resilient programme of events”