University partners with QUB, GBBO star Andrew Smyth and Jamie Oliver Group for UK Festival bid

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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Governance specialist appointed as Visiting Professor

What impresses me about Edinburgh Napier University is the value placed on cross-sector working. This creates opportunities for students to learn more about the various entities changing to operate with sustainable ‘people and planet’ values.

Let’s talk about skills

Emma Hill, Careers Development Consultant, calls for transferable skills to be at the heart of a reimagined recruitment approach post Covid-19. In the current climate the skills you have, in particular the transferable skills you have, are going to be…
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Beyond Lockdown: A Stage, a Page and an Arts Lab

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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100 days at my kitchen table

Julie Hutchison, co-host of #trusteehour along with Dr Miles Weaver of The Business School, Edinburgh Napier University and Charities Specialist at Aberdeen Standard Capital, offers a personal reflection on a lockdown milestone. 19th June marks 100 days at my kitchen…
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Lockdown and an unseen challenge: domestic abuse

Dr Richard Whitecross, Head of Law at Edinburgh Napier University, writes on the challenge of domestic abuse under lockdown and provides signposting to sources of support. Over the past three months, the impact of coronavirus on the NHS, on jobs…
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