Working from home is a positive – some thoughts for business

Enforced isolation and the associated loneliness being experienced by many home workers mean that proportionally more workers are likely to find themselves affected by the behavioural response known as learned helplessness.

At the forefront of skills development in Finance

Sketch out a career path for the next few decades and chances are the time frame of the resulting diagram will be shorter than in the past. That is true for every sector, reflecting how hard it is to predict…
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Edinburgh Napier ‘Language’ students achieve Worldwide success with multilingual magazine

In 2017, Edinburgh Napier’s ‘Language’ students came together and created a magazine like no other called ‘Worldwide Napier’. The magazine is written in foreign languages to encourage students to learn and practice foreign languages creatively. So far, the magazine has…
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Report on current Bill to reform Family Law

A new report funded by and produced for the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee critically analyses a new Bill, Children (Scotland) Bill 2019, to reform Scottish family law court cases. The report, written by Dr Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane from here in…
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Reflective Learning Papers launched on Leadership and People Practice

The first of a new series of Reflective Learning Papers on Leadership and People Practice has been published by The Business School at Edinburgh Napier University.

Behind the scenes at the Edinburgh International Festival

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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New courses give managers in Scotland’s tourism sector the strategic edge

Cord safety and security at event is critical

“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”

The Selfie Project: the verbal and visual in language learning and teaching

“A picture is worth a thousand words” is how the saying goes. The power of this statement is relevant when summarising the role of visual elements in the field of language learning and teaching: posters, diagrams, symbols and images cover…
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