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The third instalment in the ‘Reflective Learning Papers on Leadership and People Practice’ series has been published by The Business School at Edinburgh Napier University. Renowned for its close ties with practitioners, the Human Resource Management Subject Area at The…
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As workplaces close around the world, we are beginning to question the repercussions for those who are losing their income as a result. But in few places could the impact be so detrimental as within the volunteer tourism sector. We…
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I write this on a glorious Saturday afternoon, within earshot of Tynecastle Park and Murrayfield. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has replaced the usual atmosphere of excitement and anticipation (or despondency if you are an Aberdeen fan) with an eerie, anxious…
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Arrigo Sacchi famously suggested that football was the most important of the least important things in life. We see this played out in the midst of a global pandemic, as football continues to hold a disproportionate position in the national…
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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.
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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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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The HRM subject area had a lot to celebrate at the HR Network Scotland award evening at the Hilton Glasgow in November. Having recently been ranked first in the UK in the National Student Survey (NSS) for the HRM subject…
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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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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.