Annual conference celebrates student research at the Business School

External building at Criaglockhart campus in the autumn sunshine.

Each year the Business School hosts a Student Research Conference to celebrate excellence in student research at Edinburgh Napier University. Now in its 15th year, the virtual event took place on Tuesday 17 May with students, academic staff and guests…
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Edinburgh Napier University launches new webinar series for Scotland’s NHS charities

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Edinburgh Napier University is delighted to launch a new webinar series, to support the NHS charities in Scotland. Drawing on the expertise of colleagues across the university, this series will explore a range of governance, health and charity sector themes…
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Tourism is Taking Off After Two Years of Restrictions

Passengers walking by the UK arrivals door at an airport.

Global and local travel restrictions during lockdown saw the tourism industry left in a vulnerable position. Now starting to recover, a symposium taking place on Friday 29 April 2022 at Edinburgh Napier Business School ‘Tourism 2030 and Beyond: New Normal…
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Second-year Event Management students raise £5700 for charity while undertaking an assignment

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The Event Management module – part of the BA (Hons) International Festival and Management degree at Edinburgh Napier University Business School – tasks students with organising an event of their choice each year. Remarkably, this year, the second-year students voluntarily…
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Overcoming disruptions in global supply chains

Dr Eoin Plant-O'Toole

Over the past couple of years, supply chain disruptions have become prominent. Whether we think of the incident at the Suez Canal last year, when the Ever Given blocked the canal costing world trade an estimated $1billion USD; the lack…
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Enhancing Career Prospects in Cybersecurity for Neurodivergent Learners

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Cybersecurity is a constantly evolving threat to organisations of all sizes. Now, the opportunity for jobs focused on this risk is expanding, and Edinburgh Napier University is to promote a short course on Fundamentals of Cybersecurity redesigned to appeal directly…
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New toolkit to support festival sustainability in Mexico and beyond

People at a festival

Running festivals and events sustainably is an enormous challenge for the industry. Waste management is just the tip of the iceberg. Practitioners need to consider multiple factors, which can be overwhelming and difficult to manage. The good news: a new…
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ENU Student Wins AEME’s First-Ever UK Event Management Student of the Year Award

Cameron Hughes standing in front of a stage at a festival's venue

Edinburgh Napier student – Cameron Hughes – is among the first four recipients of the UK Undergraduate Event Management Student of the Year award from the Association for Events Management Education (AEME). AEME is an international organisation that aims to support…
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Unlock & Revive: Involving People Living with Dementia in Online Cultural and Heritage Events

A new report created by ENU researchers illustrates optimal ways to create accessible online cultural and heritage events to benefit people living with dementia and their carers. The report, entitled Unlock & Revive, is a multi-disciplinary action-research project set up…
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