Tag Archive: festival and event management

Professor Kerr gives Keynote Lecture on ‘Business of Science Festivals’ in Mexico

Gary kerr at conference

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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Silver ‘Cutting Edge Research Award’ for ENU researchers’ contribution to Event Studies

Award winning group photo

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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Edinburgh Napier celebrates success at the Scottish Events Awards 2023

Edinburgh Napier celebrated success at the recent Scottish Events Awards, winning two awards! Undergraduate students Gabriele Lopataite, Iona Watt, Imogen Wilkinson & Iolanda Ghironi received the award for ‘Best Student-Led Event’… and MSc International Festival & Event Management graduate Paul…
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Edinburgh Napier student – Brodie Sutton – is winner of UK Undergraduate Event Management Student of the Year award from the Association for Events Management Education (AEME)

Brodie Sutton standing outside the Craiglockhart campus, holding up his dissertation

For the second year in a row, an Edinburgh Napier University student has been awarded the title of UK Undergraduate Event Management Student of the Year from the Association for Events Management Education (AEME). AEME is an international organisation that aims…
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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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