Tag Archive: Festivals

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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The Arcade: Celebrating cyber and culture at the 20th Cheltenham Science Festival

Dr Gary Kerr standing before a sign that says 'Arcade' and a two in one LGBTQAI+ and Transgender flag

Cheltenham Science Festival celebrated its 20th birthday this year with eminent scientists like Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, rubbing shoulders with a diverse group of Young Changemakers to envision what a new world could look like at this year’s festival….
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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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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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Festival learning

Since 2017, Edinburgh Napier University has enjoyed a research link with the university at Avignon, in France, and in June Professors’ Jane Ali-Knight and Paul Lynch spent a week visiting Avignon on a research trip. Both cities share a long…
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