3MT Competition is Opent Sighthill Campus is running!
Jun 26, 2025
Location
School of Applied Sciences & School of Health and Social Care, Sighthill Campus
Description
You are cordially invited to participate in the first edition of the 3MT Competition, organised jointly by School of Applied Sciences & School of Health and Social Care
Confronting "Anti-Gender" Mobilizations across Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, and Russia: Challenges and Queer-Feminist Resistances
Mar 3, 2025
Location
Date: Monday, March 3, 2025; 9:30–16:30 CET (Warsaw time); Online & In-person: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Staszic Palace (Pałac Staszica), Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland
Registration link (for both on
Description
We invite researchers, students, activists, and the public to participate in our one-day workshop (hybrid-online and in-person sessions). During the event, the RESIST Project Team and our guest speakers will lead discussions on queer-feminist resistances to “anti-gender” mobilizations in and across Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, and Russia – four distinct national case studies that intersect at a transnational level through migration patterns, recently amplified by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the 2020 and 2025 presidential elections in Belarus ( Filep, 2024).
While studies show that “anti-gender” and anti-immigration mobilizations are often closely intertwined ( RESIST Project Team, 2024), issues related to gender identity and sexuality may be deprioritized by women and queer persons amid immediate survival challenges, such as migrant status, housing, employment, and health. Even in contexts not immediately threatened by war or political repression, multiply marginalized persons might be forced to choose between the ideals of gender and sexual diversity and pragmatic solutions related to other identity positions, e.g. living with a physical disability or experiencing homelessness ( Kulpa and Kania, 2024). Still, addressing and resisting “anti-gender” violence remains vital to queer-feminist movements both within and across Eastern European nations, with migration opening the possibility of cross-national collaboration. The dynamics of de- and reprioritization invite critical reflection, along with the internal tensions stemming from individual intersectional identities and the patterns of solidarity and animosity that develop across borders, migratory routes, and communities. Together, these factors create a complex landscape of displacement and belonging, shaping the experiences of individuals navigating “anti-gender” politics in the region.
Starting with a presentation of findings from the RESIST Project’s Polish and Belarusian cases, we would like to open the floor for a broader discussion on resistances to “anti-gender” mobilizations in Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Russia and transnationally along migratory routes. By combining panel presentations with free-flowing ideation workshop and experience-sharing sessions, we hope to create a space of creative and respectful discussion.
This event is co-organised by the RESIST Project, the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Edinburgh Napier University.
This conference marks the culmination of a pilot led by ABC Creative Music and funded by the Creative Scotland's YMI Strengthening Scheme in bringing together academics and practitioners in the field to explore current provision and potential pathways for public engagement and knowledge exchange.
Reflections of a PhD mentor: Thesis Mentor Pilot Scheme 2024
Sep 5, 2024
Location
Online
Description
In this presentation, Dr Cameron shares the experience of a mentor on the 12-week pilot at Edinburgh Napier University that aims to improve the student experience and outcomes of PhD students at the writing-up stage. She shares details about the mentoring training workshop, challenges and rewards of serving as a mentor to a PhD student at another school with stakeholders from other UK universities who are exploring similar projects. The Edinburgh Napier University PhD mentor programme was run in collaboration with the University of Glasgow. This presentation was part of a workshop run by Dr Vani Naik of Edinburgh Napier University and Dr Elaine Gourlay of the University of Glasgow, entitled: Honey, We Shrunk a Thesis Mentoring Programme! - Vitae 2024
Employability attributes: Meeting deadlines, time management
Jun 26, 2024
Location
Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University
Description
This talk aimed to excavate marketing practitioner insights on whether meeting deadlines and time management are important graduate attributes that should be carefully considered in an employability-focused curriculum. The presentation sets out the debates on the value and role of assessment deadline extensions in university education and shares progress on a quantitative study that aims to inform assessment policy.
Pedagogical paradox or tension? What our research on assessment deadlines is telling us about constructive alignment
Jun 18, 2024
Location
Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University
Description
We present the theoretical twists and turns of our research on deadline extensions at The Business School. We share preliminary findings of our quantitative data analysis on high-stakes assessments. We discuss whether leniency helps or hinders efforts to enhance inclusivity.
Knowledge Sharing Event: Building Information Management BIM in SMEs
Jun 14, 2024
Location
Edinburgh Napier University
The Glass Room, Merchiston Campus
Description
CSY Architects has been working in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University to explore the application of BIM by SMEs on smaller projects and on existing buildings. We're looking forward to sharing our findings so far, along with guest speakers from David Miller Architects, Narro Engineers, and Historic Environment Scotland.
Event Schedule
Lunch/Registration
Welcome and Introductions
James King (CSY Architects)
Discussion Groups
Plenary
Break
Eamon Gilson (Historic Environment Scotland)
Andrew De Silva (David Miller Architects London)
Q + A Panel
Closing Remarks
Gender and Sexuality Research at Edinburgh Napier University
Mar 6, 2024
Location
Merchiston Campus, room: MER_H11
Description
Let’s get together and listen to colleagues working on gender and sexuality! And then let’s talk about their fascinating ideas, and how they relate to our own work and topics! This event is envisaged as informal and friendly gathering, following the success of similar gathering in 2023. We want to continue on this good tradition, and build new connections, learn about inspiring research we are doing across the university, feel inspired and nurtured.
Please send any queries to: Dr Roberto Kulpa (r.kulpa@napier.ac.uk)
SCHEDULE
14:00-14:10
Welcome (Roberto Kulpa)
14:10-15:00 TRANS LIVES
GUEST: Gina Gwenffrewi (University of Edinburgh) will start with an input about trans* people's cultural production online (i.e. YouTube, Twitter/X), framing the moral panic, and its impact on the trans* communities.
Rob Clucas (Law) will speak to the latest ‘gender critical’ challenge to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in the appeal to the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case. He suggests that a solution to the current poisonous polemic around trans* rights can usefully be sought in the dialogic theory of Martin Buber (Buber 1958).
Toni Kania (Social Sciences) will introduce their PhD project about conceptualising bodily autonomy and sovereignty of trans* people – and from trans* peoples’ perspective – in Poland.
15:00-15:10 Coffee and pastries break
15:10-16:00 GENDERED VIOLENCE
Amy Beddows (Counselling) will speak about the potential of horror texts as tools for survivors processing the experiences of gendered violence.
Anne Schwan (English) will reflect on femicide, perpetrator narratives and the challenge of restorative justice, drawing from her analysis of Em Strang's novel “Quinn” (2023).
Fiona McQueen (Social Sciences) will conclude this section pondering on her project on Scottish young men’s attitudes towards prevention messages on violence against women, incl. queer & trans men’s accounts and insights.
16:00-16:10 Coffee and pastries break
16:10-17:00 REPRESENTATIONS
Yen Nee Wong (Social Sciences) will introduce us to queer cultures of ballroom dancing and the role of Strictly Come Dancing’s representations and mainstreaming.
David Bishop (Creative Writing) will speak about his creative writing PhD, instigation into the scarcity of queer sleuths in historical mystery fiction set before the Victorian era, and the politics of outing and authorship.
Phiona Stanley (Tourism) will talk about labels – ‘spinsters’, ‘crazy cat ladies’, ‘witches’. It is also, in theoretical terms, about queering queerness by negotiating the queer and deeply gendered queerness of spinsterhood.
17:00-17:10 Coffee and pastries break
17:10-17:45 POP!
Ashley Stein (Music) will introduce their PhD project on how hyperpop and other electronic music practices can be used to destabilise gender binaries.
Frederik Byrn Køhlert (English, Visual Cultures) will close this input section with a reflection on the representation of gender and sexuality in comics & graphic novels, incl. examples from work as editor of a Routledge series on Gender, Sexuality, and Comics.
17:45-onwards: Post-Event Drinks & Food at nearby The Golf Tavern
30-31 Wright's Houses, Bruntsfield, EH10 4HR
Event Organisation:
Dr Roberto Kulpa
School of Applied Sciences: Deputy Research Degrees Lead
Co-Director: MSc Applied Social Research
Co-Investigator: (2022-2026) ‘RESIST. Fostering Queer Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics’ (EU Horizon Europe grant no. 101060749).
Several of Edinburgh Napier University’s School of health and social care academics, current students and alumni attended the Lothian Health & Care Professions Research Conference at the John McIntrye conference centre on Tuesday 7 November.
Amongst them, there were 6 members of our academic staff who spoke at the conference discussing their recent research and its impact on the healthcare and education sector, including how to better support nursing students.
This was a great moment for the university, to see our academics representing their work to key industry figures and academics from other Scottish Universities, as well as Government and Health boards.
Lions' Gate Garden free event as part of the Climate Fringe and the Great Big Green Week, supported by the Permaculture Association.
At 3.30pm influential, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at Aberdeen University Tim Ingold, presented his latest work ‘Generation Now‘ from our Storytelling Chair.
Tim has made a huge impact on design philosophy, and was a favourite of Edinburgh Napier’s late, great Prof. David Benyon, whose own design work on Blended Spaces has fundamentally informed The Lions’ Gate.
Other wholesome and life-affirming activities of the day included:
Holistic Therapies by Emma J @ Blue Butterfly Therapies
Student exhibits from the School of Arts and Creative Industries
Campus-grown food
Cocktails and drinks
Music, including DJ Someone’s Dad and Blue Heron
Garden tours
Attend in person at
The Kings Fund, Cavendish Square,
Marylebone, London W1G 0AN
or Online via live stream
(address will be sent upon Eventbrite registration)
Description
Exploring the interface between
simulation and drama-based learning
in healthcare professional education.
This inaugural event has been created
by a working group of practitioners from
the following institutions; Guildhall School
of Music & Drama, Kings College London,
Kingston University, Health Action
Training, Edinburgh Napier University
and Public Health Wales.
Dr Jaradat has led an exceptional annual international study trip to Dubai which provided students with a world-class experience, including opportunities to connect with global industry leaders and key professional bodies in the construction industry including the chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT). The students also had exceptional access to construction sites at various stages of completion including the Cavalli Tower (a luxury residential project), DAMAC Lagoons (Mediterranean-inspired villas), DAMAC Hills (a self-contained community comprising villas, apartments and a hotel) and a 3D Printed Building by Nakheel (1 in 7 3D printing projects in Dubai). Several links were instigated with leading employers who are interested in employing ENU graduates, distance learning, and PhD opportunities to upskill their own employees such as DAMAC (a leading Real Estate Developer of luxury properties in Dubai & UAE); NEA (an international chartered professional quantity surveying practice); AE7 (is a global multi-disciplinary design firm); Fam Properties (real estate consultancy), Dubai Municipality, Dubai Economic Department, Emirates Green Building Council, AtkinsRéalis (a world-leading design, engineering and project management organisation), Allanton Group (specialists in development, investment, and asset management); Linesight (construction consultants) and much more. The students also had the opportunity to interact with former students who now work for firms such as CBRE (global leaders in commercial property). The trip involved a wide range of formal and informal activities including a visit to the award-winning Dubai Frame which holds a record for the largest frame in the world and is also an observatory, museum, and monument. The students also visited the Global Village and explored various pavilions, decorated in style of different countries and cultures. Other social events involved a lunch at the Trump International Golf Club restaurant and a networking dinner at the Jumeirah Residential Beach which has Dubai Ain (the world's highest observation wheel). Students who participated in the trip wrote articles in the CIAT | aspiration magazine in 2020 and 2024 issues.
SICS-sponsored workshop to:
1. Establish the current state of play for research into Graduate Apprenticeships in Scotland and share initial findings.
2. Discuss what research is needed and what data is available.
3. Organise collaborations and joint dissemination.
Edinburgh Napier Music Research Seminar Series
Oct 19, 2017
Location
Room A17 Merchiston Campus.
Description
On 19th October, Dr Bill Bruford (Earthworks, King Crimson, Yes) will be coming to Edinburgh Napier University to deliver a guest lecture as part of our Music Research Seminar Series. His lecture, Give the drummer some: Distributed creativity in popular music performance, focuses on the relationship between creativity and popular music instrumental performance. Other lectures on the night come from two staff from the Tomlin Centre for Music at Edinburgh Napier. Dr Katrina Burton will be presenting on her research and professional practice that explores the links between composition, architecture and site-specific performance. Dave Hook will be presenting on his recent PhD submission: An autoethnography of Scottish hip-hop: identity, locality, outsiderdom and social commentary.
This event is a research seminar and therefore we respectfully ask that questions are related to the content of the presentations only, not the wider careers of our presenters (unless relevant).
Tickets for this event are free, but limited to 125, so book now to avoid disappointment!
The Edinburgh Napier Music Research Seminar Series
Feb 3, 2017
Location
The Glass Room, Merchiston Campus
Description
Gareth Dylan Smith, president of the Association of Popular Music Education, will be sharing his experience of Embodiment and Drumming Eudaimonia as part of a Music Pedagogies and Practice event, at which staff from the music department will also be presenting on their current teaching and practice based research activities. This event will begin at 18:30pm and will finish by 9:00pm. Confirmed presenters from the Music team are: Renee Stefanie, Paul Ferguson, Zack Moir and Bryden Stillie.
The programme for the evening event will be:
18:30 Keynote: Dr Gareth Dylan Smith - “Embodiment and Drumming Eudaimonia”
19:10 Dr Zack Moir and Mr Bryden Stillie - “Haphazard Pathways: Routes to Higher Popular Music Education and Impact on Curricula Design”
19:35: 10 minute break
19:45 Ms Renée Stefanie - “Analogies and Skill Transfers"
20:15 Dr Paul Ferguson , Dr Zack Moir and Dr Gareth Dylan Smith - “Jamming in the 3rd Room: Experiences of remote 'virtual' real-time performance and recording"
20:45 Close
The Associate Student Project presented a workshop at the Articulation Best Practice Event for the Scottish Funding Council in Dundee.
Feb 24, 2016
Location
Tuesday 23 February 2016, West Park Dundee
Description
The Articulation Best Practice Event is a good practice sharing and networking event. The format of the day includes keynote addresses from SFC, the Commission on Widening Access, table discussions, a choice of workshops, a chance to hear from students, and networking opportunities. This event was targeted at practitioners and policy makers in the articulation field.
World Book Day Primary School Aliens Party, 2014
Mar 7, 2014
Location
Edinburgh
Description
Most successful World Book Day art competition to date.
3,200+ entries from 36 Edinburgh primary schools
Three winners in each of two age categories, P1-4 and P5-7.
Hosted children's party and prize-giving in the Glass Room, Merchiston, on Friday, 7 March 2014 (14.30-16.00).
14.30-15.00 -- activities and party food
15.00-15.30 -- prize-giving (presented by Marion Sinclair CEO, Publishing Scotland)
15.30 onwards -- show from MacaStory.
The party theme, following the competition's brief, was outer space aliens in Edinburgh.
RIE - CPD - CPD Training Resources: Academic Case Studies
In Trimester 2 (Academic Year 2023/2024), Head of CPD and Consultancy, Georgina Gilmer, facilitated a training series which bought together relevant professional service staff from across the institution to highlight relevant steps to develop and deliver CPD provisions. Each process step forms an important part in ensuring a high quality and financially viable provision. Access the CPD process training videos here >
