Guest Speaker - SoMa Summer School, Sofia Music Academy, Bulgaria
Jun 30, 2024
Location
Sofia Music Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Description
I am presenting a guest lecture on (self)-management in the music sector. The talk highlights the many and diverse skills at play in navigating a sustainable music career in increasingly challenging economic circumstances. In exploding myths around the industries of music, novel and dynamic approaches to creation and dissemination are proposed in which the individual is agent of their own destiny and empowered to engage ethically with the conditions of the sector.
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.
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.
Butterfly discusses its lastest innovative handheld, whole-body ultrasound probe. It’s priced at a point that will allow you to put one in
the hands of every student, unlocking the full potential of
ultrasound in medical education.
Research Talk by Dr Arianna Introna, ‘Crip Enchantments: Autonomist Narratives of Disability in Scottish Writing and Culture’
Oct 12, 2022
Location
Merchiston Campus E14
Description
This research talk by guest speaker Dr Arianna Introna is hosted by the Centre for Arts, Media and Culture (CAMC). All welcome.
Organiser: Prof. Anne Schwan. Chair: Dr. Scott Lyall.
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
The Lions' Gate Garden: ENU, 10 Colinton Road, EH10 5DT
Description
Over 30 attendees ate, drank, blethered, engaged, questioned, laughed, listened, chilled-out, and learnt a thing or two about what living sustainably actually is.
We unveiled our interactive storytelling chair and memorial to Professor David Benyon, crafted by Neil Fyffe (https://www.facebook.com/Neil-Fyffes-Workshop-1405191703026383). Brian Davison demonstrated an environmental sensor network developed in collaboration with students. Kris Plum exhibited an interactive plastics-recycling bin. Aisling Murphy delved into the wildlife and plants of The Lions' Gate and demonstrated Shona Burns' interactive Lions' Gate audio tour. Graham Bell talked eloquently of the history of Hasten Slowly (Festina Lente), the impact of climate collapse, and shared insights into how to live sustainably. Participants added their wishes to our COP26 Wishing Tree on tags with seeds embedded in them, that we'll plant up as a COP26 garden. Juliete, Sally and Zhoa served up - herb teas, courgette cake and pizzas. Allan MacMillan provided soothing background to it all with delightful acoustic guitar work.
We kept the door to the library open, and inside was a wee chill-out area next to our book case.
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.
Seminar with Alan Staff (CEO of Apex Scotland)
Oct 16, 2019
Location
Edinburgh Napier University (Sighthill Campus)
Description
The School of Applied Sciences will be welcoming Alan Staff, CEO of Apex Scotland) to discuss 'Policy, populism and politics - uneasy bedfellows'.
In this talk, organised by Dr Alex McIntyre, Alan will discuss the conflicting pressures on justice policy, and ask whether it is possible to bring together the seemingly contradictory aims of punishment, rehabilitation, public protection and public perceptions of justice into a modern and effective system of social control. He will draw on the experience of Apex and former Napier students working with them, around meeting the needs of people with Schedule 1 offences and question whether the aspiration of re-integration and normalisation for people with convictions disregards the practical impact of the sentence.
The Biological Visualisation Community's 3rd Annual Meeting takes place at Craiglockhart Campus in Edinburgh on 20th-21st April 2017.
This two day meeting comprises one day with 3 keynotes, 7 talks on biological data visualisation as well as lightning talks, posters and demos. The second day involves hands-on training workshops.
The talks and training include information visualisation across the whole spectrum of biological data types. This is a meeting of interest to anybody working in biomedical science as well as developers of visualisation techniques.
The keynote speakers are:
- Jean-luc Doumont: The Three Laws of Communication
- Marc Streit: From Visual Exploration of Biomedical Data to Storytelling and Back Again
- Bang Wong: Art and Science: A partnership catalyzing discovery in biomedicine
Registration is £50.
We also have student bursaries available for research degree students to cover the costs of attending.
Symposium on Big Data and Risk Assessors in Health and Social Care
Jun 28, 2013
Location
Friday 28 June, 09:30, Merchiston Campus
Description
As we move into an information age there are many opportunities to share and integrate data from many different sources, in order to provide holistic care. A key focus of this is the provision of pre-emptive diagnosis, which aims to predict illness and put in place care plans to improve the provision of health and social care. This Symposium looks at the methods which could be used to effectively use data to improve care, while protecting the rights of the citizen.
Aim and Scope of SymposiumThe aim of this event is to investigate methods of using data and risk assessors for improvements in health and social care. Overall the key areas covered include:
Analysis methods for Big Data related to health and social care.Risk Assessors for pre-emptive detection of illnesses.Next Generation e-Health Infrastructures, which are scaleable, robust and secure.Patient Centric Approaches.Body-area networks.Security Infrastructures for Health Care, and cross-domain information sharing.Assisted Living Infrastructures and their links to formal health care.Integration of Primary and Secondary Health Care with Assisted Living.Sensor infrastructures, patient identification, and assisted living.Creation of collaborative infrastructures and knowledge exchange.VenueThe Symposium will be on the Merchiston Campus, Edinburgh Napier University.
For bookings click here.
Dr Andrew Mangham from the University of Reading 'Interdisciplinary Conversations on the Long Nineteenth Century'. CLAW Research Talk Series
Oct 6, 2012
Location
28/09/2012
Description
Dr Andrew Mangham from the University of Reading kicked off this year's research talk series entitled 'Interdisciplinary Conversations on the Long Nineteenth Century'. Mangham spoke about the impact of discourses of forensic medicine on Charles Dickens's early journalism.
CodeRace - A competitive event for teams of four cyclists. Teams have to visit locations displayed on a mobile app and solve clues to claim them.
Aug 4, 2012
Location
Edinburgh - city-wide
Description
A competitive event for teams of four cyclists. Teams have to visit locations displayed on a mobile app and solve clues to claim them. The team with the largest number of locations at the end of the game wins.
The game was later run for other groups including students at ESISAR in Valence, France, and in St. Andrews as an activity for students of the Destination Leaders Programme (Edinburgh Napier Business School).
