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The official Bluesky account of Edinburgh Napier University.

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Edinburgh Napier University @edinburghnapier.bsky.social · Mar 14
👋 | We're trying to keep a tab of all the lovely #EdNapier people who have signed up to Bluesky to help others who sign up to the platform.

If we've missed you off the list, please let us know!

#MustBeNapier | #ENUDifferenceMakers
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🐟 | An international team of researchers hope a new method of tracking animals that spend their entire lives underwater could help protect endangered species.

The method has been developed by Dr Edward Lavender of #EdNapier and @eawag.bsky.social.

Full story ➡️ orlo.uk/hXjDY

#MustBeNapier
The research team study a flapper skate. A person in a bobble hat watches a flapper skate swimming away in open water A flapper skate underwater.
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🪵 | A new exhibit at London’s world-famous Victoria and Albert Museum features pioneering #EdNapier research into the future of sustainable construction from UK-grown timber.

Learn more ➡️ orlo.uk/1R6tc

📸 - Thomas Adank.

#MustBeNapier
A wide-angle shot of the timber exhibition in the V&A museum A wide-angle shot of the timber exhibition in the V&A museum A wide-angle shot of the timber exhibition in the V&A museum A close-up shot of the timber exhibition in the V&A museum
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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🎄 | Our annual Schools Computer Science & Cyber Christmas Lecture is just around the corner – and it is time to sign up now!

Open to all Scottish high school pupils and teachers.

📅 Weds 17 Dec from 9:30am - 11:30am.

🔗 On campus ➡️ luma.com/vkyxn0df
🔗 Online ➡️ luma.com/xj84pm86

#MustBeNapier
A robot with a Santa hat on cracks a Christmas code on a chalkboard.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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✍🏻 | With exams and assessments coming up, it’s a good time to make sure you’re familiar with our ‘Fit to Sit’ process.

Fit to Sit means you are well enough to complete the exam or assessment to the best of your abilities.

Guidance ➡️ orlo.uk/FVQqo

#MustBeNapier
Fit To Sit - Explainer Video | Edinburgh Napier University
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November 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🤖 | Last week, we welcomed five teams of school pupils to our Merchiston campus for the Build a Different Future Competition ⤵️
Students at the Build a Different Future Competition. Students at the Build a Different Future Competition. Close up of the Build a Different Future Competition trophies. Students at the Build a Different Future Competition with robot in foreground.
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Today marks the start of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, and we're calling on our #EdNapier community to play a part in tackling harassment.

Find out more ➡️ orlo.uk/m2rbm

#16Days | #NoExcuse | #MustBeNapier
We're proud to support the UN's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Find out how you can get involved. Zero Tolerance on sexual harassment.
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Delighted to see @edinburghnapier.bsky.social graduate Lilith Allen win the @2000ad.bsky.social Writer Talent Search at this year's @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social in Harrogate! Another student from our Writing Graphic Fiction module forging a path with their scripts - congratulations, Lilith!
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Congratulations to Lilith Allen, the winner of this year's 2000 AD Writer Talent Search competition at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social! They'll get guaranteed paid work turning their "Creature Featurette" pitch into a Future Shock.
Four people in a line at a convention panel
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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💥 RESEARCH CENTRE SPOTLIGHT! 💥 Our Centre for Arts, Media & Culture (CAMC) at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social pier.bsky.social is a vibrant, multidisciplinary hub where ideas about #arts, #media & #culture come alive! 🎭🎶💡

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj9t...

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Edinburgh Napier's Centre for Art Media and Culture
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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🎄 | Get into the festive spirit with ENSA's annual tree lighting!

Join us in the campus foyers for the official #EdNapier Christmas tree lighting, plus:

☕ Hot chocolates
🎵 Festive music
⛄ DIY crafts

The event starts 4pm on Monday 24 November!

Full info ➡️ orlo.uk/HW1A6

#MustBeNapier
A student smiling, with an out of focus Christmas tree with lights in the foreground.
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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📢 | Tonight's the night - it's time for our Postgraduate Information Evening!

Stop by to learn how you can advance with a Masters at the #1 Modern Uni in Scotland (WUR 2025).

📅 Thursday 20 Nov
⏰ 4pm - 7pm
📍 Merchiston campus

Full details here ➡️ orlo.uk/e68iL

#MustBeNapier
Aerial view of Merchiston campus.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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🥧 | Enjoy a festive lunch on campus!

Our catering outlets will be offering special Christmas dinners on the following dates:

Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 November
Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 December

View the full menu and prices ➡️ orlo.uk/15hjC

#MustBeNapier
A close up of mince pies.
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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📬 | From Christmas lunches to ENSA's tree lighting, things are starting to feel festive on campus!

Read the latest student newsletter to find out what's coming up at #EdNapier ⤵️

🔗 - orlo.uk/dmbqI

#MustBeNapier
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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🥇 | ENSA Student President Evans Eghan, wins The Student Award at the Creative Edinburgh Awards!

This award celebrates students have founded or worked on an exciting project, or pushed the boundaries of their creative practice alongside their studies.

Read more ➡️ orlo.uk/GJ6On

#MustBeNapier
Mythical character illustration. Copy reads "The Student Award".
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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🇩🇪 | A group of dedicated volunteers from a small German village hope a remembrance exhibition held at Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) will help trace relatives of a Leith-born soldier who died in the Second World War.

Read more ➡️ orlo.uk/Y571E

#MustBeNapier
The Kutenholz Memorial Group standing beside memorial stones dedicated to those who lost their lives during the Second World War A visitor takes in the exhibition. A photograph of a soldier at the exhibition. An old tobacco tin featured in the exhibition
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Today, we come together to honour and reflect on the service and sacrifices of our Armed Forces and remember those affected by war.

We will remember them.

#LestWeForget | #ArmisticeDay
Close up of an artificial poppy.
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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📣 | Students and colleagues are warmly invited to Remembrance Day gatherings at Craiglockhart and Sighthill campuses tomorrow, Tues 11 November.

📍 Sighthill – LRC1
📍 Craiglockhart – Rivers Suite

Please gather by 10.50am before observing the silence at 11am.

Details ➡️ orlo.uk/gnBCP

#MustBeNapier
Poppies lie at a memorial within Edinburgh's Princes St Gardens.
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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🔴 | Once again our Craiglockhart campus is lit up red all this week in support of Poppyscotland's #LightUpRed2025 campaign and our armed forces community.

Find out more about the #ScottishPoppyAppeal ➡️ orlo.uk/O5aPt

#MustBeNapier | #BehindThemAlways
The Egg lecture theatre at Craiglockhart lit up red in support of Poppyscotland.
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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📣 New publication in the journal Animal Behaviour from our Adam Butler led by @edinburghnapier.bsky.social in collaboration with @ukceh.bsky.social.

📰 Read the summary here: www.bioss.ac.uk/case-studies...
📕 Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Seabirds more likely to ‘divorce’ in bad weather
Wild seabirds are more likely to split up in windy weather, according to a newly published study led by Edinburgh Napier University, in collaboration with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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🐦‍⬛ | Wild seabirds are more likely to split up in windy weather, according to a newly published study led by #EdNapier.

The paper reveals that environmental conditions before the breeding season appear to have an impact on mate faithfulness.

Full story ➡️ orlo.uk/Zfiqf

#MustBeNapier
A European Shag.
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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🎥 | Replay your graduation day!

The autumn #ENUGrads ceremonies are now available to watch back on YouTube.

Watch here ➡️ orlo.uk/cgBQ3

#MustBeNapier
Photographer on stage at Usher Hall with graduating students sat in the audience.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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💸 | There's still time to win one of 10 x £1,000 prizes specifically for #EdNapier students thanks to Santander UK's Brighter Future Grants!

Don’t miss out - enter by 27 November for your chance to win. T&Cs apply.

Enter here ➡️ orlo.uk/xuO6i

#SantanderBrighterFutures | #MustBeNapier
Think of how many textbooks - and lattes - you can by with £1,000! Features a woman eating food with chopsticks.
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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📬 | The student newsletter is out! Find out what's happening at #EdNapier:

🌳 Nature walks
🎬 Napier Student Film Festival
🍔 Win £500 in food vouchers
And much more...

Read here ➡️ https://orlo.uk/7Lbfc

#MustBeNapier
Copy reads "Fuel your studies with £500 in food vouchers from Santander Open Academy. Enter our prize draw for a chance to win. It starts here."
November 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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👩‍⚕️ | A new nurse hopes she can set an example for care experienced children after graduating from #EdNapier.

Laura McAuley collected her degree in Adult Nursing alongside fellow students from the School of Health and Social Care.

Read her story ➡️ orlo.uk/E6E8S

#CareExperiencedWeek | #ENUGrads
Laura McAuley with her degree outside the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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🤗 | Comedian Susan Morrison says she has been left speechless after being awarded an honorary doctorate by #EdNapier.

Read her story ➡️ orlo.uk/pNean

#MustBeNapier | #ENUGrads
Comedian Susan Morrison with her honorary doctorate from Edinburgh Napier at the Usher Hall.
October 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Great time documenting @edinburghnapier.bsky.social autumn graduation ceremonies at Usher Hall in #Edinburgh - such a treat to experience up-close the culmination of so many peoples' hard work 👏👏👏
A man in a suit takes a selfie on his mobile phone of a female Scottish bagpipe player outside a concert hall after a university graduation ceremony A smiling woman at a graduation ceremony wearing a beaded headdress of the Cordillera Mountain Range of the Philippine Islands A smiling man at his graduation ceremony crouches down behind a toddler who is holding the event's programme A smiling woman attending a graduation ceremony with long blue ribbons in their hair
October 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM