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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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❤️ | A mother and daughter have described graduating from #EdNapier as a dream come true.

Edwina Tijani and Kerry-Ann Beckett completed a BA Business Management and MSc Human Resource Management respectively, studying online from their home in the Caribbean.

Story ➡️ orlo.uk/3VSCS

#ENUGrads
Kerry-Ann and Edwina with their degrees outside the Usher Hall Kerry-Ann and Edwina with their degrees outside the Usher Hall
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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📸 | And our final ceremony of 2025 – our adult and mental health nurses from our wonderful School of Health and Social Care!

We’ll miss you all! ❤️

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Adult and mental health nurses from our wonderful School of Health and Social Care
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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📻 | Radio presenters Boogie and Arlene swapped the studio for the stage as they were awarded honorary doctorates by #EdNapier!

The pair, who have built up a devoted following as the hosts of Boogie in the Morning, have been recognised by the University.

Full story ➡️ orlo.uk/0n5u0

#ENUGrads
Boogie and Arlene with their honorary doctorates at the Usher Hall. Boogie and Arlene with their honorary doctorates at the Forth 1 studios in Edinburgh.
October 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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📷 | It’s the last day of #ENUGrads and it’s time for our School of Applied Sciences and School of Health and Social Care’s moment in the spotlight!

All the very best for the future – you’ll smash it! 💪

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School of Applied Sciences and School of Health and Social Care Class of 2025!
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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📸 | Our final Business School #ENUGrads of 2025 - all the very best for your future! We'll miss you!

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Stage shot of final Business School ceremony at the Usher Hall for 2025.
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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👩‍⚖️ | A trailblazing advocate has been honoured by #EdNapier for her remarkable law career with an honorary doctorate.

Inspired by courtroom dramas as a child, Angela Grahame KC is now one of Scotland’s foremost legal figures.

Read more ➡️ orlo.uk/eTNw8

#ENUGrads | #MustBeNapier
Angela Grahame KC photographed at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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❤️ | Loving life at #ENUGrads!

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Graduates pose for a photo outside the Usher Hall. A graduate poses for a photo outside the Usher Hall. A family poses for a photo outside the Usher Hall. All smiles for a selfie outside the Usher Hall.
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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📷 | Day two of our autumn #ENUGrads officially underway with our morning ceremony for our School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment and the Business School!

Congratulations to you all!

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Stage shot of our morning ceremony for our School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment and the Business School.
October 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🏸 | A new graduate says the Paris Olympics inspired her to embark on a game-changing career path – alongside a challenge of trying a new sport every week.

Lorna Husband has been picking up 52 different activities this year as part of her MA in Sports Journalism.

Read ➡️ orlo.uk/5yk3B

#ENUGrads
Lorna Husband holding a lot of sporting equipment
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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💫 | A leading design educator who has harnessed the power of creativity to inspire young people has been awarded an honorary doctorate by #EdNapier.

Learn more about Helena Good and Daydream Believers ➡️ orlo.uk/8I0pw

#ENUGrads | #MustBeNapier
Leading design educator Helena Good.
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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📸 | It’s #ENUGrads so you know what that means – BIG PHOTO TIME!

Our congratulations go to today’s School of Arts and Creative Industries and School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment graduates! Go forth and prosper!

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School of Arts and Creative Industries and School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment graduates from the stage at the Usher Hall.
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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🤗 | It's #CareExperiencedWeek!

Care Experienced Week is a celebration held at the end of October each year to honour, connect, and uplift the care experienced community.

#EdNapier is a proud partner and supporter of The Hub For Success.

Learn more ➡️ orlo.uk/4Tgxz

#MustBeNapier | #KeepThePromise
The Hub For Success Care Experienced Week graphic. The Hub For Success Care Experienced Week graphic explaining more about the week and what it stands for.
October 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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🦻 | An #EdNapier project to develop personalised, real-time audio calibration software has been backed by a Scottish Government funding programme.

Heliaural has been awarded funding by the Scottish Government’s inaugural Proof of Concept Fund.

Read ➡️ orlo.uk/ostuT

#MustBeNapier
An iphone with the Heliaural prototype software showing on its screen, and a pair of airpod headphones, on a wooden surface
October 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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🌿 | A new partnership between #EdNapier and Scottish American biotechnology company AlgiSys will aim to harness the environmental potential of algae to address global pressures on food supply.

Full story ➡️ orlo.uk/rtVDT

#MustBeNapier | #ENUDifferenceMakers
A close-up of hands working in a lab accompanied by the AlgiSys and Edinburgh Napier University logos.
October 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM