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Napier is a really welcoming and friendly university, with excellent teaching staff. The Sighthill campus is well looked after by non-academic staff and is well equipped with the gym and transport so close by. It could be improved by more student participation in events and socials, because there are lots of interesting things to participate in!
Half of my classes this first trimester have been cancelled or online Very close to the city centre Student accommodation very helpful in assisting whatever you need help with
amazing library and food facilities
18-24 years
Lovely modern campus with great facilities often a limited choice in the canteen. And campus is advertised to provide free sanitary products in bathrooms but doesn’t.
18-24 years
Approachable lecturers Engaging course content Great student support departments
Lecturers are all great. I have always enjoyed learning from them. Worst thing for me is the Merchiston campus look and feel. Generally it feels very old and outdated. Facilities are good though. Although I don't like the feel of the big computing suite, it can also be quite noisy sometimes.
18-24 years
First gen student
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18-24 years
Good location, working facilities, helpful staff
Student Support should be more focus on disability students, as I was left out without any support.
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The uni internet connection is unreliable and I personally do not find the campus aesthetically pleasing, location is convenient.
For clarity, I have had no significant interaction with the students’ union and so rated it 3/5 in order to be neutral. The facilities of the uni are completely fine, I’ve had no major problems with any of them. Although several screens in the Jack Kilby Computing Centre (primarily the booths) have been marked as unavailable for the entire time I’ve been here. The location of the campus isn’t massively convenient for me only because I live in Falkirk and have to travel into Edinburgh to reach it, but it is easy to reach from the train station. I also haven’t needed much support from the staff while I’ve been here, but I do appreciate how much the emphasise its availability. It makes it very clear that if I have any sort of issue, there’s a relevant kind of support I can receive from the university.
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Well equipped and a variety of zones that are offered depending on studying requirements. This year felt like the university didn’t help at all with help in finding accommodation
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4.2
18-24 years
First gen student
I would like to correct myself in the previous answer as I am a student of Top Up Business Management with Hospitality which is taken online -this option wasn't there. However, I really like the flexibility of my programme and it's fairly straightforward structure. However in regards to that I can imagine improvement when it comes to the delivery of the core modules where many students are involved and therefore personal or individual approach is lost together with practical approach towards usage of the taught frameworks etc. With that said I went to the campus couple of days ago and I really think of the business campus to be quite beautiful and sheek, I honestly hope to come back soon so I can study in such an environment not just from the comfort of my home or such. And this is a detail but available and free menstrual products for students came as a rather positive surprise. However, what I find as absolutely important is my teachers and how nice and down to earth they were when meeting them in person. I could really see that they care about their subject and students and thrive to become better. I was honestly blown away that they decided to spend some individual time with me when I came for a visit.
The way our course is taught (online) definitely has its pros and cons. For instance, as I mentioned previously I really enjoy the flexibility. The 2 modules I have taken so far are quite interesting and the materials that we have received manage to communicate efficiently all that is important, skipping over aspects which wouldn't give us value in the professional field. Now, I do have to say that as with everything school wise the teacher makes a world of a difference. The 2 teachers that have guided us thus far are quite contrasting. 1 teacher takes his job responsibly, prepares slides, tries to make the lessons interactive, points outbin the materials which pages from mandatory reading bring the most important content. Our second teacher is quite contrasting, always struggling with technical difficulties, often does not come to the class with a prepared content, finishes classes way ahead of time, a big portion of our live academic sessions he wouldn't turn on his camera, likewise powerpoint not present, interactive elements of the class - absent. I believe however that the remainder of my courses should not have such problems anymore, the in person contact with the teachers convinced me about that.
I fell in love with Edinburgh's culture, historical buildings, sightseeing in general, Scotland has a truly stunning nature as well. Living in Denmark I found out that people tend to be cold, but in Edinburgh as well as t the Uni specifically people were opened, reached out by themselves...The only big downside for me not going there for studies is truth to be told Brexit and the impracticalities that come with it such as handling of tuition fees, visa etc..