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The bookseller »

As with most successful entrepreneurs, Tim Waterstones career is an epic series of buying, developing and selling, and even famously buying the same business back again years later. Best known for founding Waterstone's Booksellers, Waterstone has most...

Fri 21 Mar 2008 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

Napier students to be biometrically identified »

Napier University Craiglockhart Campus

A programme is being rolled out at Napier University this semester which requires students to register coursework submission via fingerprint ID, the institution announced this week.Described by a spokesperson as "revolutionary," the system ha...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

The beacon of knowledge »

Right now, issues such as mobile phone masts, medical vaccines and the spread of infectious diseases are often cause for great deal of public concern. With so many researchers working in such a vast array of fields, the volume of information being publ...

Tue 20 Nov 2007 by Professor Mary Bownes | Read more »

Waterstone announced as Napier Chancellor »

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Napier University last week announced the appointment of Tim Waterstone, the founder of Waterstone's bookshop, to the position of University Chancellor in a ceremony at the Festival Theatre on Thursday 15 November.  Described as "an establi...

Tue 20 Nov 2007 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

Napier spearhead campaign to end discrimination of mature students »

Lothian Buses

Mature students face ongoing age discrimination on account of Lothian Buses' failure to provide the same fare concessions for mature students as they do for students under 25 years of age.A campaign headed by Napier Student Association (NSA) has gained...

Tue 20 Nov 2007 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

Napier students scammed by bogus landlords »

Edinburgh flats

Internet fraudsters swindled five Napier University international students out of hundreds of pounds by posing as landlords on a flat-finding website.The students used the Gumtree website to find accommodation in Edinburgh whilst still in their native...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

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