HISTORICAL FACTS: Napier org - Caught on Camera

UK’s first military barracks housing asylum seekers closes after six years

Napier barracks in Folkestone faced multiple problems, from far-right protests to damning ruling over safeguarding issues

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025

Scottish university announces up to 70 jobs set to be axed in bid to save money

STAFF at Edinburgh Napier University have been warned that due to cost-cutting measures up to 70 jobs could be axed ...

The National (Scotland) · Aug 30, 2025

Home Office axes asylum hotel contract and hands it to Bibby Stockholm firm

Stay Belvedere Hotels, which manages 51 hotels and Napier barracks, is removed amid performance concerns

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2025

Napier University offers students a pint and a PhD

Edinburgh institution celebrates its biggest graduation ever with the launch of its own pub

Insider UK · Jul 6, 2023

Alison McCleery obituary

Other lives: Professor of economic and cultural geography at Edinburgh Napier University

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2023

Taking back control of the data silos holding your business back

Organisations make key business decisions on the basis of what they know, and what they know is derived from analysing their data. To enable the best decisions, data has to be accurate and reliable. But there are still organisations out there with data silos, which by their very nature can…

IT Pro · Mar 17, 2023

Edinburgh midwife speaks for first time after getting busted for creating fake degree

Mary Clarke, 59, didn't even need the additional Midwifery qualification to apply for the role at King Fahad Military Medical Complex in the Middle East.

Edinburgh Live · Nov 23, 2022

Fake masters degree midwife forged signature of dead uni worker for high profile Saudi job

Mary Clarke sent off the the Masters of Midwifery qualification for a role in the Middle East.

Daily Record · Nov 23, 2022

Mum graduates in Edinburgh despite autism diagnosis and 'not being smart enough'

Nikki McLeod is set to graduate at Napier's annual ceremony on Thursday, July 7, at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, having proved those who doubted her wrong and has also given advice for anyone else who may be in a similar situation

Edinburgh Live · Jul 7, 2022

Hero Edinburgh NHS couple balancing parenthood with working on the Covid frontline

Originally from Gambia, the couple had been working as NHS nurses during pandemic, with both Samba and Awa balancing intense shifts with caring for their three children.

Edinburgh Live · Jul 6, 2022