Welcome to the School of Arts & Creative Industries
The School of Arts & Creative Industries attracts students of the highest calibre from the UK and abroad.
We offer a wide variety of degrees which will equip you with the skills and knowledge to realise this ambition. Our modern media facilities complement our strong links with industry, and these combine with innovative teaching methods to produce award winning graduates. The School of Arts & Creative Industries is one of the premier centres for creative arts education in Scotland. Our reputation in these fields spans over three decades with a philosophy of providing a rigorous professional training, set within creative practice and informed by critical theory and research.
Find out more about our courses.
EVENTS
New Designers 8 - 11 July 2010
Edinburgh Design Students will be at New Designers, London Business Design Centre www.newdesigners.com
Jazz Summer School 2 - 5 August 2010
Venue: Ian Tomlin Academy of Music, Craighouse Campus, Edinburgh Napier University
Price: £320/£250 concessions. For more information contact Haftor Medboe on 0131 455 6038 or email h.medboe@napier.ac.uk
A week long hands-on course covering theoretical and practical approaches to improvisation and performance. Designed to develop jazz playing skills for musicians of all ages and abilities, the course includes
instrumental and ensemble coaching from Scotland’s finest professional jazz musicians and educators under the directorship of Edinburgh Napier University’s Jazz Musician in Residence Haftor Medbøe.
Hosted at the University’s superbly equipped Music School the course takes place in the idyllic Craighouse Campus, and offers opportunities to hear concerts at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival in the evening http://www.edinburghjazzfestival.com/
School of Arts & Creative Industries at Edinburgh International Book Festival
James Robertson, Writer-in-Residence, Creative Writing MA, will be at the Edinburgh International Book Festival at 5pm on Saturday 14 August, to launch his new novel `And the Land Lay Still.' The event is chaired by James Naughtie.
Unbound 26 August 2010
A free evening of stories, music and literary entertainment at the Spiegel tent, 9 - 11pm.
Writing Into the Future 30 August 2010
The best from Scotland's Creative Writing courses. Some of the most talented students have been selected to discuss their writing at the Spiegel tent, 7.30pm. www.edbookfest.co.uk
Degree Show 13 - 23 May 2010
See images from this year's Degree Show : www.edinburghnapierdegreeshow.com