Nursing at Edinburgh Napier University

Hey, iv got into child health nursing at edinburgh Napier but I didn't think I would :L so I haven't looked into accommodation or anything and I'm from Northern Ireland, anyone help me on where to look? Do all the students studying nursing stay in a different place from everyone else?

Congrats! I'll be staying in iQ accommodation, it's independent of the uni but student accommodation. all your bills are included in the rent. I think there is another type called unite accommodation & you could always get in touch with Napier about staying in Halls, I think I've seen that most nurses get grouped into one campus, not sure of it's name though! x

Okay thank you yeah I'm gonna have to contact them asap cause iv left it so late lol are you doing child nursing? x

It should still be fine because they will probably reserve rooms for late comers. Yeah, I hope so! I've got an interview in a week and if it all goes well I'll be on the course! x

Hey, iv got into child health nursing at edinburgh Napier but I didn't think I would :L so I haven't looked into accommodation or anything and I'm from Northern Ireland, anyone help me on where to look? Do all the students studying nursing stay in a different place from everyone else?

I don't think there is specific accommodation for nursing students but I could be wrong! Good luck, hope you manage to get somewhere!


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Okay thanks do all nursing students have to apply for a 50 week tenancy? Just Im applying online for accommodation and Im not sure if that's the normal thing to do lol x

Yeah I'm sure nursing students automatically get given a 50 week tenancy!


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Hi, Nursing students need a 51 week tenancy if you have applied for Napier's student accommodation the nursing flats are West Bryson Road (mainly nursing students and students over 22) and Morrison Circus (again mainly nursing students and postgraduates!) These are the main flats giving to nursing students as they have 51 week tenancy available the others only have 38 tenancies (which is up to the end of may whereas the 51 week is up until August!)

Do you know the term dates? Do we go from September to Christmas and then January to August?

Sort of like that, we don't get any holidays between September and Christmas that's semester 1 then January I think till either April/May is Semester 2 then from May till August is semester 3 (that's to the best of my knowledge). Here is more of a insight: http://staff.napier.ac.uk/services/sas/systems/Documents/2013.4.pdf We get the first two weeks in December for Assement according to the academic calendar above, then 2 weeks holiday at Christmas 2 weeks for the Easter Hols but during my interview in March George Petrie (Head of Nursing) said we might not get the Easter Hols the same time as other students who aren't doing midwifery/nursing it just depends when they give us the hols. Then summer we get up to 3 weeks I think probably end of July start of August. We will probably get confirmed dates during our induction week. What nursing course are you doing???

Thank you! That helps so much and I'm doing child health x

Glad I could help. Are you staying in halls?? I was put on the waiting list since I have a EH postcode (even though I live in dunbar and it is a 70 mile round trip from here! ) so hopefully I will hear tomorrow if I am getting halls...

I should know this week whether I got a place! however.. George signed one of his emails "you were successful today, well done" and a lady who checked my birth certificate told me I'd find out fairly soon but she expects to see me in September I won't believe it until I get something official! :P x

Awww well done you! I am glad your interview went well! What picture did you get for the group interview (coz I am nosy lol) When I got my conditional offer through from napier I couldn't quite believe it until Ucas had updated it...it was a bit surreal and I couldn't quite believe it xx

Thanks I got a young boy who was getting an injection, I said about how the nurse was holding his arm gently & he was being protected against potentially deadly diseases etc. I felt like I got such a good one compared to some of the ones the others got! What did you get?
I'm literally sitting watching my inbox like a hawk clicking 'refresh' every other minute! x

P.S. Did you hear anything more about Halls? I can't believe that people with an EH postcode are excluded, seventy miles is ridiculous!

Oh that sounds like a good picture I got the pic with the little girl in a bed and has a flannel put on her forehead. When I had my interview we were told up to two weeks to find out and I was told exactly two weeks since my interview....that day I was so stressed it was unreal me and my mum went up to Edinburgh to try and take my mind of it and went to the waterstones on Princes Street and I went downstairs and decided to check my email on my ipod and I nearly fainted with excitement that I had a conditional offer eeeeep XD but yea I was checking my email like every chance I got And regarding Halls- Yea I heard on Friday ugh it's so annoying because was basically told by email that "all the places for halls are full" (total lies lol) but I will be still on the waiting list up to the 1st October as there might be cancellations. My dad wrote a reply trying to explain that I am a nursing student from Dunbar and basically I need halls as it is a 70 mile journey but the guy hasn't replied yet. It's total ridiculous...xx