'Sustainable' new Napier campus nears completion

Construction is set to be completed by October, with students ready to move in by January next year.

Sustainability is a key feature of the building through minimising heat loss throughout the building and windows, using natural daylight to encourage economical use of artificial lighting and preventing overheating in the summer through the use of shading.

The campus will become home to the university's Faculty of Health, Life and Social Sciences, with about 4,500 students moving in.

Principal professor Dame Joan Stringer said: "Managing our resources and estates efficiently and effectively, especially in the current financial times, is one of our key priorities.

"For our students, the campus will provide cutting edge learning and teaching facilities which will help them to achieve the best they can during their time at Edinburgh Napier.

"In turn, this will help cement our reputation for developing highly employable graduates ready to hit the ground running."