Merchiston campus has a great location in the city and the courses have good facilities to cater to students. But staff have been poor in communicating changes to the course and organising deadlines between year groups and modules to ensure facilities aren’t too in-demand all at once – sometimes it feels like a pot luck as to whether you actually get to use the facilities offered which can be very stressful.

Napier has a fine balance of theory and practical filmmaking with state of the art equipment. Unlike other schools, we are the only Master’s students that shoot at least films per Semester. Tutors are very invested in seeing us grow and most importantly they invite industry professionals to work with us.

I was initially attracted to study at Edinburgh Napier as they were one of the only Scottish universities which delved into the world of documentary filmmaking. As a high practicality course, throughout my first year I have had many opportunities to get my hands on a camera or be sat down learning about the editing software. The University provides great support in giving you as many chances to be on a film set as possible.
Theory side of the course is still very interesting, with the use of office hours where one to one tuition is available – my writing skills have improved immensely in such a short space of time.

The course reflects what the TV industry is currently as most of the lectures still work in the industry. Beneficial to have talks from TV programme makers from current shows. The course has been heavily impacted by covid restrictions so don’t get the same team-building need to work as a crew. Filming during Cop26 has been a nightmare which the uni won’t change the deadline for but add an extension the day before. Overall the campus is great with a huge TV studio with an industry-standard kit. Lecturers give regular feedback.