Switch off and support WWF’s Earth Hour. Saturday 27 March 2010 at 8.30pm. We want a billion people around the world to switch off their lights for one hour, WWF’s Earth Hour, to show they care about people and wildlife threatened by climate change...

NUS Scotland has launched its "Still in the Red" student support survey with the aim to get more money in your pocket. We want to fix the current funding system and you can help by filling out the survey. Not only can you make a real difference to students in Scotland but you could also win £100 in a prize draw!

Demand Extra Today...and save £££s during 2010. NUS Extra is the must have card for students packed to the very gills with money saving discounts, competitions and offers. All of our discounts have been specifically negotiated with the very best of high street and online brands and cannot be accessed by any other card...

Do you love home baking and fancy putting your skills to the test? BBC Two is looking for amateur bakers across the country to take part in a new prime time series, The Great British Bake Off. If you’re interested and would like to find out more, email baking@loveproductions.co.uk or call 020 7067 4855.

An update about what CRAG has been up to since the Constitutional Review was passed, with notes from the first couple of meetings. The aim of the group is to look at how NSA works/what it provides, how students can become involved, and whether NSA meets the needs of students now and in the coming years...

We all remember great teachers we had along the way. Those who were innovative and up to date with their subjects, good communicators, helpful when you needed extra support and even some who truly inspired us. A good PDT is also a great resource: someone to help guide you through options and course progression...

Are you a final year undergraduate? Do you want your opinions on your student experience to be heard? Take part in the National Student Survey. You get £3 printer credit for filling it in and entry into a prize draw for £50 of Amazon vouchers. The survey is open from 11th January til the end of April 2010.

NSA have called for a fairer system for student funding in the UK. Please sign our petition and check out our videos on Youtube with statements from Kasia Bylinska (NSA President), Jenny Rees (Edinburgh Napier Vice Principal), Claire Baker (Scottish Labour) and Kainde Manji (NUS Scotland).

Do you have children? Have you been receiving housing benefit or council tax benefit? The HB/CTB income rules now exclude Child Benefit from any calculation. This means you could be a wee bit better off. Council departments should be reviewing everyone’s entitlement as a matter of course from 2/11/09...

Do you receive full HB/CTB or is there a shortfall? Are you being threatened with legal action due to arrears of mortgage? Make an appointment to talk to ISAS advisers about whether to apply for a discretionary housing payment to help in these situations. The rules are tricky so get advice first - call 0131 229 8791.

Yesterday Edinburgh City Council followed in the steps of Aberdeen City Council to become the UK's 100th local council to sign up to reduce it's carbon emissions by 10% in 2010. Both the Conservative and Labour Parties have pledged that they will sign up UK Government to the 10:10 campaign if they win next year's UK General Election...

Napier Students' Association can announce that Tobias Holstein is the lucky winner of an 120gb iPod Classic after taking part in our 'NSA Space Questionnaire'. Thanks to everyone who took part.

Missed an assessment or exam? Problems preparing for assessment or exam because of special circumstances?
If so, and you want your circumstances to be taken into account in marking your assessment, you must submit an MC1 form to the Faculty Manager as soon as you can, ideally when your problems occur...

Join our debate on student support and HE funding on 11th December 4.30pm in Lindsay Stewart lecture theatre Craiglockhart Campus of Edinburgh Napier University. We also have a petition running calling for a fairer funding system - you can sign it here.

NSA are looking for students to get involved in working groups and forums to help us improve the student experience at Edinburgh Napier.
- Student Activities Working Group
- Student Disabilities Forum
- International Students Forum

NSA have lockers at Craiglockhart campus that are available for students to rent. Prices: Trimester 1 - £22, Trimester 2 - £22, Trimester 3 - £15, Full Year - £50, 2 Trimesters - £40. There is an additional £10 deposit on all these prices. For more info or to book a locker, please contact nsa@napier.ac.uk.

Now it’s getting nippy and autumnal some you will be getting the fires on to get warm. But are your gas appliances safe and are you sure they are not leaking the colourless, odourless and deadly carbon monoxide? CM is a killer and every year people resident in Scotland are killed by its effects.

If you’re coming to Napier in 2009 and trying to get somewhere to live from a website, be careful. A number of students have put down deposits with “landlords” advertising on websites, only to arrive in town to discover that the property has not been up for rent and the landlord – and their deposit – is nowhere to be found...