Students’ Association Election Candidates 2017
The contest for presidency looks to be shaping up into a three-person race between third-year Politics student Patrick Kilduff, fourth-year Anthropology and Archaeology student Beth Harris, and third-year Philosophy student…
In Their Own Words: The epidemic of casualised contracts, underpaid work and maltreatment of postgraduate tutors at the University of Edinburgh
In the past weeks a number of University of Edinburgh postgraduate tutors have come forward with complaints of chronic maltreatment on the part of the University, The Student can exclusively…
“We have a world, a future, to win!” Students across the UK march for lower fees and better rights
A national demonstration organised by the NUS and UCU took place in London on Saturday, 19 November.
The Student interviews MP Stuart McDonald on supporting international students in a post-Brexit world
Stuart McDonald is MP for the Scottish constituencies of Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, and Kirkintilloch East; the Scottish National Party Spokesperson on Immigration, Asylum and Border Control; and serves on the Home…
Scholarship for postgraduate philosophy students advertises preference for male applicants
A University of Edinburgh postgraduate scholarship has been advertised as showing preference to male applicants. The award, known as the ‘J. Warren Macalpine Scholarship’, provided a description on the University…
Controversial definition of ‘antisemitism’ debated in Student Council Meeting
A motion proposing that the Students’ Association publicly condemn antisemitism was debated in Student Council on the night of Thursday 27 October. The contention surrounding this motion mainly focused on…
University security staff equipped with body cameras to identify student protestors
Editors Note: An update has been added to the end of this article to reflect the most current responses of University adminstration and People and Planet, following the original publication…
Student Housing Co-operative vandalised and attacked with firecrackers by Edinburgh youths
Between the nights of 19 and 21 October, the Edinburgh Student Housing Co-operative (ESHC) was vandalised with racist and sexist graffiti and attacked with projectile fire crackers, according to inside…