It’s seems that the old ‘commotion lotion’ has more of a lasting bite than your average red wine hangover. According to a BBC investigation carried out this month, Buckfast Tonic Wine was cited in 5,638 crime reports between 2006 and 2009 in the Scottish region of Strathclyde.

IN WAKE of the devastating earthquake in Haiti two weeks ago, several student groups at the University of Edinburgh have joined charitable organizations and governments around the world in raising funds to support the international relief effort.

THE UNIVERSITY of Edinburgh’s teaching education department, based at Moray House, is to face severe cuts next year as the Scottish Government continues their slashing of Higher Education budgets.
Moray House, which is a centre of excellence not only in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) but in education research, is the second biggest provider of teacher’s education in Scotland.

AN INTERNATIONAL study involving the University of Edinburgh has discovered new genes which could help develop new techniques in preventing late onset diabetes.

Graduate employment prospects have taken a positive turn as the number of vacancies is set to increase by 11.8 percent in 2010, following two years of sharp decline.