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An Amnesty International report has criticised UK Universities’ responses to pro-Palestine protests on campus, including the University of Edinburgh. The ‘Silencing Dissent’ report, published on 20 October, claimed that universities across the UK have “restricted students’ and academics’ speech and protest in solidarity with Palestinians.” It alleges that the universities...
Spending by the University of Edinburgh’s college offices — the management tier that sits above its schools — rose by a third in the year staff were told £140m had to be cut, The Student can reveal. The Student broke down £1.81b of departmental spending across the 2023/24 and 2024/25...
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Healey, has delivered the Autumn Budget...
As the fourth week of industrial action started, multiple departments across the...
Amid a recent cuts drive, BBC Scotland, the nation’s BBC television channel,...
Wednesday 21 October saw the fourth Student-Staff Solidarity Assembly. The event was...
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Imagine being twenty-five years into your career as an actor: you’re still booked and busy with five movie premieres in one single year. You are a respected artist and childhood icon to an entire generation. All while Emily Blunt and Dakota Johnson are both claiming the paternity of your unborn...
April 2026 saw the release of Antoine Fuqua’s Michael, a biopic about Michael Jackson. Following in a long line of biopics currently dominating cinema, it stars Jaafar Jackson, Michael’s nephew, as the late Pop giant. However, a spectre haunts discussions of the film. In 2019, the documentary Leaving Neverland (2019)...
The trailer for Brand New Day (2026), the fourth Spider-Man movie in the MCU, was released last week, promising the most poignant movie in the quartet. Following the end of No Way Home (2021), Peter Parker is all alone as he tackles not only a new mysterious enemy but also...
Opinion
For many of us, the only thing worse than checking the bank account after a night out is checking our outstanding debt on the Student Finance website. I just did it. I can’t say I relished the experience. The Government’s decision to raise tuition fees in line with inflation every...
The Green Party’s “Zionism is Racism” motion has caused an absolute firestorm both in Westminster and in the press. For a non-binding resolution from a minor insurgent political party, it is astounding how many people, both within and without the UK have been queuing up to issue their condemnations. It...
Arriving into a degree program where women are a small minority can be a daunting experience. It goes beyond the widely acknowledged, and frankly over-discussed imposter syndrome. Women were only formally admitted into the University of Edinburgh in 1892 and while that may seem like long time ago, it’s important...
Lifestyle
I write this article from a trendy cafe in Newington, surrounded by open brick walls, minimalist furniture, and a perfume-sampling table as I contemplate whether the cool-girl aesthetics of the cafe justifies the £10 it cost me for a coffee and cake. As usual, the camera ate first, because who...
A friend of mine works at the only solace I have in fourth year: the pub. I may sound dramatic, but with constant questions asking what the future holds, and a 10 000 word dissertation on some niche topic that I definitely haven’t read enough about, a crisp G&T seems...
In total honesty, I am a very lazy person. Assignments are left to the last minute, catching up on lectures is always an afterthought, and doing compulsory readings never enters my mind. Strangely, however, a friend next to me suddenly fuels my urge to complete my to-do list like someone...
Science & Environment
We have always believed orangutans to be a solitary species, the most solitary of all the great apes (disclaimer: not monkeys as the headline suggests), with mothers typically raising their offspring for seven to ten years alone. However new research has found that this might not actually be the case...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a painful chronic condition causes by inflammation inside the digestive tract. Currently, diagnosis is made after the onset of symptoms, using invasive tests and treatment involves various drugs that require constant review and alteration. The unremitting, flaring nature of the disease and frequent doctor’s appointments...
Air pollution is a silent killer. In 2021 alone, it killed 8.1 million, becoming the second leading risk factor for death globally, causing illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer. The UK has relatively good air quality compared to other countries, but in 2026, the annual concentration of...
Sport
Last Sunday in Anfield, Manchester City players emerged onto the pitch, only to be met with boos and chants of disapproval. Having been their first game back since the guilty verdict was announced, City games seem to have a hollow feeling to them. With no clear punishment or consequences being...
The Singapore Grand Prix closed with a podium for Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and a sixth-place finish for seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton. On paper, these are reasonable results. However, during the race, Hamilton overrode pit wall strategy, costing Ferrari a double podium alongside Leclerc. Hamilton apologised after the race, but...
Sunday’s defeat against Manchester City left Arsenal in 10th place in the Women’s Super League, 10 points off the top and with only one win from their opening five games. It is Arsenal’s worst start to a league campaign since 2014, and the Gunners have not won a WSL title...
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