To add to the financial anxiety created by the housing crisis, the cost-of-living crisis continues to seep into the new academic year. Many students live on extremely tight budgets. Last year, studies ...

runway means recruiting a small number of people from under-represented groups in order to give the appearance of equality. It’s a good idea, but does it go far enough? “There’s different realities as ...

Katie Fraser is one of the most exciting Scottish female playwrights emerging onto the theatre scene in recent years. Having completed the MSc in Playwriting program at the University of Edinburgh ...

In 2021, the University of Edinburgh had a total income of £1.2bn. It was revealed in October that Peter Mathieson the University Principal is paid nearly £18,000 a year on top of his £324,000 salary ...

Foreign Secretary David Cameron has threatened to withdraw Scottish Foreign Office support after First Minister Humza Yousaf met with the Turkish president without UK officials present. Yousaf met ...

Michelle O’Neill became the first Sinn Féin First Minister of Northern Ireland (NI) on 3 February 2024. This comes after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) announced their willingness to return to ...

Speaking of the motivation behind starting Sunday Scaries, co-founder Evie Raphael said: “Winters in Edinburgh tend to drag, and they can be quite isolating when uni life usually centres around ...

We are used to reading headlines warning us that the mental health of children and young people is ‘at crisis point’. Rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm are soaring, leaving vulnerable young ...

The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) took Scottish ministers to court on November 2 to petition a review of The Cost of Living (Tenant Protections) (Scotland) Act 2022, on the grounds that it ...

to ignore your finances. Save the Student found in a recent 2023 survey that 14% of students don’t have any savings. It’s easy to focus on the chaos of student life and ignore the future, but thinking ...

Oppenheimer, on the other hand, is a biographical film about the struggle of a genius. It is the kind of film that the Academy likes to award. It is directed by Christopher Nolan, who is considered by ...

Following the devastation of the Iraq war, direct military intervention has become very unpopular, with more and more countries relying on the contributions of military aid to the perceived defendants ...