Non-European students to be charged £150 for access to NHS
Students from outside the European Economic Area (the EU and some associated European states) are to be charged £150 a year to gain access to the NHS across the UK.…
Embrace the plastic-bag-free life, Edinburgh
Look after your pennies, let the planet look after itself
Rise in student numbers leads to lower marking standard
Preliminary results of the Times Higher Education (THE) Workplace Survey 2015 suggest that university lecturers and professors think the quality of education is in delicate, as universities across Britain accept…
Exploring the new gender gap
For girls, it is a success story. Throughout the 20th century men dominated education. Few women were given equal attention in school, and even fewer made it to university. For…
DEBATE: Does sport have a duty to battle the gender gap in prize money?
Isabelle Boulert: Yes, the disparity in prize money itself perpetuates the notion of male supremacy. The idea that women are paid less prize money than men in a majority of…
Appropriation doesn’t make a good costume
At Halloween, there will inevitably be one person who decides to be ‘edgy’ and come dressed as the twin towers, Jimmy Saville, Robin Williams, or something otherwise brazenly crass and…
Immigration policy needs to be devolved
The SNP recently announced it wants powers regarding immigration devolved to Scotland, to enable re-introducing the post-study work visa. It is an exciting development for many international students, and contrasts…
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap
Originally opening in London in 1952, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the longest running show of any kind in the history of British theatre and, as such, has a lot…