Swap don’t shop: swapping clothes with the Sustainable Development Association
The Edinburgh University Sustainable Development Association (SDA) held a Clothes Swap on Saturday 26 January in Sofi’s Southside. Non-executive committee member and Sustainable Development student, Freya Meadows-Robinson told The Student…
Free sanitary products initiative lauded several months after implementation
The campaign to provide free sanitary products to students across Scotland will soon reach its fourth month of implementation. With the introduction of an additional product on November 12, 2018,…
University Curriculum to be LiberatEd: LiberatEd initiative launched to create a more inclusive curriculum
The LiberatEd initiative was officially launched last week, and has experienced wide spread support across campus since its inception. The initiative has been headed up by the four liberation groups…
Edinburgh’s LiberatEd shortlisted for Students’ Association Impact Award
LiberatEd, an Edinburgh University Students’ Association initiative run by black and minority ethnic (BME), disabled, LGBTQI and female students, has been shortlisted for a Students’ Association Impact Award. The award…
Healthcare clinic for the homeless to be replaced with controversial luxury hotel
A hotel firm has bought the Cowgate Community Clinic premises, a place for the homeless population of Edinburgh to access free healthcare, and plans to convert it into a 225-room…
University holds bike security event to help students protect their property
The ‘Lock It or Lose It’ bike safety campaign was launched on 8 November by University of Edinburgh Security staff, together with the Students’ Association and Police Scotland, in order…
Nearly 7,000 potential weapons seized from Scottish Parliament in the last two years
New figures have revealed that more than 6,800 potential weapons have been seized from visitors to the Scottish Parliament since 2014, according to The Edinburgh Evening News. The Edinburgh Evening…
Edinburgh Premier Inn sold to Israeli-owned hotel chain
A Premier Inn on Morrison Link in Edinburgh’s city centre has been sold to Leonardo Hotels, an Israeli-owned hotel chain. This is the second UK property sold to Leonardo Hotels,…