ASEF in conjunction with World Access to Higher Education Day
In order to raise global awareness around inequalities in access and success in higher education, the World Access to Higher Education Day aims to catalyse international, regional and local action.…
Jonathan Boston shares cross-cultural insights on sustainability between New Zealand and the UK
Jonathan Boston is a New Zealand academic, professor of policy studies at Victoria University of Wellington, School of Government. His recent research has focussed on the challenge of governing for…
The Edinburgh Climate Strike: the largest climate protest yet sweeps the city
On Friday, 20 September, an estimated 20,000 people gathered in Middle Meadow Walk to join the protest leading up to the parliament, as part of the global strike to demand…
Finding solace in nostalgia when making cross continental journies
I attempt at adjusting myself to a comfortable position in my constricted economy class seat. As I somehow manage to make enough room for my legs and rucksack, I realise…
The Student in conversation with Rianna Walcott
Rianna Walcott is an alumnus of the University of Edinburgh currently pursuing her PhD at King’s College London on the formation of black identity within digital spaces. She is an…
How does environment impact our mental health?
A scroll through any newsfeed, the quotidian conversations we have with the people around us, a project we have lined up, a skim through mainstream media make us realise how…
The Student’s outreach officer on intersectionality
The Indian Festival of Lights, Diwali, recently celebrated across the world, symbolises the spirit of ‘knowledge over ignorance’. In the burning age of Tumblr and bumper stickers, this symbolisation may…
Interview: living with HIV, the dangers of stigma, and the mission to eradicate HIV/AIDS by 2030
The Student speaks to HIV/AIDS activists Kennedy Mwendwa, Michael Nugent, Sarah Mary (name changed to protect identity) and James Cole. Youth Stops AIDS is a youth-led movement campaigning to end…