It is the stuff of Fringe myth, the Holy Grail: stumbling, unplanned, on your favourite show of the year. And it being free. For the more adventurous festival-goer, this myth could become reality if they get themselves down to Full Moon Cabaret before the end of its run. Full Moon Cabaret is an import from […]
If you have seen Stevie Martin all over Twitter then it means that the opening of her show is working: she immediately invites all her audience members to tweet about her show: “Saw @5tevieM #hotcontent, it was great. Buy a ticket!” This introduction is one of the weaker moments of what is otherwise an extremely […]
On Thursday 28 May the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion Scotland interrupted First Minister’s Questions demanding action in the face of the climate emergency. Activists dropped two banners from the gallery which read: ‘Citizens Assembly Now’ and ‘Zero Carbon 2025.’ At the same time, one activist asked ‘Will the First Minister establish a Citizen’s Assembly […]
On Friday 8th March, climate protestors gathered outside the National Museum of Scotland to protest the annual meeting of the Scottish Oil Club, coinciding with International Women’s Day. This was a pre-arranged protest, organised by the direct-action climate protest group Extinction Rebellion Scotland. Around three hundred protestors gathered outside the museum with signs and banners. […]
What has been your biggest achievement in your role as VP Education so far? This is a difficult one! On a personal level, I think it is very rare that a student is elected as a Sabbatical Officer from King’s Buildings, so it has been really good to utilise the platform to highlight some of […]
On Friday February 2, the University of Edinburgh’s new Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Mathieson began his tenure in the most hands-on way: braving a class of second year medical students. Mathieson, who graduated with a first-class honours degree in Medicine from the University of London and has a PHD from the University of Cambridge, […]
On October 27 2016, many students found out via the Edinburgh University Students’ Association’s Facebook that “every lecture, university wide,” would be recording in the academic year 2017-18. 15 months later, the new lecture capture system, Media Hopper Replay, is not being used on a university-wide basis. Many students are now questioning why, despite the […]