Fiona Grew is a 4th year Philosophy & Theology student and Editor-in-Chief at The Student.
Content warning: Sexual assault, violence, harassment, misogyny. Sexual assault is rife on campus – and we are failing to discuss it. As a student I have watched the short, middle and long-term ramifications of sexual assault unfold, sending shock waves through a person’s life, in the full knowledge that I cannot understand and that any […]
As dissertation deadlines begin to loom over fourth years this week, Augusta helps six lucky students with their most pressing problems: Help! I handed in my dissertation a week early and now none of my friends want to speak to me. They keep telling me that I just don’t understand what they’re going through, but […]
Let us all agree on one thing: the rollout for the EUSA democracy referendum was a disaster. It was sparsely advertised. It was denied any credible chance for debate. Its obscurity starved the public of reasonable consideration and precluded an effective No campaign. Some have attacked it for mashing too many disparate provisions into one […]
Editor’s note: Update: 14:21: This article has been updated to include a statement from Theo Robertson-Bonds. Four candidates for Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) sabbatical positions may be in breach of campaign regulations after reportedly soliciting endorsements from an external society before the beginning of the campaigning period, The Student has learned. Theo Robertson-Bonds, candidate for […]
Let us all agree on one thing: the rollout for the EUSA democracy referendum was a disaster. It was sparsely advertised. It was denied any credible chance for debate. Its obscurity starved the public of reasonable consideration and precluded an effective No campaign. Some have attacked it for mashing too many disparate provisions into one […]
After a meeting in which she was consistently ignored by (male) client representatives, a close friend and colleague of mine was told by a senior, female colleague: “Don’t worry, they’re just doing a bit of willy-waving, once you start to look older you’ll learn to just wave your willy right back.” I assumed that this […]
Whilst government funding and budgetary decisions rightly face criticism every day, creative and cultural grants do not often top the complaints list for many but those involved in such industries. Enter Ellie Harrison with her 2016 Glasgow Effect project. With almost two thirds of the year-long project funded by Creative Scotland, the public response has […]
Image courtesy of ING Nederland/Flickr. Adapting from novels and films has long been a part of the theatrical tradition but there is arguably a need to discuss whether or not we have become too reliant on them. Looking at how adaptations are faring at the awards, we can make broad strokes about their dominance on […]