For students and young people voting in the Edinburgh area in the General Election, there are five Edinburgh constituencies: Edinburgh East, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh South West, and Edinburgh West. The Student has carried out numerous interviews with various candidates from parties across the constituencies. All the interviews can be found in […]
Any viewer would be forgiven, if watching ‘The End of the F***ing World’ for the first time, for being a bit perplexed. A show which unashamedly presents a young girl in a wedding dress, a boy holding his father’s ashes in an urn and a teenager who carries a gun permanently down the front of […]
On Tuesday morning, at around 6 am, a group of University of Edinburgh students occupied the David Hume Tower at George Square in support of striking staff at the university. The action came on the second day out of eight of the ongoing UCU strikes taking place at universities across the country. Social media representing […]
On Tuesday morning, at around 6 am, a group of University of Edinburgh students occupied the David Hume Tower at George Square in support of striking staff at the university. The action came on the second day out of eight of the ongoing UCU strikes taking place at universities across the country. Social media representing […]
After months of Brexit negotiation, the UK is set to head to the ballot box again this December for a general election. The prime minister, Boris Johnson, finally succeeded in his calls for an early general election last week with Brexit once again hitting a stalemate. The first election debate is set to take place on 19 November, between Johnson and Labour party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The […]
After months of Brexit negotiation, the UK is set to head to the ballot box again this December for a general election. The prime minister, Boris Johnson, finally succeeded in his calls for an early general election last week with Brexit once again hitting a stalemate. The first election debate is set to take place […]
Two Edinburgh students have been left shaken after being trapped in a French Metro station filled with tear gas on Saturday 12 October. The two girls in question had planned a sightseeing visit and took the Metro to Toulouse, where there was also a mass Yellow Vest demonstration taking place on Saturday. When both girls […]
Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish First Minister and Scottish National Party (SNP) leader, told the SNP conference that it is”our job to deliver independence” in her keynote speech on Tuesday. The annual SNP conference took place last week 13-15 October at the Event Complex in Aberdeen. The conference had 72 fringe events and keynote speeches including that […]