University of Edinburgh rector Ann Henderson has issued a response to The Student regarding her refusal to support the UK Labour party adopting the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. Henderson has been strongly criticised by Edinburgh Labour Students (ELS), as well as “disappointed” Edinburgh University Students’ Association President Eleri Connick, for her position on […]
University of Edinburgh rector Ann Henderson has refused to advocate for the UK Labour party to adopt the complete International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. Henderson declined to respond to the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) when asked for her “views on the IHRA definition on antisemitism”. The JLM, officially affiliated with the UK […]
Today UCU members have voted in record numbers to accept a proposal approved by UUK to resolve the pensions dispute . 63.5 per cent of UCU members turned out to vote with 64 per cent voting in favour and 36 per cent voting against the new proposal. According to the UCU website the new proposal […]
Candidate for Vice President Community Kelly Thompson on why she has refrained from producing a manifesto and how the university should adapt to a growing student population. Most candidates running for a sabbatical role have detailed manifestos, is there a reason that you do not? Does this imply that you are not a serious candidate? […]
VP Community candidate Georgie Harris on implementing the national living wage in the Students’ Assocation, her time as a student activist, and her plans to reform housing. In your manifesto you state that you will create a ‘flat-mate finder’ app and ‘rate-your-landlord’ website. Creating an app and a website is expensive and time consuming, and […]
Vice presidential candidate for Community Jo-Anna Hagen Schuller on curbing private accommodation, improving our guarantor scheme, and pet sharing. In your manifesto you state that you want University bus and bike connections to satellite campuses to be better improved. Through what ways can this be achieved? Ideally, there would be cheap, regular bus connections between […]
Vice presidential candidate Lizzie Rhoades on affordable housing, the importance of volunteering, and conflict-free investments. In your manifesto you state that you want to work with the university and the city council to ensure that drivers aren’t putting pedestrians’ and cyclists’ lives in danger. What practical approaches will you take to see this policy through? […]
In April 2017, University of Edinburgh student Tom Greenstein, one of ten candidates running to be elected as Edinburgh University Students’ Association President, signed a letter rejecting calls for Ken Livingstone to be expelled from the Labour party, and defending the comments Livingstone made about Hitler and Israel in an interview on BBC Radio London […]