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Non-Freshers 2016: Top Tips for those coming back

It is Welcome Week once more. You’ve been there, done that. You had your time as a newcomer, been out seven nights in a week and spent all your money…

Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show in review: fresh from the factory

This year, the Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show promised to be different. And it certainly was. Opening its doors at 18:30, guests were invited to go to the Upper Level Concept…

One day at a time: how to succeed in your long-distance love

Whether you have been together for five years or for five months, going separate ways is undeniably hard. You probably thought about it for a long time, and, after talking…

What’s On: Equalise Week 2016

The Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre has supported thousands of survivors of sexual violence since it opened its doors in 1978 to victims in Edinburgh and the Lothians. This centre provides…

How to beat exam stress this December

The exam season has finally arrived, and thousands of students at the University of Edinburgh are drowning in caffeine shots to cope with lecture notes and readings they feel they…

‘Buy nothing’ Friday: This year’s alternative to the Black Friday frenzy

Black Friday, the phenomenon that the UK imported from the United States, plans to take over Edinburgh on Friday 27th November. Hundreds of shops throughout the city will offer discounted…

Get fit in 12 weeks: Kayla Itsines’ fitness guide

If you enter the University of Edinburgh Centre for Sport and Exercise and make your way to the back, past the cardio and Eric Liddell gyms, you will find a…

Let’s all look up from our phones. But first, let me take a selfie.

While I was travelling by train last week, I looked around me and for the first time I noticed how everyone was on their phones. I didn’t have mine, and…