Benefits sanctions to blame for UK food poverty crisis
In 2013, Trussell Trust food banks gave 913,138 people a three-day emergency food parcel in the UK. This number is increasing every day. Only five years ago, Trussell Trust had…
Sierra Leone’s uphill battle with Ebola
When I returned to the UK this April after spending twelve weeks in Sierra Leone, my overall impression was that the country was making firm progress. Since 2001, the country…
Navigating the fork in your career path
Did I pick the right degree subject? Will I be able to get a job when I’m done? What if I had studied something else? These are questions that most…
The closet, three decades on
The Student has recently begun to digitise old editions of the newspaper in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Research Collections. This provides a fascinating look at student…
Throwback Tuesday
In October 1984, as Freshers’ Week was in full swing and Edinburgh’s newest crop of students were beginning to acclimatise themselves to their new homes, a piece of graffiti was…
Thumbs down for Edinburgh student satisfaction
If The University of Edinburgh can proudly display “one of the world’s top 20 universities” on its website homepage, why is it that it places consistently low in student satisfaction…
Sexism on campus
When embarking upon university in the 21st century, one of the last problems one expects to encounter is the pervasive presence of sexism. Yet, with recent research by the Nation…
Dwindling interest in EUSA politics
On Thursday October 7, the results of the Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) by-election were announced. Voter turnout was just under nine hundred, out of a student body of almost…