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Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023 Shortlist Announced

The Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Bailey’s Prize) has announced its shortlist for 2023. The prize celebrates literary fiction published by female authors in the UK between the 1st of April to the 31st of March in any given year (though authors themselves do not have to be from the UK, nor […]

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Many Teviot staff not formally addressed by EUSA about building’s closure until Tuesday

Many staff at Teviot were not addressed by EUSA about the building’s impending closure until 2 May, a day after the University of Edinburgh informed the student body. The email to all students on 1 May blindsided some Teviot staff, who were left with questions about the state of their future employment. A portion of […]

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Exams today to continue despite MyEd outage

MyEd and several other university computer systems have been down since 5 this morning, impacting students in the busy exam period. According to the Information Services department at the university, today’s exams are not cancelled, and technical support teams are working to fix the issues. Students and staff have expressed frustration and worry about accessing […]

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Peter Mathieson says some Adult Human Female protesters will be investigated

Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, has stated that protesters at the second attempted screening of the film ‘Adult Human Female’ are to be investigated. The film, which many have described as transphobic, was set to be screened on 26 April in the Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre. The university cancelled the […]

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Turnitin now recognises text generated by ChatGPT, other AI software

Turnitin, a plagiarism detection service used by the University of Edinburgh, now has built-in tools to recognise content generated by ChatGPT and other generative AI software. In a press release issued by the company last month, they say that their new tools have a 98 per cent success rate at recognising content generated by AI. […]

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BREAKING: Teviot Row House to shut for over a year from October

Teviot Row House is set close for over a year from October for renovation works. Colm Harmon, Vice-Principal Students and Lucy Evans, Deputy Secretary Students told students in an email today that the building will close from October 2023 until spring 2025. The entirety of the building will be shut, with events expected to be […]

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Protests lead to second cancellation of ‘Adult Human Female’ screening

The second attempted screening of ‘Adult Human Female’ by Edinburgh Academics for Academic Freedom (EAFAF) was set to take place at 6pm on 26 April, but was cancelled after protesters occupied the Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre, barring anyone from entering. EAFAF originally attempted to screen the film in December but cancelled the event as protesters […]

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University of Edinburgh to host second attempt at screening Adult Human Female

On Wednesday 26 April, the University of Edinburgh will host a second attempt at screening the controversial film ‘Adult Human Female’. A number of both students and staff at the University of Edinburgh have called the film transphobic. The creators of the film claim it is “the first UK documentary feature to look at the […]