SNP’s Tommy Sheppard, the current MP for Edinburgh East, spoke to The Student about the upcoming general election and the various issues at play. The SNP official party website states that ‘Scotland’s future is on the line’,...
Kate Nevens, Green candidate for Edinburgh South, spoke to The Student about how herself and other Green candidates are speaking to as many people as possible about the climate emergency so that people can use their votes for the Greens to demand...
The University of Edinburgh campuses have been swarming with activist energy over this past week, as discontented teaching staff have taken to the picket lines and gone on strike following the University and Colleges Union’s (UCU) decision to take...
The University of Edinburgh Scholarship, which awards up to £8,500 of financial support to UK students from low-income backgrounds, will no longer be available to students entering the University in 2020. This comes only four years after the...
At around 7pm on the 27th of November, a video interviewing first year students residing in Pollock halls titled: ‘A Fresher’s guide to Pollock’ was released onto Facebook. It has since gone viral, gaining almost 100,000 views. The video,...
The Student speaks to Christine Jardine, the Liberal Democrats’ candidate for Edinburgh West, about why she is standing for election. When, and how, did you first get involved with the Liberal Democrats? Christine: I was always a Liberal when I...
Scottish Labour has pledged to introduce an increased study income for students in Scotland. The pledge is based on Labour’s plans for a £10 per hour Real Living Wage and will award students for 25 hours of study time each week. This will result...