The typical hustle and bustle of the university was replaced by a strange stillness today. Some students can still be seen making their way across campus, but George Square appears more desolate than normal. Although this might sound unusual midway through the semester – a time when students are rushing from one lecture to another […]
In the context of the recent UCU strikes, debates over the fairness of tuition fees have become an increased issue of concern for students. Should students receive refunds for the tuition lost during strike periods? Are tuition fee rates fair at all in the first place? What about the disparity between fees paid by UK, […]
In the southern suburbs of Edinburgh, a 40 minute walk from main campus, the Kings buildings sit proudly, an oasis of scientific knowledge and objective truth that’s set far apart from the humanities and arts. But its not just in focus and geographical location that the STEM subjects at Edinburgh are distinct from the humanities. […]
In the coming weeks and months, University lecturers up and down the country are striking. Once again, students will be the ones that suffer. Over the past year, emails from the Colm Harmon have generally been portents of bad news for students at Edinburgh. Last week’s was no different: a summary of the dates of […]
One of my English Literature role models is a Cambridge academic named Dr Jason Scott-Warren. I have met him twice (once by fluke coincidence when we happened to be interrailing simultaneously in Madrid), and he is phenomenal. He is known in the headlines for his Extinction Rebellion activism. On May 1 2021, he sat in the […]
Workers across various sectors in Scotland are set to take strike action in February, continuing the recent UK strike wave. Here are the groups of workers taking strike action in the following months. Universities The University and College Union’s (UCU) 18 days of strikes in February and March continue. Seven Scottish universities are striking over […]
My typically lecture-jammed week has become a wasteland. All of my English Literature lectures and tutorials are cancelled in support of the UCU industrial action, which is demanding improved pensions, stable job security, manageable workloads, and the closing of pay gaps. With a 25 per cent fall in higher education salaries against inflation since 2009, […]
One of the reasons I chose to write on the strikes this week is that I had a bunch of free time. I wouldn’t think, as a third-year student, that this would be my position, but due to the 18 days of industrial action – here I am. This is perhaps one of the first […]