On 12 March the results of the Students’ Association elections were announced. Although usually taking place in the Teviot Debating Hall, this year the results ceremony was held on Microsoft Teams due to coronavirus restrictions. Among the plethora of positions up for election were the five Liberation Officer roles, which represent marginalised communities on campus, […]
CW: discussion of racism A year of turbulence for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) students has brought renewed importance to the role of BME Liberation Officer. The position is more pertinent now than it ever has been. After a series of racist attacks on Edinburgh students earlier this year, both on campus and online, a […]
The Student conversed with Ayanda Ngobeni, this years’ elected Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Officer for the University of Edinburgh. She was asked about her role, her background, and campaign. Tell me a little bit about yourself. I would describe myself as a “go-getter” who’s deeply passionate about three things: Existing as a woman while being Black, […]
Content warning: Discussion of eating disorders and strong language. For Friday, March 15, WellComm at King’s and Sexpression Edinburgh have teamed up to host a panel they called Eat, Fuck, Love. The event is a safe space to talk about eating disorders and the impact they have on relationships. The Student got the opportunity to […]
Every day, the authors of this article are impressed by the numbers of student activists organising on campus. We watch our peers engage with the politics of the university in both curricular and extra-curricular contexts. In recent years there has been an upsurge of initiatives led by students who defy the more accepted model of […]
Rianna Walcott is an alumnus of the University of Edinburgh currently pursuing her PhD at King’s College London on the formation of black identity within digital spaces. She is an associate editor of an anthology that explores BAME mental health in the UK, The Colour of Madness. Dhruti Chakravarthi, The Student’s Outreach Officer, had the […]
There is an unbearable whiteness of beauty. That is, what and who may be considered beautiful is Eurocentrically defined. Beauty standards have long stood as a rejection of non-white bodies, and as an exclusion of other ways of being. By being mixed race I have experienced white beauty standards in a peculiar way: I am […]
This October has been marked with events revolved around Black History Month, run in partnership with Edinburgh University Students’ Association’s Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Campaign and the African and Caribbean Society. In light of this, The Student spoke to cultural minority student societies this week as well as the BME officer. They spoke about […]