University of Edinburgh to withhold 50 per cent of pay from staff taking part in marking and assessment boycott
The University of Edinburgh will withhold 50 per cent of pay from staff who take part in the upcoming marking and assessment boycott. Edinburgh staff learned of the pay withholdings…
Queen Margaret University to withhold all pay from staff taking part in marking and assessment boycott
Queen Margaret University (QMU) has told its staff it will withhold all pay from any employees taking part in the UCU’s upcoming UK-wide marking and assessment boycott. University staff received…
UK-wide marking and assessment boycott to start on 20 April
On Thursday April 20, the University and College Union (UCU) will begin a UK-wide marking and assessment boycott that will affect students at the University of Edinburgh. Boycotting staff members…
The Spotted History of the NSS
Started in 2005, the National Student Survey (NSS) is a yearly national study aimed at final year undergraduate students with the aim to gather students’ views on their courses. Whilst…
Over 2,000 people boycott Edinburgh nightclubs
On 28 October, people across Edinburgh boycotted nightclubs in response to the recent surge of spiking across not just Scottish cities, but the whole nation. Over the past month, the…
Dear boys in clubs…
CW: harassment, gender-based violence, rape Clubs can be a scary place as a woman. Since the 9th of August, when clubs all over Scotland reopened, they’ve been louder, sweatier and…
The Student in conversation with the ‘Girls Night In’ boycott organisers
Lucy Saddler speaks to Milly Seaford and Martha Williams about their boycott and its aims. With social distancing restrictions eased and nightclubs reopened, students in Edinburgh have been rediscovering the…
Boycott of Edinburgh nightclubs on 28 October
As students returned to dance floors across the country with pandemic restrictions easing, stories of alleged incidents of club goers being spiked, including by injection in night clubs in Edinburgh,…