Cast your vote and ensure students like you have a voice at the University, and beyond! This time last year, I was running in the Student Elections, aware that it was a key annual event but honestly, I was mostly too preoccupied with campaigning to properly understand the significance of it. Now, as a Sabbatical […]
CW: Transphobia Students and staff at the University of Edinburgh gathered on Wednesday evening to show solidarity with the Trans community in Edinburgh. The event, ‘Trans Solidarity Community Event’, was organised by Edinburgh University Students’ Association in partnership with the University of Edinburgh’s Staff Pride Network, in response to an event held at the same […]
Edinburgh University Students’ Association will still screen matches from the 2022 World Cup despite backlash over host country Qatar’s human rights abuses. Students’ Association president Niamh Roberts made the announcement in a letter responding to an open letter signed by 40 societies calling for EUSA to suspend plans to stream the events. Roberts said that […]
As a new set of Sabbatical Officers prepares to take on leadership roles in Edinburgh University Students’ Association, the 2021/22 team are reflecting on their time in office. Over the course of two terms as President, Ellen MacRae has seen the Covid-19 pandemic dominate student life. “It’s been an intense experience navigating that alongside students […]
This article was originally published in print on the 23rd March Teviot. We’re all bitterly familiar with the gothic frame that plays host to our student union. But I’m certainly not alone in saying it’s never been my first choice for a drink. Edinburgh is hardly renowned for cheap pints but Teviot is taking the […]
CW: trans & non-binary discrimination Levi Pay, a member of the Students’ Association Board of Trustees, has resigned from his position, following public pressure after a series of his tweets were circulated. The tweets in reference stated that he would “certainly see trans women as male”, whilst he also said it would be “lying” to […]
On Monday, students at the University of Edinburgh received an email from Vice-Principal Colm Harmon outlining the university’s plans for the next academic year commencing in September 2021, in which he stated that “large lectures/classes will need to be delivered digitally”. After the 2020-2021 academic year was dominated by a hybrid teaching model, meaning a […]
Although having worked at the University of Edinburgh in his role as Vice-Principal Students since October 2019, many students have come to know Professor Harmon from the e-mail updates that he has frequently sent to students this year. Reflecting on what has been an undoubtedly difficult year for staff and students alike, Colm recognised that […]