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The University of Edinburgh is failing disabled students

While this, our Disability History Month edition, features a wide variety of content celebrating the disabled community of the University of Edinburgh, it is difficult to ignore the startling reality…

We cannot be blind to the abuses and misuses of power ‘epidemic’

If recent allegations around Harvey Weinstein, disgraced former England women’s manager Mark Sampson, and the recent appointment of Malky Mackay as interim Scotland manager tell us anything, it is that…

We must stop overlooking the problem of social inequality

Talking about social inequality is one thing, acting on it is quite another. One might feel that we are at something of a crossroads when it comes to the sickening…

The time for action is now: climate change is real and it is happening

Five monstrous hurricanes in one month hit the United States. Mexico had its strongest earthquake in a century. There were murderous mudslides in Sierra Leone and a total of 15…

I am doing well at university, so why do I still feel inadequate?

If I asked myself why it was I wanted to be Editor-in-Chief of The Student, the good half of me would answer that it is because I love the paper…

Generalised Anxiety Disorder: comprehending the symptoms is key to understanding the problem

Generalised Anxiety Disorder or GAD, along with other mental illnesses, is endlessly discussed but rarely explained on a personal level. We are presented with endless statistics; told umpteen times that…

“We Are Not Sirs”: 20th century assumptions and the modern world

We’ve come across the scene in workplace dramas for decades. Man walks into office, sees a woman hunched over the desk, and out comes some variant of the sleazy line…

The Dunbar number: re-evaluate your social life with evolutionary science

There comes a point within everybody’s time at university when you’d honestly rather sit in bed with a pizza, illegally watching a box set on BBC iPlayer, than leave the…