Billionaire’s decisions influence hires at American university
Charles G. Koch, conservative billionaire and owner of the United States’ second largest privately owned company, has extended his financial hand past political interest groups and into the field of…
UoE scientists part of global effort to research causes of MS
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have partnered with a new global alliance of scientists aiming to better research the causes of multiple sclerosis (MS) and develop more effective therapies…
New University of Nottingham research facility destroyed by fire
A new £12 million state of the art chemistry research centre at the University of Nottingham was destroyed recently after it caught fire under unidentified circumstances. The fire is believed…
Referendum highlights nationalist divisions
The die has been cast, the votes counted and Scotland’s future has been decided. For better or for worse, the ‘No’ voters triumphed, and the Union will continue. Now that…
Stressed out? Where to go when it all just gets too much
University is supposed to be putting us where we want to be in life, but where does it take us on the days that we are unsure? Where does it…
Ryder Cup 2014: who and what to watch at Gleneagles
How can the Ryder Cup hope to follow up 2012’s ‘Miracle at Medinah’? The last time Europe and America locked horns on the golf course, the world was witness to…
Pistorius trial asks serious questions of sport and its ‘winners’
Oscar Pistorius was last week acquitted of the murder of his girlfriend and model Reeva Steenkamp, and instead was bailed after being convicted of culpable homicide, a conviction that could…
ISIS and the West
On September 10 this year, while the United States prepared for the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, President Obama announced plans for more airstrikes against jihadists in Iraq and…