60,000 extensions granted last year
The University of Edinburgh gave out more deadline extensions than the total number of students last year, a Freedom of Information Request has revealed. The university approved more than 60,000…
The Student speaks to Vice-Principal Colm Harmon
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…
“Absolutely no budge” on no detriment policy from Russell Group, says VP Welfare
As her term in office nears its end, Vice President Welfare of Edinburgh University Students’ Association Niamh McCrossan said the University of Edinburgh is unlikely to U-turn and implement a ‘no detriment’…
Mathieson: ‘this is your fault’
The University of Edinburgh is scapegoating its students for its own failures. We can’t let them get away with it There’s a saying: accuse the other side of that which…
“The services failed me”: investigation discovers university giving cold shoulder to vulnerable students
CW: suicide, racial violence “The funding and structure of the services failed me.” These are the words of ‘Hannah’, a current second-year student, who, in winter 2019, contacted university support…
Majority of students surveyed support ‘no detriment’ policy
Following Colm Harmon’s email last week, The Student approached University of Edinburgh students, to gauge their reactions to the university’s rejection of a no detriment policy for final year students.In…
Exclusive: The Student speaks to the fourth-year who started the ‘no detriment’ petition
As the UK plunged into yet another lockdown on 4 January 2020, a final year University of Edinburgh student started a petition urging the university to implement a ‘no detriment’…
Russell Group and University of Edinburgh reject calls for new no detriment policy
Following calls by students to reinstate the no detriment policy of March 2020, the University of Edinburgh has chosen to support the Russell Group’s statement that such policies are neither…