Having graduated from ECA in 2020, the ‘daunting covid year’ as she put it, Molly has since continued her rug tufting and weaving in the most extraordinary of ways. Now charged with themes of flashbacks and nightmares, Molly’s work combines her experiences of complex PTSD, with the realities of being an artist and living aside […]
Oh, North Bridge. You really couldn’t be any worse, could you? Your whole identity is very confused. You change your name every 5 minutes: Mayfield Gardens, South Clerk St, St Patrick’s Square for all of about 30 seconds. But as you walk from the south of the city to the north to catch your train […]
I’m sitting in Church. It’s a reflective service. People are praying, people are reflecting. The girl next to me? She’s silently, clumsily, wringing out the hems of her baggy jeans. She mouths an apology, stifling a giggle. But there is no apology necessary: as a fellow ‘Edi-girlie’, I too know the pain of trekking through […]
The grand piano stands in the middle of the room directly between me and you. And all the things unsaid lie there among the keys. Only spoken if we sit side by side […]
We have officially entered a new academic year at university; the freshers have descended on the nightlife scene, nightclubs have become a claustrophobic living hell, and the streets are littered with lost items of the previous night, such as scrunchies, lost phones, student IDs and shoes. I confess, I do not go to clubs that […]
Increased flight security and awareness of the impact of plane travel have sparked a renaissance towards ideas of travelling by train, but has the UK entirely failed in making rail alternatives the easier option? Classic fresher, by week 2 I wanted to go home for the weekend. Don’t be mistaken, I love it here, it’s […]
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The Student speaks to Zara Zarman, Director and Co-founder of edventure, and Rainy Rosch, Head of Marketing. Last year, edventure launched at the University of Edinburgh. Zara Zarman said that “edventure is the first pan-European university venture builder and accelerator, bringing together universities’ best talents to solve society’s most important challenges. Every academic term, we […]