Wednesday 19 June 2013

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The movement is like a mosaic - it is Turkey

After spending time in Istabul earlier this month, Jon Vrushi examines the ideological background of the anti-government protests

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Editorial: Finding a voice »

It’s been an interesting year to be a student journalist in Edinburgh. The Journal has been confronted with a melee of stories to report on, ranging from intriguing exposés to the more quotidian; from censorship scandals to chip portions ...

Wed 24 Apr 2013 by The Journal | Read more »

Editorial: Putting Crema and McAsh motions in perspective »

Some long-overdue perspective is needed ahead of tonight’s emergency general meeting regarding the no-confidence motions against EUSA president James McAsh and EUSA vice president service Max Crema. The Journal does not endorse a vote either way...

Wed 06 Mar 2013 | Read more »

Michael Russell's reign of error »

We find ourselves here again. Fortnight after fortnight, we have criticised the Scottish Government’s education secretary Michael Russell from these pages for a litany of missteps and bad policy that makes thoroughly bleak reading — the utt...

Wed 21 Nov 2012 by Editorial | Read more »

Editorial: Not libel, just 'bad social etiquette' »

George Galloway’s legal pursuit of the National Union of Students over the National Executive Council’s condemnation of his remarks on the Julian Assange case is the sorry perpetuation of a distasteful affair. This is not a muted exercise i...

Thu 11 Oct 2012 | Read more »

Time to confront the hatred »

On 22 October, a man was found dead, savagely beaten and badly burned, on an industrial estate in the small Ayrshire town of Cumnock. The victim, Stuart Walker, was 28 years old and well-liked in Cumnock, where he worked as a barman. He was also gay. B...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 | Read more »

A glorious resignation »

The resignation last week of Giles Fraser, canon chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, was a surprising but welcome reminder of what a public figure publicly standing by their beliefs looks like. On 27 October, senior clergy at the cathedr...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 | Read more »

Campaign with students — not just on their behalf »

In the spring of 1968, a small group of students and intellectuals occupied the University of Paris at Nanterre to protest against university administrators and debate the malaise ailing contemporary French society. What began that day in March continu...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 | Read more »

A zero-sum game »

Finally, some good news in the debate over education funding in Scotland. The Scottish Government's spending review, with which the SNP administration has committed to a £7,000 minimum income for the poorest students, protected the Education Main...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 | Read more »

Electoral reform: A real alternative »

As The Journal arrives on campus today, fewer than 24 hours remain before polls open and the Scottish general election gets underway. We will not here issue any kind of partisan endorsement – you will vote in accordance with your personal princip...

Wed 04 May 2011 | Read more »

Death of a terrorist »

As The Journal went to press, we heard the news of a dawn raid in Pakistan that resulted in the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at the hands of American soldiers. In a stern White House press conference early on Monday morning, President Barac...

Wed 04 May 2011 | Read more »

Behind closed doors »

Our attention turns once again to the ongoing drama at the top of Queen Margaret University Students' Union. We have previously called from these pages for more transparency from the union on the circumstances surrounding the sacking in February of pre...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 | Read more »

Clegg's redemption? »

Speaking in the House of Commons on 5 April, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg valiantly took up the cause of the 'informal intern', condemning employers who exploit them and arguing that unpaid internships are a barrier to social mobility because they ...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 | Read more »

Fool me once... »

In the last month, The Journal has interviewed the leaders of all five major Scottish political parties. We begin today with Alex Salmond and Iain Gray, respectively the leaders of the SNP and Scottish Labour. One of these men, it is generally accepted...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 | Read more »

Labouring the point »

Last weekend, the Scottish Labour Party performed a surprise U-turn, reversing its stance on university funding and pledging not to introduce either tuition fees or a contribution for Scottish students in the next parliament. The party’s intentio...

Wed 09 Mar 2011 | Read more »

An artless pretense »

We report today what we hoped in our first editorial of this academic year was not the case: that it appears the decision to merge the Edinburgh College of Art with the University of Edinburgh was driven primarily by financial instability rather than t...

Wed 09 Mar 2011 | Read more »

The clue is in the name »

In the last fortnight, three of Britain’s top universities have announced their intentions to charge domestic students the maximum £9,000 per year tuition fee rate from 2012. The culprits here are the usual suspects - Oxford, Cambridge and ...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 | Read more »

QMU's cloaked daggers »

On Friday night, an email was passed to The Journal by a student at Queen Margaret University. The missive, sent to all students and staff by the QMU Students’ Union's general manager, baldly stated that the the Student Parliament had remove...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 | Read more »

The glib ambassador »

Much of the rhetoric used by both sides of the Ishmael Khaldi affair at the University of Edinburgh last week - first at the protest and then in the slew of statements and comments which followed - has been imbued with no uncertain amount of hyperbole....

Wed 09 Feb 2011 | Read more »

Pandering to commercialism »

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which owns Edinburgh Zoo, have finalised a deal with the Chinese Wildlife Conservation Association to bring two giant pandas - Tian Tian and Yangguang - to the capital. The bears’ arrival will mark the fi...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 | Read more »

The First Minister's poker face »

In American football parlance, it might be termed a Hail Mary play. The SNP government in Scotland, facing a general election in May and trailing Labour by up to ten points in the polls, are now betting the electoral house on perhaps the most contentio...

Wed 26 Jan 2011 by Editorial | Read more »