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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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Gaza: Citizen reporting comes of age »

Foreign journalists have not been allowed to enter the Gaza strip during Israel’s offensive. While this is no doubt a violation of the principle of freedom of the press which, in turn, undermines the international community’s ability to scr...

Tue 13 Jan 2009 | Read more »

SNP excesses: not a cause for secession »

If we have learnt nothing else from the torrent of information concerning the credit crunch disseminated over the past few months then it must surely be that promises are easily broken – especially when it comes to money. With 370,000 current an...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 | Read more »

Student activism: What's our problem? »

For many of today’s young people, the student activism of the 1960s is a nebulous concept. Knowledge of that era has dwindled to a collection of disconnected images and soundbytes, mostly relating to popular culture and drug-taking; our understan...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 | Read more »

EUSA teaching awards: A positive first step »

With the introduction of their new awards for exceptional undergraduate teaching and feedback, the Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) is to be congratulated for the ingenuity it has shown in its quest to raise course standards. Tr...

Mon 08 Dec 2008 | Read more »

NUS reform: No other way »

In a letter to The Guardian, last year's NUS president told members of her desire to “ensure the NUS is representative of the students studying in 2008 – not 1968.” For too long, the NUS had been balancing on a precarious financial ti...

Mon 24 Nov 2008 | Read more »

BNP furore: Walking a tightrope »

Addressing an audience of American white supremacists in 2005, British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin declared that he and his far-right colleagues were just “one crisis away from power.” As Britain moves into recession amid inter...

Mon 24 Nov 2008 | Read more »

Academic Standards: Read all about it »

Another day, another accusation of falling standards. Last month, a survey in the Times Higher Education Supplement found that a third of academics believe universities had been “dumbed down” in recent years, while seven in ten believed th...

Mon 10 Nov 2008 | Read more »

Glenrothes: Brown's return to form »

It may have lacked the romance of Barack Obama's election to the US presidency, but Gordon Brown's comeback in Glenrothes was the real political shock of the past week. With Labour's odds on retaining the hitherto safe seat at an astonishing 4/1 going ...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 | Read more »

University funding: Tough times ahead »

There was good news last week from universities secretary John Denham, who reassured parliament that none of the 12 British universities with funds invested in Icelandic banks was at risk from its exposure. Yet Mr Denham's soothing words went almost un...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 | Read more »

Negative Endorsement »

When the world wakes up on 5 November, it will learn who the people of the United States have elected as its new president.It will be a momentous day no matter who is the victor. The end of the most disastrous presidency in recent history is occasion e...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 | Read more »

Cigarette packets: kicking up a stink »

It is the UK’s biggest killer, accounting for the deaths of six million Britons over the last 50 years. An estimated 35 people die from it every day in Scotland alone. The average addict reduces his or her life expectancy by a full ten years, and...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 | Read more »

Nazi initiation: No one is laughing »

Admittedly, the Second World War is fertile ground for comedy and entertainment. The list of uplifting works based on one of the darkest chapters of human history is extensive: Dad’s Army, Mel Brooks’ The Producers and Art Spiegelman&r...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 | Read more »

ID cards: We mustn't remain silent »

From 25 November 2008, identity cards will become a compulsory part of life for UK residents for the first time since the Second World War.While this is only the first step in the incremental introduction of this biometric identity system, it is—...

Fri 03 Oct 2008 | Read more »

Degree values: a middle way »

Aficionados of Sir Walter Scott’s novels will recall, in Waverley, the eponymous hero’s fraught journey up into the North of Scotland. Seduced by an impossibly romanticised view of the Highlanders, and a frustration with a seemingly intract...

Thu 02 Oct 2008 | Read more »

Jeremy Kyle: Must work harder »

Rarely do proposals arrive so unequivocally ill-concieved. Rarely does a project offer almost nothing to commend it. But the continuing talks between ITV and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over the possible television show, Jeremy Kyle Gets...

Fri 19 Sep 2008 | Read more »

NSS: The winter of discontent »

The results are in, and they will surprise almost no-one. The University of Edinburgh’s shocking slump to the foot of the UK feedback rankings is just the latest episode of an ongoing scandal that threatens the very reputation of one of the count...

Thu 18 Sep 2008 by Simon Mundy | Read more »

HMO Quotas: The right to decide »

For more than two years, the Edinburgh City Council has been hell-bent on Ghetto-ising the student community and in-so-doing embarking on a policy of social engineering that could end up with the city centre being open to only the wealthiest of house...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 | Read more »

10p Tax: Robin Hood-ism in reverse »

Although it may be hard to believe, given the wall-to-wall coverage of the last two weeks, Gordon Brown had almost gotten away with it. For over a year, his last budget as Chancellor was characterised as a mercurial example of clever book-keeping, lo...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 | Read more »

National identity: Our allegiance must be earned »

Nationalism is something that Britain hasn’t been comfortable with since the fall of the Empire. It frightens the liberal left who hate the baseless ideas of national supremacy, xenophobia and racism that drive the bigotry and neo-fascism of t...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 | Read more »

Birthday of an icon: Internation peace symbol turns 50 »

In a small West London studio back in 1958, three lines were arranged within a circle to create a symmetrical logo that was simple, but effective. Though the design was imbued with political significance by its creator, pacifist Gerald Holtom, the arti...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 | Read more »