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Students urged to claim summer TV licence refund »

Money, money, money

Students across the country are being urged to claim a refund on their annual TV licence. Those moving home in the summer can secure a £36.37 rebate if they are leaving halls or rented accommodation and returning to an already licensed address.&...

Tue 14 May 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Students plan to fight 'illegitimate' closure of University of London Union »

University of London wants to keep union building as a student services centre

University of London Union (ULU) is set to fight the decision by management to close it in summer 2014. The London-wide union received a boost on Thursday when the National Union of Students voted to support ULU’s campaign. The decision by the ...

Sat 11 May 2013 by John Hewitt Jones and Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Student leaders welcome SAAS improvements »

Students urged to apply early for 2013/14 funding

Student leaders have welcomed an increase in funding to improve the delivery of student funding in Scotland. The Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) will receive an extra £2 million following a review into problems which saw 6,000 students...

Fri 10 May 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Motion to increase number of EUSA sabbs passes »

From left: James McAsh, Max Crema, Hazel Marzetti and Andrew Burnie

Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) has voted through a motion to support a set of proposals that would see the number of its sabbatical officer positions significantly expanded. The debate, attended by fewer than 30 students, marks the ...

Mon 29 Apr 2013 by John Hewitt Jones | Read more »

EUSA to vote on more sabbatical officers »

Edinburgh University Students' Association's (EUSA) sabbatical structure could be radically overhauled with a motion to increase the number of officers. A joint council meeting will take place on Monday to debate a motion proposed by internationa...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Callum Leslie | Read more »

ECSA stand in solidarity with staff facing ‘culture of bullying’ at Edinburgh College  »

Telford College, now the Granton campus of the new Edinburgh College

Edinburgh College Student’s Association (ECSA) have spoken against the stress and lack of support faced by hundreds of teaching staff at Edinburgh College. A recent survey conducted by Scotland’s largest teaching union — the Edu...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Greg Bianchi, Rachel Barr | Read more »

Middle class students feel “out of place” at ex-polytechnics »

Napier University Craiglockhart Campus

Findings from a recent study suggests that, for middle class students, simply getting to university is not enough if said university happens to be an ex-polytechnic. Researchers from the Universities of Bath and Birmingham looked at the experiences of...

Wed 24 Apr 2013 by Hannah Dowe Standring | Read more »

GSF launches SAAS campaign to avoid funding problems »

Students urged to apply early for 2013/14 funding

Student leaders from Glasgow and Paisley have urged students to apply for SAAS funding before the summer break. The move orchestrated by the Glasgow Student Forum in partnership with SAAS hopes to prevent serious delays experienced by students at the ...

Thu 18 Apr 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Student publication support network finally rolled out »

SPA awards dinner attracted dozens of student journalists

Students from across the UK came together this month to set up the Student Publication Association (SPA). The national association for student newspapers and magazines — considered the print and digital equivalent of fellow student med...

Mon 15 Apr 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Murdoch crisis takes dark turn »

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The EUSA Murdoch resignation scandal this morning took a dramatic turn, with the sudden disappearance of The Journal's editorial director Marcus "Colonel" Kernohands in pursuit of SABBMiller executives Max Crema and James McAsh who are rumoured to be o...

Mon 01 Apr 2013 by The Staff | Read more »

EUSA hit by crisis management crisis »

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EUSA president incumbent Hugh Murdoch last night resigned from his post to take up a senior position at corporate relations firm SABBMiller, The Journal has learned. Stepping aside before his term has even begun, Murdoch will be joining the throng of ...

Sun 31 Mar 2013 by The Staff | Read more »

Kwaku Adjei elected USSA president »

Kwaku Adjei elected 2013/14 Strathclyde president

Kwaku Adjei was elected 2013-14 University of Strathclyde Students' Association (USSA) president after a landslide victory. The current vice-president activities was elected with 1,313 votes, 779 votes ahead of nearest rival Hynes. The polls were ope...

Fri 22 Mar 2013 by Émer O'Toole | Read more »

Heightened security at university after spate of laptop thefts »

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Students are being warned to ensure their personal belongings are safe at all times after a number of incidents at the university in the past few weeks where students have had laptops stolen. As The Journal went to press the perpetrator or perpetrator...

Thu 21 Mar 2013 by Greg Bianchi | Read more »

Edinburgh alumni asked to help today’s students  »

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The University of Edinburgh has initiated a new marketing campaign that aims to reconnect with alumni, and eventually persuade them into supporting current students with overheads such as living costs. The university has revealed that the student loan...

Tue 19 Mar 2013 by Benjamin Lebus | Read more »

Murdoch elected EUSA president despite bad night for Labour »

Hugh Murdoch

Hugh Murdoch has been elected president of Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA), beating Liam O'Hare by 82 votes, with Mike Shaw coming in third. Briana Pegado and Sian Robertson made up the rest of the field. Murdoch was running for a se...

Mon 18 Mar 2013 by Callum Leslie, John Hewitt Jones | Read more »

University opens Office of the Americas »

Timothy O'Shea Office of the Americas News

The University of Edinburgh has opened an Office of the Americas based in São Paulo, Brazil. Following the successful establishment of the Office of China and the Office of India, the university announced its newly opened Office of the Americas...

Mon 18 Mar 2013 by Katherine Wei | Read more »

Controversy over teaching of same-sex marriage in schools »

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Concerns about the possible reintroduction of Section 28-style school legislation have been raised by gay rights campaigners amid the wider debate on how same-sex marriage will be taught in Scottish schools. Section 28 was a controversial 1988 legisla...

Mon 18 Mar 2013 by Varvara Bashkirova | Read more »

Strathclyde students enjoy engineering success »

Strathclyde engineers win BP Ultimate Field Trip competition

Students from Strathclyde University won BP’s Ultimate Field Trip competition earlier this month. Team Hydra made up of Eric Brown, Hugh McQueen and Theo Scott impressed the BP judges and celebrity science enthusiast, Dara Ó Briain, with ...

Fri 15 Mar 2013 by Émer O'Toole | Read more »

Hugh Murdoch elected EUSA president »

Hugh Murdoch (left)

Hugh Murdoch has been elected president of Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA). He defeated Liam O'Hare by just 82 votes. The 22-year-old's Politics student's victory came after a narrow defeat to James McAsh last year. Mike Shaw, Brian...

Thu 14 Mar 2013 by Callum Leslie | Read more »

Live: EUSA election results »

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Thu 14 Mar 2013 by Callum Leslie, Jon Vrushi, John Hewitt Jones | Read more »

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