Protests and politics were a key part of university life for many students in the 1980s.
A lot of the old photos in this selection from the Evening News archive feature marches and demonstration, posters calling for Nelson Mandela to be freed, banners proclaiming “No cuts. No loans” and placards telling Margaret Thatcher: “Maggie Go Home”.
But there are plenty others too - students raising money for charity, making meat pies for pensioners, studying in the library or welcoming new Rectors.
Scroll through the pictures and turn the clock back 40 years to get a glimpse of student life in Edinburgh in the 1980s.
5. Crowds for parade
A student in a gorilla suit engages with the crowd watching the Edinburgh University Charities Week parade along Princes Street in May 1983.. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie
6. Ford restored
Students from Edinburgh's Stevenson College renovated this 1978 Ford Escort and donated it to the Salvation Army in 1983. Pictured are: lecturers Alan Skene (far right) and James Paden with lads from the departments involved in the restoration. | TSPL Photo: George Smith
7. Students graduated from the University of Edinburgh at McEwan Hall in July 1984. Two girls in their gowns have their graduation portraits taken by a fellow student.
Students graduating from Edinburgh University at the McEwan Hall in July 1984 - two have their graduation portraits taken by a fellow student. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
8. Student protest
An NUS demonstration - one of the largest in Edinburgh at that time - protesting against the Conservative government's plans to change the grant scheme and introduce student loans in March 1987. | TSPL Photo: Alan Macdonald