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.
13. Roman soldiers' sponsored march
Edinburgh University students studying Classics dressed as Roman soldiers set off from the National Gallery for a route march along Hadrian's Wall to raise money for leukaemia research in June 1986. | TSPL Photo: Alan Macdonald
14. Charity pyramid
Students form a very wobbly human pyramid in Princes Street as part of Edinburgh Students Charities Week in May 1981. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie
15. Beef mountain pies
Tutor Brunton Smith and students from Napier College made pies from free meat from the European 'beef mountain' to distribute to Edinburgh OAPs in April 1987. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
16. Study time
Students in the University of Edinburgh library in George Square, studying hard, in 1989. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan