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.
21. Hard at work
A student hard at work in the University of Edinburgh library in George Square as winter sunlight streams through the windows in 1989. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
22. 'Maggie go home'
Edinburgh University students protest against the Student Loans scheme ('Maggie Go Home') outside the Church of Scotland General Assembly Hall when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visited the Capital in May 1988. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan
23. Crammed into phone box
Fourteen Edinburgh University students crammed into a telephone box to raise money for Comic Relief in February 1988. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
24. Norwegian procession
Norwegian students take part in a procession along Princes Street Edinburgh to celebrate Norway's national Constitution Day in May 1988. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell