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Broadband for a fiver? This student-focused deal can cut down one of the most stressful bills

Thisstudent broadband deal works out at £5 each when housemates share

Student Andrew McGlashan is handed a pen by a robotic arm at Napier University, watched by Dr Des Bonnar of the Engineering department, October 1992.

33 great pictures of university life in Edinburgh in the early 1990s

Students and lecturers gathered on Thursday outside the Scottish Parliament for a UCU rally against job losses and cuts.

Edinburgh students protest over job losses and subject cuts

Hull tops university rankings for access to part-time work

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Edinburgh University students outside the McEwan Hall in September 1989.

Edinburgh Retro: 33 brilliant photos of student life in the 1980s

Living Rent campaigners staged their protest outside the City Chambers

Call to close 'loophole' that encourages luxury student accommodation

Three quarters of students and teachers find it hard to trust AI's accuracy, while almost two thirds of students worry they're becoming too reliant on the technology

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The bookshop remains closed until it is “safe and practical” to reopen

Edinburgh's oldest bookshop remains closed after flash floods

Pollock Halls is receiving safety concerns following masked youths attack

Masked youths target Edinburgh student halls with hammers

The rally took place outside the university's Futures Institute currently hosting the book festival

Protestors urge festivals urged to rethink ties with university

The VECAVE backpack has multiple compartments and space for a 15.6-inch laptop, making it suitable for school, university and commuting

The £13 backpack students could use for school or uni

Kipling's Back to School collection has launched

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The teen will perform alongside professional company Justice in Motion

Aspiring actor makes Fringe debut in school hall he learned to act in

Most of those polled believe university life is more boujee than it was

University essentials are now becoming 'lifestyle statements'

Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University (Heriot-Watt University/PA)

Heriot-Watt staff vote for further possible strike action in re-ballot

BeMySource is a global research marketplace that enables access to physical archives, libraries and collections through trusted local contributors.

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BeMySource connects local contributors with professionals around the world.
Emily Jordan

Scottish Education Secretary Mairi McAllan with students at Broughton High School in Edinburgh, as they receive their Qualifications Scotland grades.

School pupils across Edinburgh and Lothians celebrate exam results

Pupils at Barrhead High, in East Renfrewshire, celebrate their outstanding exam results.

Scotland's exam results 'incredibly positive' as pass rates increase

Rachel Conway

Netball star to mark end of Commonwealth Games with new NHS doctor job

The programme welcomed students from the UK and China

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6,000 students from GBS graduated at ceremonies in Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, and London

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Queen Margaret University

QMU staff strike during graduation days amid jobs cuts dispute

The purpose-built student accommodation development will have 124 bedrooms

Controversial city student flats approved despite over 200 objections

The University of Hong Kong secured the 11th spot in the latest QS World University Rankings

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Edinburgh University lecturers at a previous strike

UK's oldest literary prize awarded in defiance of marking boycott

New branding outside the former Stevenson College, which became Edinburgh College Sighthill Campus in October, 2012.

Edinburgh council tax error strips hundreds of students of exemptions
Administrative error saw around 320 students wrongly stripped of their council tax exemptions
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Living Rent staged a protest outside the City Chambers, calling for affordable student accommodation

New student flats could be required to be 35 per cent affordable

Amazon has cut the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 laptop from £599.99 to £399.99 in a limited-time deal

Lenovo laptop deal cuts £200 off popular IdeaPad (aff)

The Union Social Garden, formerly known as The Garden at Teviot, has reopened after closing in 2023.

Popular Teviot beer garden reopens after closure in 2023

Kinga Wdowiak

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Ellie Heginbottom and Cat Humphreys are taking on the Edinburgh Marathon for charities Wellbeing of Women and Asthma & Lung UK.

Vet students with health issues putting 'everything' into marathon run

The boycott is the latest chapter in a long-running dispute over budget cuts and job losses.

Edinburgh University staff announce assessment boycott over £140m cuts

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The new Engineering Forum, which opened in April 2026, is a landmark 6,500m² addition to the King’s Buildings campus.

University's new £52 million renewable energy research building opens

Join the MySpaceEd revision course that helps GCSE and A-level students beat national average grades.

Join revision course that helps students beat national average grades

GCSE and A-level students who studied online revision courses with MyEdSpace achieved impressive grade improvements that far outpaced national averages.

How online revision course can help you get top GCSE & A-Level grades

A CGI image of the proposed courtyard of the student accommodation in Leith.

Plans finally approved to turn bingo hall into 200-bed student blocks

GCSE and A-level students can study smarter and for a shorter time with MyEdSpace revision courses.

GSCE and A-level revision sessions that are actually manageable

Unstructured Easter revision can quickly leave students feeling overwhelmed and off track

Easter revision has started – but many are making this mistake

Union members claim management has pulled back from commitments given in December.

Edinburgh University staff out on strike over proposed £140m cuts

Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026: Religious Leaders and Academics Discuss Harmony and Cross-Cultural Exchange

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Lenovo IdeaPad Chromebook Duet with detachable keyboard – now reduced to £149.99 in Amazon’s Spring Deal Days sale

Amazon Spring Deal Days laptop deal – Lenovo Chromebook Duet £149

Before and after pictures show transformation of iconic student union

World's oldest student union reopens after extensive refurb

First look inside historic student union after stylish makeover

Plans to build new student housing at 140 Causewayside in Edinburgh have been approved by the council

Plans approved for 172-bed student housing

Members of Living Rent outside Printmakers at Castle Mills, where the drop-in event about the Fountainbridge proposal was held

Campaigners disrupt drop-in event for new student accommodation

Steph McGovern and Enginuity CEO Ann Watson meet the first recipients of Steph's new scholarship for female engineers.

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Christine Jardine MP

Jardine reacts to changes to UK-EU relations

These Scottish schools have maintained consistently high achievement rates

The high schools among Scotland's top performers for 5 years running

This is such a cheap way to give yourself a techie upgrade

Refurbished Dell Chromebook for £49 makes a smart Christmas gift

Edinburgh College school of art and design students with their designs at the Cancer Research UK shop in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. (more pics are available on request. lisa.adams@cancer.org.uk)

Edinburgh College students breathe life in to second hand clothes for Cancer Res...

92% of teachers report that AI has improved lesson adaptability.

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