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The Student The official page of The Student, Edinburgh University's independent student newspaper (and

28/11/2025

BAKE SALE ALERT 🍪🧁

Come along to our bake sale every other Friday of the semester, to support us in fundraising for future prints 📰🌟

For a special end to the semester, we will be hosting the bake sale at KING'S BUILDINGS, from 11am to 1pm. Get yourself a sweet treat! 🍩🍰

BAKE SALE FUNDRAISING 🥯🧁🍪📍 Fri 28th Nov, 11AM - 1PM @ King's BuildingsJoin our fundraising team in supporting our future...
25/11/2025

BAKE SALE FUNDRAISING 🥯🧁🍪

📍 Fri 28th Nov, 11AM - 1PM @ King's Buildings

Join our fundraising team in supporting our future print editions!

Visit our stall to see what delicious sweet treats our amazing team have prepared, and why not treat yourself this Friday near the end of this semester 🥐

We are reliant on external funding to help us continue to print and share our writers' works, so we appreciate all the help we can get!

A GUIDE TO CEILIDH SEASON IN EDINBURGH 🪩💃The Student will be hosting its own ceilidh in The Counting House on Monday 24 ...
23/11/2025

A GUIDE TO CEILIDH SEASON IN EDINBURGH 🪩💃

The Student will be hosting its own ceilidh in The Counting House on Monday 24 November so get ready to whip out your best dress. [...] Charity shops, St James Quarter, and even friends’ wardrobes are always excellent places to find dresses, skirts, tops and suits. Wear whatever you’re comfortable in, but make sure it is practical to be swung about.

Check any societies’ Instagram pages and they’ll be guaranteed to have an event on this festive season. But most importantly get yourself to the Counting House on 24 November to join us for what will be sure to be a great night.

We look forward to seeing everyone at The Student Winter Ceilidh! 📰❄️

🖋️ Written by Neve Cassidy
🔗 Read more on our website!

NEWS: UCU strike action disrupts teaching at University of EdinburghThe Edinburgh branch of the University and Colleges ...
22/11/2025

NEWS: UCU strike action disrupts teaching at University of Edinburgh

The Edinburgh branch of the University and Colleges Union (UCUE) staged a comprehensive three-day staff strike starting on 17 November. This was in protest of personnel cuts worth £90m proposed by senior management of the University of Edinburgh.

The cuts are part of a larger cost-saving scheme announced this February, seeking to reduce the budget by £140m over an 18 month period, around ten per cent of its £1.4bn budget.

The UCUE responded to the announcement by striking during Welcome Week, but saw the need for further action last week due to the announcement of compulsory redundancies.

🖋️ Written by Kami Aksel
🔗 More on our website!

THE STUDENT'S WINTER CEILIDH 🌟💃🎶Join us for our annual Winter Ceilidh! This year, we're happy to announce it will be hel...
15/11/2025

THE STUDENT'S WINTER CEILIDH 🌟💃🎶

Join us for our annual Winter Ceilidh! This year, we're happy to announce it will be held at the Counting House at Pear Tree – with live music from the EU Folk Society band 🎻🎺

Doors open at 8PM, and the band will start at 8:30PM 🕺 Make sure to dress in formal attire, and don't worry if you need some outfit inspiration, as our writers have got you prepared with articles on what to wear! (Check out our news website for more!)

With tickets from £12.50 for The Student's members, and £15 for non-members, have a break from exam stress and dance with us!

There will also be a RAFFLE included throughout the night 🎟️

We hope to see you all there, so be sure to get your tickets NOW! 📣📣📣

📆 24th November '25
📍 The Counting House at Pear Tree
🕣 Doors open 8PM // Band starts 8:30PM
🎟️ Members = £12.50 // Non-members = £15
👔 Formal dress code

NEWS: University of Edinburgh staff have announced strike dates.Strikes will take place on the 17th, 18th and 19th of No...
13/11/2025

NEWS: University of Edinburgh staff have announced strike dates.

Strikes will take place on the 17th, 18th and 19th of November - following an overwhelming vote of 86 per cent in favour of further industrial action.

🖋️Words by Martha Fiddick
🔗More on our website

BAKE SALE FUNDRAISING 🥯🧁🍪📍 Thurs 13th Nov, 2-4PM @ In front of Gordon AikmanJoin our fundraising team in supporting our ...
12/11/2025

BAKE SALE FUNDRAISING 🥯🧁🍪

📍 Thurs 13th Nov, 2-4PM @ In front of Gordon Aikman

Join our fundraising team in supporting our future print editions!

Visit our stall to see what delicious sweet treats our amazing team have prepared, and why not treat yourself this Thursday post Mid-Terms 🥐

We are reliant on external funding to help us continue to print and share our writers' works, so we appreciate all the help we can get!

MEET OUR NEW MASCOT FOR THE STUDENT... ♥️🐼📣Paddy the Red Panda!Since attending SPANC 2025 in Exeter, The Student team ha...
12/11/2025

MEET OUR NEW MASCOT FOR THE STUDENT... ♥️🐼📣

Paddy the Red Panda!

Since attending SPANC 2025 in Exeter, The Student team has been reflecting on how to improve and modernise the paper 🗞️

We always have lots of stories about goings-on at Edinburgh Zoo, so an animal makes sense, but a more friendly and approachable animal than a predatory and aggressive one.

Then there is the colour. Red has always been central to The Student, and is synonymous with the journalistic trade more generally, so that's how our Red Panda was born 🎉

We're excited to now share Paddy the Red Panda with you all, and make sure to spot Paddy the Red Panda dotted around our future newspaper editions!

Are you an alumni of The Student newspaper? Or looking to see where previous writers are now? ✍️⭐Read our Substack to fi...
08/11/2025

Are you an alumni of The Student newspaper? Or looking to see where previous writers are now? ✍️⭐

Read our Substack to find out more! Link in bio🔗

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