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"We're very lucky, and I couldn't face the idea of that changing" »

"This is not the end – it’s just the end of the beginning," insists 23-year-old Bean Reoch who stands smiling, her back turned to the building that has become a second home in the last seven months. Chants still echo along University Avenue...

Tue 13 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

'Chad': A lone dissenting voice amid conformity »

It’s impossible to see the truth from just one angle. Anyone who has ever written a university essay knows that to properly understand something, every perspective has to be considered, analysed and critiqued. Unfortunately, in a country like Ch...

Wed 11 Feb 2009 by Alex Taggart | Read more »

'Corruption' in the Lords: Sleaze resurgent »

At first sight the tales of wrong-doing seeping out of the House of Lords seem a replay of the scandals that brought down John Major’s government in 1997. But in truth they are much more serious. The peers accused, whose numbers appear to increas...

Wed 11 Feb 2009 by Martin Bell | Read more »

'I'm glad I'm not God' »

What I had to do now was get my project back on track. Optimism was my trump card. It was something that Zara understood, something she admired, something we could collaborate on. In the meantime, action was required: clear, decisive action on some pre...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 by Laurence Shorter | Read more »

'No Platform' for old men »

George Galloway, Nick Griffin and Israeli ambassador Daniel Taub. An interesting, if slightly egocentric, dream dinner party. However, not one you could have on a NUS affiliated University campus. The National Union of Students’ (NUS) “No Platform” po...

Thu 08 Nov 2012 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

...do not pass Go, do not collect £100,000 »

Until the credit crisis nearly toppled scores of banks around the world, few people gave much thought to bankers’ bonuses. If they did, they probably thought banks should be free to set their own pay levels. As the dust settles on the banking cr...

Wed 11 Nov 2009 by Timothy Ogunlesi | Read more »

10p Tax: Robin Hood-ism in reverse »

Although it may be hard to believe, given the wall-to-wall coverage of the last two weeks, Gordon Brown had almost gotten away with it. For over a year, his last budget as Chancellor was characterised as a mercurial example of clever book-keeping, lo...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 | Read more »

2011 »

Certain years stand out in the annals of history, marked by landmark events. They include the fall of Rome in 410, 1848’s ‘Year of Revolution’, and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989 that heralded the dissolution of the Sovie...

Sat 14 Jan 2012 by Daniel Keller | Read more »

2012 Election what does it mean? »

Why did Barack Obama win re-election in 2012? Political scientists offer competing explanations. On one side are political forecasters who argue a few ‘fundamentals’ (GDP growth, presidential popularity, party control) determine the out...

Wed 21 Nov 2012 by Dr Elizabeth Bomberg | Read more »

24-hour Farsi people »

Outside Tehran’s hulking, grey Azadi national football stadium a riot was fermenting. A mob, 70 strong, with whistles, drums and banners, pushed on the crush barriers and screamed slogans in strangulated Farsi. I hadn’t expected my first ta...

Wed 05 Nov 2008 by James Montague | Read more »

9/11: More than meets the eye »

Every so often attention is called anew to the doubts surrounding the true character of the events surrounding the 9/11 attacks. Recently, the report of the collapse of Building 7 represented such an occasion. Any close student of 9/11 is aware of the ...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Richard Falk | Read more »

99 problems and the doctor is one »

The eternally pondered question of whether nurses are given the respect and pay to match the responsibilities they undertake, versus that of doctors, has been investigated by one undercover reporter. In one Glasgow hospital, which shall remain unnamed...

Wed 23 Jan 2013 by Gemma Clark | Read more »

A career in Public Relations »

Joining a professional body as a student member can be of great benefit. If you are interested in a particular sector or industry or studying for a degree then you really should consider engaging with the professionals. The trade organisation o...

Thu 21 Feb 2008 by Carol Matthews | Read more »

A chance for something different »

You have a choice at this election. A choice to back a government in Westminster that will do what’s right for Scotland, for young people, and for you. You can sit back while Labour and the Conservatives fight over whose turn it is this time, con...

Wed 21 Apr 2010 by Nick Clegg | Read more »

A Conservative Vision for Scotland »

Around midday I received a voice mail asking if the meeting I had with Annabel Goldie at 3pm could be brought forward half an hour. This wouldn’t have been a problem, but I didn’t actually know about the meeting. Arriving at Holyrood, a li...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Sean Geddes | Read more »

A debate to be had face-to-face »

The niqab issue seems to have become a defining one, symbolic of Europe’s growing apprehension about the new ‘other’, namely Muslims. It is part of the new Muslim identity that some Muslim women in Europe are asserting in opposition t...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Gaffar Hussain | Read more »

A Fashion Farewell »

The word tribute is used to describe a gift or statement that demonstrates gratitude, respect or admiration. It is something that we share with those who inspire us most, as a way of giving back to them. It is also what is inciting so many people withi...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Joseph Pielichaty | Read more »

A glorious resignation »

The resignation last week of Giles Fraser, canon chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, was a surprising but welcome reminder of what a public figure publicly standing by their beliefs looks like. On 27 October, senior clergy at the cathedr...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 | Read more »

A Green Vision for Scotland »

We can’t access Patrick Harvie’s office as Parliament is not in session. Instead we relocate to the Party’s Glasgow headquarters, which conveniently, is a 90 degree turn to the left; one door down along the corridor which is shared wi...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Robbie Marwick | Read more »

A hard rain's a-gonna fall »

"Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son," asks Bob Dylan in 'A hard rain's gonna fall'. Well, Mark Edwards, photographer, has been away snapping the effects of climate change and of. His conclusion: "we are a crazy crew." Edward...

Thu 14 Feb 2008 by Evan Beswick | Read more »