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Evan Beswick

8 articles, sorted by name / date

Leaving legacies »

The current general election discussions are abound with promises. Electorates of all elections will be accustomed to the unrestrained policies and pledges made by candidates no matter the setting. It is invitingly easy for a politician to offer the ma...

Wed 21 Apr 2010 | Read more »

Teaching awards praised for second year »

EUSA environmental awards

The University of Edinburgh's Informatics Department won the award for best department at the second annual Teaching Awards organised by Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA). A total of 3262 nominations were received for 420 academi...

Tue 20 Apr 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

EUSA wants to 'pimp your school' »

EUSA wants to 'pimp your school'

A new competition launched by Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) is offering creative students the opportunity to design renovations of any building on campus. The project, named ‘Pimp My School’, is due to begin next week a...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Controversy as constitutional reform motion fails »

Controversy as constitutional reform motion fails

Edinburgh University Students Association suffered a serious blow last week after a key element of its governance review was rejected by students, before it got under way. The "Enabling Motion" would have allowed future EUSA issues, including constitu...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Study claims white students get better grades than their black and Asian peers »

White students tend to do better in their university degree classification than their black and Asian peers, according to a recent study conducted by the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU). The Equality in Higher Education Statistical Report 2009 shows a w...

Wed 11 Nov 2009 by Grace Wermenbol | Read more »

Overcrowding leaves students sitting on lecture hall floors »

Lecture theatre

Overcrowding has forced some University of Edinburgh students to sit on floors in lectures as a result of extremely high enrollment figures. Following a miscalculation of the number of spaces needed in each lecture, some course managers have had to ...

Sat 10 Oct 2009 by Harriet Grecian | Read more »

External Convener calls EUSA's election changes 'undemocratic' »

The external affairs convener at the Edinburgh University Students' Union (EUSA) has raised concerns over new amendments to student election guidlines made by its elected student officials. The changes enacted by the EUSA Executive Committee—whi...

Wed 30 Sep 2009 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

The magic record »

Evan Beswick

The news that, in publishing Obama aide Samantha Power's opinion of Hillary Clinton as a "monster," The Scotsman newspaper wilfully printed an "off the record" comment doesn't seem to have gone down too well. Of course, the paper's ...

Sun 16 Mar 2008 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

News

Photos: Fire at Strathclyde

News

Censure motion fails in Israel row endgame at EUSA

Features

A case of Life and Limb

Sport

Worcester all bluster as Edinburgh breeze to victory

Arts and Entertainment

2012: Your literary briefing