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UKIP disruption in Edinburgh city centre »

UKIP leader Nigel Farage escorted from pub in police van

UKIP leader Nigel Farage was forced to abandon a press conference this afternoon at a pub on Edinburgh's High Street. The event which took place at 16:45 in the Canon's Gait was attended by around 50 vocal protesters with a number of st...

Thu 16 May 2013 by John Hewitt Jones & Jon Vrushi | Read more »

Student leaders welcome SAAS improvements »

Students urged to apply early for 2013/14 funding

Student leaders have welcomed an increase in funding to improve the delivery of student funding in Scotland. The Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) will receive an extra £2 million following a review into problems which saw 6,000 students...

Fri 10 May 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Trades unions slam HE governance code »

Trades Unions have branded the new Higher Education governance review as weak and disappointing. The criticism comes after the code was published by a steering group of experts chaired by Lord Smith of Kelvin, a former governor of the BBC before the c...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Ben Cohen | Read more »

Church-goers retaliate in Edinburgh battle to ditch religious observance »

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Almost 1,500 signatures have been collected in attempts to counter a petition that would see the scrapping of religious observance in non-denominational schools throughout the city. Church member and firefighter Gary Bennett submitted a counter petiti...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Rachel Barr | Read more »

London Met awarded new Tier 4 licence by UKBA »

London Metropolitan University's uncertain future

London Metropolitan University has been granted a new licence to sponsor non-EEA students by the UK Border Agency. The university lost its Highly Trusted Sponsor status in 2012 after a series of failings, putting 2,600 international students at risk. ...

Tue 09 Apr 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Scots rally to protest UK government's controversial welfare reforms »

Benefit reform protesters at Glasgow's George Square

Thousands of people across Scotland have demonstrated against changes to the benefits system due to come into force next week. In Glasgow, a large group of protesters marched from Glasgow Green to George Square outside the city council chambers with p...

Sat 30 Mar 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Revolution on the rocks: rape scandal splits prominent leftwing group »

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Britain’s largest far-left political party remains engulfed in turmoil this week, after an emergency conference to quell a rebellion over claims that its leadership covered up charges of rape and sexual harassment against senior members. The ...

Sun 24 Mar 2013 by Rachel Barr | Read more »

Splinter group: we quit SWP over sexist culture »

The ISG was founded by disaffected Socialist Workers Party members

A former member of the SWP’s national committee has today revealed that his public resignation alongside dozens of other Scots activists from the party was directly connected to the ongoing sexual misconduct scandal and the party’s &ldqu...

Sun 24 Mar 2013 by Rachel Barr | Read more »

Scottish government names independence referendum date »

Scots will vote on Scottish independence on Thursday 18 September 2014

First minister Alex Salmond has announced the historic Scottish independence referendum will be held on Thursday 18 September 2014. The SNP leader revealed the date as the Scottish government introduced draft legislation before the Scottish Parliament...

Thu 21 Mar 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Controversy over teaching of same-sex marriage in schools »

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Concerns about the possible reintroduction of Section 28-style school legislation have been raised by gay rights campaigners amid the wider debate on how same-sex marriage will be taught in Scottish schools. Section 28 was a controversial 1988 legisla...

Mon 18 Mar 2013 by Varvara Bashkirova | Read more »

University of Edinburgh professor defends principals' high salaries »

A University of Edinburgh professor has defended the high salaries enjoyed by university principals. Professor Stuart Monro stated that he feared that the University of Edinburgh would find it difficult to appoint a new principal of 'top class' qualit...

Wed 06 Mar 2013 by Hannah Dowe Standring | Read more »

NUS attacks Home Office over net migration »

Home Secretary Theresa May faces further criticism over Home Office's treatment of international students

The National Union of Students has criticised the government's decision to include international students in net migration figures. The divisive decision ignores expert advice to the contrary and a letter signed by five parliamentary committees urging...

Mon 04 Mar 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

SNP EU-Turn over membership for independent Scotland »

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

The SNP has conceded that an independent Scotland would have to apply for EU membership. After months of denial, is the first time that the party has accepted it would not automatically inherit the same membership terms as the UK. With the issue of m...

Mon 04 Mar 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Mike Russell backs von Prondzynski report for universities review »

Education secretary Michael Russell

Education secretary Mike Russell has given an indication that an independent review should be basis for new university governance. Russell made frequent references to the Independent Review of Higher Education Governance chaired by Robert Gordon Unive...

Sun 03 Mar 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Current Affairs Podcast: Episode 2 »

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The Journal's second current affairs podcast accompanies Issue 68 of the Edinburgh print edition, bringing you the week's student news, national politics, current affairs and sport. Covered in this episode: Last week's mock referendum held at th...

Wed 27 Feb 2013 by David Selby | Read more »

Glasgow Uni students vote 'no' to Scottish independence »

Glasgow Uni students and visitors flocked to hear the result of the ballot

University of Glasgow students have voted overwhelmingly in favour of Scotland staying in the UK in a mock independence referendum. The university's 23,000 students were balloted using the same question that will be used in next year's national refere...

Fri 22 Feb 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Glasgow Uni hosts mock independence referendum »

A mock independence referendum process has begun in Glasgow in a bid to understand students' views on Scottish independence. As University of Glasgow students prepare to go the polls tomorrow, the opinion on campus is mixed. Many outside of the campu...

Wed 20 Feb 2013 by Michael Mawdsley | Read more »

Russell "arrogant and dismissive" »

Deepening rift: MSPs Stewart Maxwell (SNP) and Neil Findlay (Scottish Labour)

Two prominent members of the Scottish Parliament's Education and Culture Committee have clashed over the future funding of education in Scotland. In exclusive interviews with The Journal over the last month, committee convener Stewart Maxwel...

Wed 20 Feb 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn, Daniel do Rosario | Read more »

UK government launches Scotland analysis programme »

Infographic from the Scotland analysis document

The UK government formally launched the Scotland analysis programme on Monday 11 February in a bid to equip citizens in Scotland with the necessary information surrounding the debate on Scottish independence. According to the UK government web site, t...

Wed 20 Feb 2013 by Jon Vrushi | Read more »

Workfare does not work and is not fair »

Anti-workfare protesters outside Superdrug in Edinburgh

The coalition's workfare scheme has been one of the goverment's most high-profile policy directives since they came to power. On the face of it, the idea sounds great. For those long-term unemployed, why not get them back into the practice of working ...

Wed 20 Feb 2013 by Charles Beare | Read more »

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