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Major letting agencies using "barely legal" leases, says expert »

Students are being asked to sign leases which in some cases are "barely legal" and one case "against the law", according to an investigation carried out by The Journal. An examination of five different student leases by a University of Edinb...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Anna Fenton | Read more »

Party political debate comes to McEwan Hall »

Party political debate comes to McEwan Hall

Hundreds of students gathered at the McEwan Hall last Thursday night to participate in a party political debate on economic policy in the run up to the General Election. The event, hosted by the Edinburgh University Economic Society, was chaired by th...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Steven Campbell-Harris | Read more »

Edinburgh tram line extension proposed »

Trams

Further extensions to the Edinburgh tram line has been suggested by a tram boss in recent weeks. The plans would see a fourth extension of the primary tram line via London Road to eastern parts of the city. Meanwhile, the complete line might not be op...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Aleksandra Jurczak | Read more »

Underbelly takes over McEwan Hall »

Underbelly, E4's comedy road tour, is set to take to the grand stage of McEwan Hall for the Edinburgh Festival 2010. The thousand-seat venue is best known year-round as a concert hall and home to graduation ceremonies for Edinburgh University. Ticket...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Al Innes | Read more »

Wire breaks detected on Forth Road Bridge  »

Forth road bridge (3/3/10)

Fifty wires have snapped in the Forth Road Bridge’s main suspension cables since 2006, according to its chief engineer. An acoustic monitoring system, installed in August 2006, detects breakages among the 11,618 individual high tensile steel wir...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Ross Haig | Read more »

Sir Alec Jeffreys to receive prestigious Edinburgh medal »

Sir Alec Jeffreys

Sir Alec Jeffreys, pioneering scientist and professor of Genetics at Leicester University, has been named as the 22nd recipient of the Edinburgh Medal for his ground-breaking work on DNA profiling. The award will be presented on the 14 April as part o...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Paul Burch | Read more »

Council tenders services to private firms »

The City of Edinburgh Council is exploring alternative ways of providing its services, by inviting companies to express an interest in working with the council, in a bid to cut costs. The move has been prompted by the unprecedented financial challenge...

Tue 16 Mar 2010 by Anna Fenton | Read more »

Meadows marathon sets standard for another year of giving »

With a variety of costumes, ranging from ill-fitting running shorts to competitors in blue body paint in homage to James Cameron’s Avatar, the fourth Meadows Marathon on 7 March has now "firmly established itself in the Edinburgh calendar". Beli...

Mon 15 Mar 2010 by Al Innes | Read more »

Hardship funds available for students in need »

Money dashboard 2 (03/10)

A large portion of hardship funds available to students in Edinburgh have not been allocated, despite overwhelming demand last year and despite widespread delays with student loans. Just 51 percent of the hardship pot has been allocated at Edinburgh N...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Aleksandra Jurczak | Read more »

ECA and Edinburgh University discuss possible merger »

ECSA (03/10)

Talks are at an advanced stage between Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh which could see the two institutions join facilities by 2012. The discussions, aimed at deepening collaborative ties between the two historic institutions,...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Ross Haig | Read more »

Scottish Defence League hemmed in by protestors »

A planned march by anti-Muslim campaigners was axed after a heavy anti-demonstration took to the streets of Edinburgh and British Transport Police escorted protestors back on trains out of the city. The Scottish Defence League (SDL), an affiliate of t...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Anna Fenton | Read more »

Row breaks out over Moray House redundancies »

Moray House

Staff at Moray House school of education have been sent letters warning them that their position is “at risk of redundancy”, part of a bid to cut staffing costs by around £1million. The move has been criticised by members of the Univ...

Tue 02 Mar 2010 by Nick Eardley, Joseph Downing, Matthew Moore | Read more »

Moray House sale plans dismissed by Edinburgh University »

Moray House

Edinburgh University has fiercely rebuked claims in the Edinburgh Evening News that it plans to sell its Moray House School of education, saying that the idea is “very wide of the mark.” It was suggested that the campus would be sold earli...

Fri 26 Feb 2010 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Edinburgh student charities join forces »

Amnesty_icon

A number of Edinburgh student charities have come together this week to create the ‘Edinburgh Campaigns Group’ in a bid to consolidate efforts and share tactics. The group currently consists of Water Aid, Stop AIDS, Medsin, STAR, Skip, Uni...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Anna Fenton | Read more »

Forth Road Bridge: 'the world's most expensive bus lane'? »

Forth bridge replacement made a national priority

Plans by the Scottish government to transform the old Forth Road Bridge into a 'bus lane' have been met with strong opposition by commuters. The proposal, aimed at reducing the overall costs of the new Forth Road Bridge, would use the old constuction ...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by George Lumbers | Read more »

Napier student to sail in round-the-world race »

Christopher Robson

A student from Edinburgh Napier University will become one of the youngest ever participants in the Clipper World Yacht Race next month. Christopher Robson, 20, will join the 68-foot racing yacht Edinburgh Inspiring Capital, along with 15 crew members...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Jessica Abrahams | Read more »

Parking attendants letting Balmoral guests off the hook »

Balmoral

Edinburgh City Council has been criticised for its leniency in issuing parking tickets to five-star hotel guests. The council has been working with the Balmoral Hotel after its customers complained about being issued with £60 fines while droppin...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Kaye Nicolson | Read more »

Pressure mounts to save Edinburgh's 'Plastic Fantastic' dry slope »

Facebook campaign

Thousands of Edinburgh ski and snowboard-enthusiasts have united on Facebook to fight the closure of Hillend's artificial slope. The Scotsman reported earlier this month that the potential closure of Scotland's largest artificial ski centre is the res...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

Taxing experiences »

Following the launch of a council initiative to combat postal scamming, The Journal has found that the scale of council tax demands sent to students with exemptions is still high, and that flaws persist within the current system. Several individual Ed...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Edinburgh enlightened by poetry campaign  »

Edinburgh residents and visitors are being offered a series of events with a literary twist this February, as the Carry a Poem campaign gets underway. In association with the One Book–One Edinburgh project, the campaign is spearheaded by the UNE...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Al Innes | Read more »

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