Tag: students
Decision day for environment placement awards
Five finalists will compete for the Bright Green Business Environmental Placement Programme Award during a special event at Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh, on Wednesday, November 20 (6pm).
They are Ana Hernandez, Campus Cycling Officer, City...
Renewable energy powers new Edinburgh store
Residents in fashionable Stockbridge can now shop in a new shop powered 100 per cent by renewable energy and which has contributed to the community.The Co-op invested £740,000 and created 14 jobs in the...
Letter from Scotland
Scotland’s 300,000 students have arrived, like a flock of migrating geese, to settle into their winter quarters.
But they won’t be packing the campuses, labs and lecture rooms in our 19 universities and 26...
Extra support for Scottish students
The Scottish Government has announced extra financial help for students facing financial hardship over the summer months.
The Scottish Government has brought forward early access to £11.4 million of discretionary funds - which will be...
Sales focus in UK first
Sales students from all over Britain went head-to-head in the Gartner-sponsored first UK Universities sales competition held at Edinburgh Napier University.
The event, co-hosted by Abertay University, gave students a platform to use key techniques...
Textile design competition
The general public, design students and existing designers are invited to enter a competition to celebrate the opening of London’s Fashion and Textile Museum’s Artist Textiles Picasso to Warhol exhibition at New Lanark from...
Barber students making homeless happy
Edinburgh College students have swapped the hairdressing salon for homeless shelters in the city.
It is part of a project offering free haircuts to homeless people this Christmas.
Students have been cutting the hair of residents...
Reminder to apply for tuition fees, bursaries and loans
Eligible students taking up places on HNC, HND Degree and Postgraduate courses in Colleges and Universities in Scotland should apply now to Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) for their tuition fees, bursary and student...
Letter from Scotland
The annual migration of students has begun. The pavements of our great university city are crowded with badly dressed young people wheeling large suitcases or wandering the streets looking for somewhere cheap to eat....
Letter from Scotland
Being a city boy, I don’t often think of my fellow Scots on the 94 inhabited islands around our coast. And when I do think of the isles, it’s a romantic vision of blue...
University Open Days – Book Now!
It's that time of year again - whilst many pupils are in limbo, waiting for the results they hope will see them heading to the college of their dreams, the year below is turning...
Students – Barnardo’s wants your textbooks!
Students - are your exams over? Are you packing to go home for the summer and wondering how on earth you now seem to own ten times more stuff than you did nine months...
Crowds of hopeful tenants gather to land their dream Edinburgh flat
Cullen Property met with queues of students at the first of their 100 city flat viewings
Students from around Edinburgh gathered outside the first of Cullen Property’s flat viewings this morning, with hopeful tenants queuing...
Canal College are recruiting now
If you are aged between 18 and 25 and are not in education, employment or training but would like to have something to do this February which involves learning new skills outdoors then this...
Tuesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Filmhouse Slackers Club: a free-to-join club especially for students offering members the chance to attend very special free monthly screenings. This month: The Woman In Black: Angel of Death (15). 9pm, Cameo Cinema, 38...
What’s On In Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 22ND DECEMBER 2014
Dog Tales: The Dogs Trust will host this storytelling and crafts session about safety around dogs and responsible dog ownership. For ages 5-10. 2-3pm, Gilmerton Library, 13 Newtoft Street.
Messy Nativity! 4-5.30pm,...
Edinburgh College win two awards
Edinburgh College celebrated double success at the Scottish further education sector’s flagship awards, taking home two top prizes from the College Development Network’s annual ceremony.
The CDN Annual Awards recognise the talent, skills and achievements...
Edinburgh College takes home the silver
The HND Visual Communication: Graphic Design team from Edinburgh College has triumphed at this year’s Scottish Event Awards to take home the title of ‘Best Educational Event’ for its ‘Say 2014’ graduate show.
The award...
Students taught to cook at Mamma’s
'Students must put their dough to good use.'
Cookery demonstration teaches city students how to cook
For the third year running Edinburgh student property management and lettings specialist Cullen Property, who specialise in HMO properties, teamed...
Students invited to learn to cook with Mamma
Cookery demonstration aims to teach city students how to cook
Edinburgh student property management and lettings specialist Cullen Property, who specialise in HMO properties, has teamed up with award-winning restaurant Mamma’s pizzeria to teach students...
UK’s first student housing co-op launches in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is famous for its history, its architecture and its literature, but it’s not known for cheap rental property. Well, students at the University of Edinburgh say that this is about to change. The...
On the Buses – Mr Grumpy’s Guide for Students
The Edinburgh Reporter’s resident grump, Mike ‘Victor Meldrew’ Smith has produced this less than useful guide for students who go to Queen Margaret College in Musselburgh and who use Lothian Buses Number 30 service:
Sprawl...
Exclusive new graduate service in town
A new service, launching this week, aims to turn recent arrivals to Edinburgh into locals.
Your New Crew will host exclusive monthly events in some of the city’s best known venues and best-kept secrets. Created...
ZIGGURAT completes £6M equity deal on Edinburgh student property
Student property company Ziggurat is celebrating completion of its maiden development in Edinburgh’s Cowgate having just sold 90% of the equity in the scheme to a private investor in a deal valued in excess...
Edinburgh MSP wants university to act over payday loans
BIAGI URGES UNIVERSITIES TO TACKLE PAYDAY LOANS
Edinburgh Central MSP Marco Biagi has called on Edinburgh’s universities to block access to payday loan websites on their premises, following recent evidence that students are turning to...
Home from home service
Would you like to make some money from your spare room, introduce a little international flavour to your household while at the same time giving students visiting Edinburgh a home from home? Then you...
Harlem Shake (Original Edinburgh Flashmob Edition)
Hi, I am one of the organisers of Edinburgh’s very own flash mob harlem shake. It was shot today and have been uploaded to youtube
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Over 130 students took part today. It went really...
Student radio station will have world-wide coverage
Edinburgh’s student radio station FreshAir.org.uk are delighted to have been selected to represent the UK on this year’s ‘International Student Radio Day’, and you are invited to be in the audience!
The event is essentially...
Student Association elect new leaders
A new student officer team has been chosen at Edinburgh University Students’ Association
Over 6300 students at the University of Edinburgh have voted to elect a new team of student officers to lead the students’...
Edinburgh Students challenged to turn to business
CONVERGE CHALLENGE TO HELP EDINBURGH STUDENTS AND ACADEMICS SECURE METEORIC RISE TO THE TOP
• £25000 cash, plus £20,000 ‘in-kind’ business support should incentivise local university students, academics and researchers to turn their business ideas...