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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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 - 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...

Cullen Property met with queues of students at the first of their 100 city flat viewingsStudents from around Edinburgh gathered outside the first of Cullen Property’s flat viewings this morning, with hopeful tenants queuing...

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...

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...

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 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...

 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 must put their dough to good use.'Cookery demonstration teaches city students how to cookFor the third year running Edinburgh student property management and lettings specialist Cullen Property, who specialise in HMO properties, teamed...

Cookery demonstration aims to teach city students how to cookEdinburgh 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

BIAGI URGES UNIVERSITIES TO TACKLE PAYDAY LOANSEdinburgh 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...

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...

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ-Mo4FvEfk&w=560&h=315]Over 130 students took part today. It went really...

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...

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’...

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...

Fresh Air Radio, Edinburgh’s only student radio station, is facing a challenge. Their funding has been cut, and with it, access to their studio. Live shows can now only air after 5:00 pm, with...