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Edinburgh University student left broke and unable to pay rent by payment glitch

An Edinburgh University student has spoken out after the university has failed to pay out his monthly stipend. He says he is at financial risk as it is his main income.

Edinburgh Live · Nov 1, 2022

Sunak’s Covid decisions tell us how he might act now. It doesn’t look good for the NHS

His choices as chancellor played a crucial role in the second wave, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

What must the Edinburgh Fringe do to ensure its survival as world's biggest arts festival?

EARLIER this month, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society – the organisation that coordinates the world’s biggest arts programme – concluded a…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 30, 2022

The answer to detecting motor neurone disease a decade early may lie in your poo

Researchers believe that earlier diagnosis may lead to an eventual cure

Evening Standard · Oct 18, 2022

Motor neurone disease could be spotted in gut 14 years before symptoms appear

MND patients had markers in other parts of the body often years before brain symptoms.

Daily Record · Oct 18, 2022

Gut could sound early warning alert for MND, research finds

PROTEINS thought to contribute to motor neurone disease can be found in the gut many years before any brain symptoms occur, research has shown.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 18, 2022

Researchers make breakthrough in cultivated pork production

The project could lay the foundations for the development of nascent industry in Scotland

Insider UK · Oct 13, 2022

Researchers find world's second largest ice sheet may be more vulnerable to climate change

RESEARCHERS from the University of Edinburgh have found that climate change may be having more impact on the melting Greenland ice sheet than…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 12, 2022

The story behind Edinburgh's unassuming modern close with a brutal history

There is one unassuming close that has a modern appearance different from the rest, and this one is where one of the capital's most brutal killing sprees took place.

Edinburgh Live · Oct 8, 2022

'Equal parts science and art' - Insider meets master blender Rachel Barrie

As she reaches 30 years in the whisky industry, the female trailblazer is trying to get more women involved

Insider UK · Oct 6, 2022