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The intersectionality of 'Afro-feminisms' with professor Rama Salla Dieng

It's a controversial question, especially in France: do feminist, anti-racist and LGBTQ+ movements fall under the general scope of universalism? Or should they be broken down into smaller sub-movements to better address the intersectional nature of oppression? In her latest book "African Feminisms", University of Edinburgh professor Rama Salla Dieng…

France 24

Edinburgh student who fled war urges people to remember Ukraine conflict

A Ukrainian woman told a vigil she does not want her homeland to be forgotten as the war rages on, urging people to keep supporting the besieged country.

Edinburgh Live

Ukrainian woman pleads with Scots not to 'relax and forget us' as war rages on

Kateryna Polyakova spoke at a vigil in Edinburgh.

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Ukrainian at Edinburgh vigil urges people to remember conflict

Staff, students and people from across the Scottish capital gathered in George Square for a vigil led by the University of Edinburgh.

The Independent UK

Edinburgh University spin-out bags £9 million financing

Money includes a £2.5m Innovate UK grant to fund human clinical trials of its technology

Insider UK

University of Edinburgh and abrdn announce £7.5 million investing innovation centre

New building will be based within the university’s Futures Institute

Insider UK

Edinburgh students plan futuristic pod travel test track after impressing Elon Musk

The University of Edinburgh’s hyperloop team has already wowed Elon Musk's SpaceX with their ambitious plans for the technology which could cut journey times between Edinburgh and London to less than an hour

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TV presenter Jean Johannson says racism in Scotland is ‘getting worse’

She spoke out on the problem in a new TV documentary.

The Independent UK

Mammals bulking up instead of growing bigger brains helped them survive post dinosaur extinction, study says

Big brains may not always be better to invade new environments or survive extinctions, say scientists

The Independent UK

Mammals put brawn before brains after dinosaur extinction – study

It had previously been thought the brains of mammals generally grew over time in the wake of the dinosaurs’ demise.

The Independent UK

Edinburgh crash out of BBC University Challenge as viewers call for rule change

The University of Edinburgh sadly lost out to Reading Uni in the race to the final of BBC's University Challenge - but viewers felt that the winners carried some of their teammates.

Edinburgh Live

Co-infection of Covid and the flu increase risk of death, according to research

The research found that those in hospital with Covid and influenza viruses were 2.4 more likely to lose their life.

Daily Record

People with Covid and flu at higher risk of severe illness and death

Research finds that having both is 2.4 times more likely to end in fatal circumstances than for people who only have the coronavirus alone or with other viruses

Wales Online

Edinburgh student sparked international panic after turning off phone to study

Ruoxin Huang, 26, was found safe and well after her worried parents sounded the alarm when they couldn't contact for days.

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Two years of Covid grief: tributes to family, friends and colleagues who died in the UK

Twenty-four tributes for people who have died from coronavirus on the second anniversary of the first lockdown

The Conversation

How Chagos Islanders are fighting to keep their culture alive in exile

When Olivier Bancoult, Liseby Elysé, Suzelle Baptiste, Rosemonde Bertin and Marcel Humbert set off on the Bleu de Nîmes for the Chagos archipelago in February 2022, it marked the first time exiled Chagos Islanders had returned without UK officials. On the surface, the expedition was both scientific (to survey Blenheim…

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Covid cases could peak in the next couple of weeks in Scotland, says expert

Dr Christine Tait-Burkard, of the University of Edinburgh, said keeping the requirement for face coverings is in line with dealing with the surge and is a "relatively easily-achieved measure".

The Independent UK

Children exposed to poverty and trauma more likely to offend as adults – study

Research by the University of Edinburgh looked at 4,300 people who had some involvement in crime and anti-social behaviour from age 12 to 35.

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Edinburgh BA passenger fumes after airline 'loses bag of valuables three times'

Neelabh Gupta, 29, is studying a PhD at the University of Edinburgh and has been left 'angry' and 'very tired' after days of phoning British Airways to retrieve his bag of valuables and research textbooks

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh University orders students to 'immediately leave' Russia amid Ukraine invasion

Students have been warned to leave the country as soon as possible after the Kremlin stepped up military action across the border in an 'appalling and horrific' act

Daily Record

New treatment for Multiple Sclerosis discovered by Scottish scientists

Using pioneering technology, University of Edinburgh researchers examined cells in fish which had genetic similarities to humans.

Daily Record

Urgent warning over paracetamol as painkiller increases deadly heart attack risk

According to the scientists at the University of Edinburgh, it has been assumed that paracetamol was a completely safe drug to use in patients with the condition.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh win University Challenge round - despite Scottish question blunder

The University of Edinburgh team suffered an embarrassment during their astonishing run to the semi-finals against Trinity - Cambridge, by answering a question relating to a Scottish uni wrong.

Daily Record

Stewartry woman recognised with British Empire Medal in New Year's Honours List

Sandra Kinnear, who works for the University of Edinburgh, is to be honoured for services to the environment and charity

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