Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from University of Edinburgh

Magic-mushroom drug can reduce depression symptoms, study suggests

Psychedelic effects lasted between six to eight hours, and during this time a therapist was in the room to provide psychological support.

The Independent UK

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

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

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

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)

Success for Scottish team at European Rocketry Challenge

A TEAM from the University of Edinburgh won the Best Payload Award at the European Rocketry Challenge following the successful launch of their…

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh students make history with ground-breaking rocket launch

Endeavour, a team made up of students at the University of Edinburgh, travelled to take part in the European Rocketry Challenge in Ponte de Sor and were pleased to report their Darwin III rocket reached an altitude of 7000m

Edinburgh Live

University of Edinburgh named one of the best in the UK in new global rankings

The University of Edinburgh has been recognised as one of the best institutions in the UK and top in Scotland in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023.

Edinburgh Live

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Voucher scheme effective at stopping smoking in pregnancy – study

More than a quarter (26.8%) of pregnant women involved in the trial who had the vouchers quit smoking by the end of their pregnancy, research found.

The Independent UK

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

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

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)

Researchers make breakthrough in cultivated pork production

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

Insider UK

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)

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

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Insider UK

'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

The Independent UK

Princess Royal named patron of group working to commemorate athlete Eric Liddell

The Eric Liddell 100 commemorates the runner and missionary’s achievements as the centenary of his success in the 1924 Paris Olympics approaches.

Edinburgh Live

Anger over Edinburgh University boss' £1.7m townhouse as students sleep in bunks

A Freedom of Information request reveals the university is spending just over £17,000 on the principal’s bills as students struggle to find a home due to the housing crisis

Wales Online

Housing crisis sees students forced to stay in bunk beds in converted uni common room

One exasperated student said the housing crisis is so bad, one flat they applied to live in had up to 500 other applications

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh University students sleeping in common room bunk beds due to housing crisis

Several fourth-year students who are sleeping in bunk beds on the ground floor of multiple different accommodation blocks in Pollock Halls after failing to find private accommodation.

The National (Scotland)

UK's largest and most advanced robotics centre opens in Edinburgh

THE UK’s largest and most advanced robotics centre has opened in Edinburgh.

The National (Scotland)

Thousands of workers at universities balloted for strike action

THOUSANDS of university workers across the country are being balloted for strike action over a pay dispute.

Insider UK

Universities 'must be recognised' for critical entrepreneurship role

Spin-out expert argues that the Scottish Government should work with academia to boost economic transformation plans

The Guardian - UK

Debt concerns as UK public sector workers turn to buy now, pay later

Use of services such as Klarna, Clearpay and Laybuy rising as staff rejected by mainstream lenders

Daily Mirror

UK's top 10 universities in full - but Oxford misses out on the key award

Oxford University has missed out on being named The Times and The Sunday Times' 'University of the Year', as Bath uni takes the award - despite ranking eighth in the overall league table

Daily Record

Scottish universities ranked from best to worst in new Times list

The University of St Andrews topped the list in Scotland and even came second place in the whole of the UK.

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

University of Edinburgh

University of Glasgow

143 stories

Edinburgh City Council

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.