The Student

The Student is the student-run newspaper at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The paper was founded in 1887 by Robert Louis Stevenson, making it the oldest and most respected student paper in the U.K.

In conversation with desa: a kosovar refugee

In September, the United States lowered the total number of refugees they will be allowing into the country to a 30,000 person cap, the lowest it has been since 1980, and less than one third what it was under the Obama administration. Part of the reason this cap was lowered was to deal with processing the 800,000 current asylum-seekers…

How scotland’s lead in renewable energy is paving the way

After the recent UN climate report, people around the world have been scrambling to take action and do their part in reversing the damage. To many, this report simply confirmed what they already knew, but others are just coming around to the idea that we are fast approaching a tipping point, one that will likely be irreversible. From a global standpoint, Scotland stands out as something of a beacon of hope for what sustainable energy can accomplish…

lie to me: can we tell when we’re being lied to?

Do you think you are a good judge of when you are being lied to? As it turns out, if your answer is yes, you are most likely lying to yourself. Cognitive researchers at the University of Edinburgh published a study in October which indicates that we are good at identifying mannerisms which we commonly associate with lying…