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Current Student front page example (March 14, 2006).
Current Student front page example (March 14, 2006). Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Student is a weekly Scottish independent newspaper produced by students at the University of Edinburgh. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" The University of Edinburgh (Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann founded in 1582 is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Founded in 1887 by author Robert Louis Stevenson, it is the oldest student newspaper in the United Kingdom and currently holds the title of Best Student Newspaper in Scotland, awarded by the Herald Student Press Awards in 2006 and 2007. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in The Herald is a national Broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Student today

The newspaper has been independent of the university since 1992 but relies for funding on the Edinburgh University Students' Association, which sells advertising on its behalf. Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA provides services, representation and welfare Support to Matriculated students of

All staff are volunteers, who fit work for the newspaper around their studies. The newspaper is printed on a Tuesday and usually consists of 28 pages. It has a physical circulation of 8000 copies per issue and is read by some 20,000 people [1]in Edinburgh. A Newspaper 's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow.

History

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The first Student of the 20th century (January 7, 1900). Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar

Developing from Stevenson's original publication, Student quickly became a small weekly magazine, published by the Students' Representative Council. A typical, turn-of-the-century edition of Student would open with a short biography of a notable person and an editorial. The remaining content largely comprised notes from various societies, sports results, poetry and literary reviews, and profiles of newly-appointed lecturers. The magazine was supported by advertising, but cost two pence. A penny (pl pence or pennies) is a Coin or a unit of Currency used in several English -speaking countries [2]

By the 1970s, Student had become a weekly newspaper, roughly Berliner in format. Berliner, or " midi " is a Newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½  in × 12 The running of the newspaper was by this stage in the control of the Student Publications Board, a body independent of the university. It was during the first half of the 1970s that Gordon Brown was a news editor. The type of content had shifted to reflect the times: a typical copy would contain pages on news, the environment, society, features, politics and entertainment. By this point, the price had risen to five pence. [3]

The 1990s saw the introduction of computers to the newspaper; the offices were also moved from the Student Publications Board offices at 1 Buccleuch Place to their present location in the Pleasance, anecdotally held to be space reclaimed after the closure of a monkey-testing lab. The Pleasance (usually used with the article is a street in central Edinburgh, Scotland. Initially, the newspaper was laid out on Apple Macintosh computers. Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc During this period, Darius Danesh worked - briefly - at the paper, as a film and music critic. Darius Danesh ( born 19 August 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a platinum-selling recording artist Songwriter, and West

In 1992 Student, which had been selling for 30 pence, was dropped by the student union as part of a cost-cutting exercise. A grant of £5,000 from the University Development Fund allowed it to continue as a student society and regain its editorial independence, distributing on campus free of charge.

The paper, now a tabloid in format, won the Herald Student Media Award for best newspaper in 1998, 2006 and 2007, and the Guardian Student Media Awards for 'Best Newspaper on a Shoestring' in 2001. The Herald is a national Broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. The Guardian Student Media Awards are an annual UK-wide student journalism competition run by The Guardian newspaper The paper was redesigned several times in the lead-up to the millennium, eventually switching to PCs for layout, and winning the Herald Award for its design in 2004. A personal computer ( PC) is any Computer whose original sales price size and capabilities make it useful for individuals and which is intended to be operated After failing to win the same award the following year, the paper was again radically redesigned in 2006.

Many of Student's former writers have gone on to become internationally renowned journalists and politicians. Past staff members of Student include the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown; Lord Steel; the late Robin Cook; singer Darius Danesh, and many of Fleet Street's reporters and editors. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 is David Martin Scott Steel Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC (born 31 March 1938) is a British and Scottish Robert Finlayson Cook (28 February 1946 &ndash 6 August 2005 better known as " Robin Cook " was a Politician in the British Labour Darius Danesh ( born 19 August 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a platinum-selling recording artist Songwriter, and West Recent graduates include Guardian staff writer and editor Helen Pidd and BBC radio reporter Chris Page. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group.

Controversy

Chris Brand

University lecturer Chris Brand, who had published controversial work into race and intelligence, and had castigated feminist promiscuity, single-parenting and paedohysteria, was asked to leave the university in 1997 for bringing it into "disrepute". Christopher Richard Brand (born in Preston, England, 1 June 1943) is a British psychological and psychometric researcher Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Student had been instrumental in calling for his sacking after his book, The g Factor, was published. Finally, Brand was compensated for unfair dismissal; and Student published in 2003 a further example of his psychorealism, urging girls to 'keep their (pubic} hair on' so as to improve their romantic chances. [4]

Financial collapse

In early 2002, Student's continuous run came to an end when the newspaper faced "five-figure debts". The official explanation was that the post-September 11 climate had caused a downturn in advertising, something being widely claimed by other newspapers at the time. [5]. The newspaper was relaunched at the start of the 2002-3 academic year and advertising sales, which had been traditionally managed internally, began to be handled by the advertising department of the Students' Association, a system which continues today. The paper recovered quickly, returning to weekly publication with a redesign soon after the start of the next academic year.

Anti-Gaelic bigotry'

The newspaper caused some controversy in 2004 when a television listing, mocking the Scottish Gaelic, was republished around the internet[6] A flurry of angry, concerned and threatening letters, largely condemning all who worked at the newspaper as bigots, followed; that the listings in question were traditionally deliberately offensive was not taken into account, due to the out-of-context nature of the forwarded message. Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that

'Page Three' feature

In early 2005, Student published an editorial discussing Page Three and nudity in the media, accompanied by two full-page, semi-naked glamour model photographs: one male, one female. Glamour photography is the photographing of a model with the emphasis on the subject The newspaper received a complaint from the university's Islamic Society (ISocEd) as a result. The local newspaper Edinburgh Evening News published a story regarding the feature, which was subsequently picked up by several national newspapers. The Edinburgh Evening News is a local Newspaper based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The photograph of the female model - who was wearing underwear and a scarf covering her nipples - was reprinted alongside each of these articles.

The majority of the coverage was seen by many as wildly misleading; newspapers claimed "floods of complaints" [7] and that the female model was in hiding. Furthermore, although Catherine Harper of Scottish Women Against Pornography said that "[This] will lead students to only view women as a pair of breasts", little mention was made of the male model also published. However, The Sun defended the publication of a page similar to its own and even offered the model a place in its paper. The Sun is a Tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland with the highest circulation of any daily English-language

Again, the Students' Association and university representatives declined to comment on the feature, and the story died out.

Pure Controversy

In November 2006 Student ran a series of front pages highlighting the Christian Union's Pure course which allegedly taught that homosexuality was a "curable condition. " The main complaint of Student was that the course was being taught at the Chaplaincy Centre, which is a university building. This raised concerns in regards to the university's anti-discrimination policy. What followed, was a temporary ban of the Pure course and a subsequent threats of litigation. The story became a national press fiasco, though Student was the first to break the story.

JK Rowling Interview

In early March 2008, Student published an interview with JK Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter series. Rowling told Student journalist Adeel Amini, that she had considered suicide during her mid-20's, but that she had overcome depression through counselling. On 23rd March, newspapers from around the world, including USA Today, the British newspaper The Times and several major Indian newspapers published the excerpt from Amini's interview.

Recent editors

2007/8

2006/7

2005/6

2004/5

Notable former editors and staff members

Footnotes and references

  1. ^ Student Newspaper | Edinburgh University Students' Association Website
  2. ^ The Student, Volume XIV (Winter 1899-1900)
  3. ^ The Student, November 14, 1975
  4. ^ IQ Researcher Suspended for Views on Paedophilia by Holden, Constance (November 22, 1996). WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 is Noam Friedlander is an Author, script writer TV reviewer columnist sub editor and feature writer Darius Danesh ( born 19 August 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a platinum-selling recording artist Songwriter, and West [1]. Science.
  5. ^ Edinburgh Student newspaper folds by Curtis, Polly (May 24, 2002). [2]. The Guardian.
  6. ^ 'Student' newspaper in anti-Scots racism row (May 24, 2004). [3]. Indymedia Scotland.
  7. ^ Student newspaper sparks 'Page 3' row [4]. by Lessware, Jonathan (February 11, 2005). Scotsman Education.

See also

External links

List of newspapers in Scotland is a list of Newspapers in Scotland.
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