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📣 Today I'm starting full time at
@ScotNational
as a multimedia journalist, where I'll be focusing on all things trade unions and (soon!) grassroots independence ✊️
I'd love to connect - my DMs are open, or you can email me at lucy.jackson
@newsquest
.co.uk ✉️
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Regarding tonight’s screening of “Adult Human Female” on
@EdinburghUni
campus.
@TheStudentPaper
have taken the editorial decision not to cover the event as we do not believe in platforming the harmful rhetoric that will undoubtedly affect many of our student readership. 1/
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We are a group of student journalists
@TheStudentPaper
reporting on the screening of Adult Human Female on our own campus. We faced aggression from the police trying to do so.
What happened to freedom of speech?
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We will instead be focusing on the Trans Solidarity Community event held at the same time by members of
@EdUniStudents
and
@sssn_edi
- we believe it is more important for us as a student publication to report on the ways our community looks out for each other. 2/
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NEW: Keir Starmer has been reported to the Privileges Committee over 'intimidation' allegations
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Our attention must be placed on the university’s response, as their refusal to cancel the event in the name of “free speech” is a decision that will incite further hatred against trans people and put many members of our community at further risk. 3/
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Free speech does not mean the freedom to speak without accountability. Tonight’s event is dangerous and harmful to our community. It is our priority to report on this and hold those responsible to account. 6/6
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The Student is a place where students can voice their opinion freely. Freedom of academic expression is important. Calling into question the human rights of trans people is not “free speech”, but is a targeted attack on the trans community. 5/
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I urge you to read the statement released by
@ucuedinburgh
. It is abhorrent that union members have faced racial abuse for speaking out against this and The Student stands in solidarity with all UCU members on this matter. 4/
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NEW: The
@ScottishTUC
has called for the devolution of employment law to Holyrood
It comes after First Minister
@HumzaYousaf
announced he would be laying out the Scottish Govt's plans for this in the coming weeks
@ScotNational
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Progression into final year
@EdinburghUni
deferred. Currently £68k in debt.
@UCEA1
what are you doing?? Staff and students are being pushed to their limits
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To clarify, as I think many of the replies here are missing the point - we were refused access to the press area as we did not have accreditation to hand.
No other journalist was asked for accreditation. We were treated with hostility and aggression.
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We didn't express support of any side and did not participate in the protest. Journalists should be able to report freely without fear
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🧵: So this month is
#FNDAwarenessMonth
! And most people have never heard of
#FND
, so I thought I’d explain in an obnoxiously long thread how it’s affected me:
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Just wanted to pop on quickly and say thank you to all the love and solidarity over the past few days. It has been heartwarming to see amongst all the vile hatred and I stand by my decision.
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Great to chat to
@rossclarksnp
, the SNP's youngest candidate standing for election, for this week's
@ScotNational
Grassroots newsletter 🗳
We chatted about why young people need a voice in Westminster, and what it's like following in the footsteps of the likes of
@MhairiBlack
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Had the most amazing time meeting
@AngelaRayner
at today's
#AllTalkWith
at
@edfringe
!! Such a refreshing discussion about what is means to be an ordinary, working class person in politics and why we can't back down. There's hope for the future!
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@HumzaYousaf
has called for an immediate end to UK arms sales to Israel
@AnasSarwar
supports an immediate end to arms sales
@RozFoyer
told me the
@ScottishTUC
takes the same position
When will
@UKLabour
and
@Keir_Starmer
take the same approach?
"The STUC and the Scottish Government have stood shoulder to shoulder in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and
to end all arms sales to Israel."
@HumzaYousaf
.
#STUC24
is unequivocal: the slaughter must cease.
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Sat in FMQs and I'm 90% sure I can see Lorna Slater going through her calendar and deleting things
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So excited to share I'm starting as a Reporter for
@ScotNational
🏴📰 I'd love to hear any tips or stories, send them my way at lucy.jackson
@newsquest
.co.uk!
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I did the thing! I graduated! 🎓
So proud of myself for getting here - and so excited for the future!
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I'm graduating with a 2:1! A really surreal moment as there were times I didn't think I'd make it. A short🧵 because I deserve it...
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✨ NEW for
@ScotNational
📰 | King’s portrait money could fund over three million free school meals
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@ForWomenScot
@TheStudentPaper
I'll pass this onto the team reporting, I'm sure they'd be grateful for a comment
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Today I spoke to Education Secretary
@JennyGilruth
about the new Scottish Languages Bill introduced in Parliament 🎓
🗣 Gaelic and Scots are really part of who we are 🏴
Read the full story 👇
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I did watch the film before making this editorial decision. I do not believe in journalism that enables transphobia and the response I have received only makes me more determined to do the right thing.
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🎉 Exciting news! I'm going to be away for the next two weeks submitting my dissertation (not so exciting) - but when I'm back, I'm so pleased to announce I'll be joining
@ScotNational
full time covering all things from grassroots to trade unions!
See you on the other side! 🤠
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Staff and students at Aberdeen University took part in a rally to protest against potential cuts to the modern languages department 🎓
Full story for
@ScotNational
👇
@aberdeen_ucu
@ausatweet
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So excited to announce I'm this year's Scotland Officer at
@SPAJournalism
🏴📰 Can't wait to get stuck in and showcase just how incredible Scotland's student media is 🎉
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What an absolute honour to have won an award for Outstanding Committment
@SPAJournalism
last night!
It was incredible to see so many talented journalists in one room. We are the future 💪
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So so happy to find out I got a first in my dissertation! My obsession with Milton and the northern lights has paid off 😌
I did it! Dissertation submitted, finals in, university done 🎉
(And yes, I've included a close up of my title for anyone being nosy)
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@ForWomenScot
@TheStudentPaper
We appreciate that. The barrier I'm talking about is the one that separated the protesters from the venue, not the barrier outside the venue itself. There was a large gap in between, where the rest of the press were. We weren't trying to get into the event without a ticket :)
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The
@scottishgreens
launched their campaign in Edinburgh North and Leith today with canditate
@KayleighFONeill
and co-leader
@lornaslater
🗳
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🔴 NEW: LGBT+ subcommittee still hasn't been formed at
@EdinburghUni
But - the academic freedom working group has met & developed guidance, with senior leadership reporting to themselves
The university seems to be taking a clear position
@TheStudentPaper
with
@marysebots
👇
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📰 NEW for
@TheStudentPaper
: Trans Solidarity Community Event takes place on Edinburgh University campus. Read more below 👇
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Full solidarity with
@ucuedinburgh
. My frustrations, like most other students here at Edinburgh, lie with management and the refusal to reenter negotiations. Failure to do so will have a lasting impact on how this uni functions & it must always be challenged.
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🎓 After months of no marking, UCU have voted to end MAB. Very difficult to see who wins here, other than senior management.
No further forward in negotiations since April, and now an insane amount of workload for staff already under pressure.
BREAKING: " EDUCATION UCU vote to end marking and assessment boycott
Read here:
By Lucy Frewin
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I am over the moon that
@TheStudentPaper
has won Best Publication at this year's
@SPAJournalism
National Awards 🎉
A testament to all the amazing work of such an incredible group of people. I'm honoured and just so proud of what we've achieved.
Student journalism is mighty!!!!
@NewsAssociates
@Lucyedyer
@GlasgowGuardian
@GUUnion
The
#SPANC24
Best Publication is...
@TheStudentPaper
What an achievement, congratulations one and all!
@EdUniStudents
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EXCLUSIVE: Humza Yousaf has encouraged all workers to join a trade union
As he attended the
@ScottishTUC
annual congress, the First Minister thanked the trade union movement for 'all that you do for Scotland' 🏴
@ScotNational
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A sample of some of the responses over the last few days
I'm not deterred and nor should any other student journalist reading this - go support your local student paper! 📰
@lucy__jacksonx
@ForWomenScot
@TheStudentPaper
You are a failure both as a journalist and as a student.
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I did it! Dissertation submitted, finals in, university done 🎉
(And yes, I've included a close up of my title for anyone being nosy)
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My piece for
@spectator
on the recent attempt to screen Adult Human Female on
@EdinburghUni
campus and why I don't believe in platforming views that will directly cause harm to others.
'I do take issue with the documentary being shown on campus under the guise of ‘academic freedom’. Why? Because it falsely implies that the rights of trans people are up for debate.'
✍️ Lucy Jackson
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One National reader has rightly pointed out that the police van is parked on a double yellow line in front of a huge sign which reads 'no parking' 🙃
🗣️'Let's have a selfie, big man. Are you still not going to take a direction from a constable in uniform?'
NEW: A journalist at The National was threatened with arrest by a police officer while attempting to cover a major protest outside a Glasgow arms factory
Full video 👇
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So, the final edition of the year
@TheStudentPaper
is here, and it's an emotional one for me!
It was really lovely to write about my experience, and I'll miss it a lot 😊
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🗳 Logging in live from the election count at Edinburgh where things will soon kick into action
I'll be bringing you all the latest for
@ScotNational
, including the all-important updates on my snack collection 👇
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🗳
@scottishgreens
General Election candidate
@KayleighFONeill
talks about the importance of disability representation in Westminster
@ScotNational
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I got an exclusive first-look at the SNP's election campaign material 👀
The party lists 100 policies which it says show Scotland is 'making better decisions for itself'
More
@ScotNational
👇
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My piece for The Student on how Widening Participation students are being abandoned by Edinburgh University. We are being used to make them look good, but the reality is we are being left behind.
The University of Edinburgh is failing disadvantaged students. After pledging to lead on widening participation, the uni cut a scholarship for financially disadvantaged students in half.
Lucy Jackson (
@lucy__jacksonx
) reports.
@93clubedinburgh
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🧵 We did it! Reading through this historic
#IWD
edition of
@ScotNational
, I'm struck by how immense our achievement is✊️
Every single page jam-packed with incredible content, highlighting the stories that need telling and the voices that otherwise wouldn't be heard
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The brilliant
@TheStudentPaper
is raising funds to continue printing our amazing newspaper
It has been an absolute privilege to work as President here ❤️
We've been around for 136 years & we're determined this won't be the end ✊️
More info 👇, please consider a RT
We've started a GoFundMe to raise money. Anything donated will go towards printing our incredible newspaper.
Please RT & share with the world, every single penny matters.
Thank you ❤️
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🔴EXC: Hundreds of staff at
@EdinburghUni
have demanded that the university sever ties with Israel 🎓🇵🇸
A whopping 549 staff from every department expressed solidarity with the student encampment and called on the uni to address its legacy
Full story in
@ScotNational
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EXC: First Minister
@JohnSwinney
has called Benjamin Netanyahu's comments 'unconscionable' after the Israeli PM said an attack which burned alive at least 35 Palestinians was a 'tragic mistake'
@ScotNational
👇
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Let's take a look at why this is important 👇
It's not necessarily because of the book in question, or the event that took place - but how it all came to be. 🧵
🔴 BREAKING: Calls for Vice-Chancellor Mathieson to resign after LGBT committee member arranges gender-critical book launch
Read the full story here:
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I will be publishing more on this in the coming days. Solidarity ✊️🏳️⚧️
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As Pride Month comes to an end, I spoke to four MSPs from across the political spectrum about their experience of being out in Holyrood for
@ScotNational
🌈
Thanks to
@patrickharvie
@EmmaRoddickSNP
@PFOKane
and
@AnnieWellsMSP
for taking part 👇
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I spoke to
@ucu
branches across 🏴 about the recent break down of negotiations around university pay. They spoke of frustration with
@UCEA
for ending talks & the lasting impact of no resolution.
#UCURising
Strathclyde UCU told the Sunday National that “staff morale is at an all-time low”
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Functional Neurological Disorder is a very complex condition, but put simply it’s when the brain doesn’t send the right signals to the rest of your body. There’s no physical damage to the brain, but for whatever reason the signals aren’t sending correctly.
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📣 Calling all
@theSNP
and
@scottishgreens
members - I want to know your thoughts on the Scottish Government ending the Bute House Agreement
What does it mean for Scottish independence?
My DMs are open 📩
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To clarify, as I mentioned in my previous thread, I will be focusing on an event that took place in solidarity with the Trans community at the same time but in a different building.
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A whirlwind trip down to London but it was great to meet the incredible
@SPAJournalism
team for this year - can't wait to get started! 🎉😌
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I feel really proud to be working at The National - one of the only media outlets in the UK to be outspoken in its support of the Palestinian people 🇵🇸
Tomorrow's edition is not one to miss 👇
First look at tomorrow's front page 📰
Scotland says: Stop the killing
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NEW: A left wing branch of the SNP has expressed concern over the 'appeasement of right wing ideologies' within the party after BHA turmoil
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I'm so incredibly proud of the team
@TheStudentPaper
- we've been shortlisted a record EIGHT times at this year's
@SPAJournalism
national awards! 🎉
What an amazing achievement, I hope all of our writers, editors and committee feel immensely proud ❤️
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From one student paper to the next - please support
@brignewspaper
Student journalism has never been more vital 📰
Brig has been the University of Stirling's student paper since 1969. As we near our 55th anniversary, we need your help to keep printing.
Read more 👇
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Very conveniently lost data right as this happened but a very interesting development 👇
The protester was later removed by police, and the match went ahead. The show of solidarity from Glasgow this evening was unlike anything I've covered before
🚨 The Israel v Scotland game at Hampden has been delayed after a protester broke into the stadium and chained themselves to a goalpost.
Demonstrations outside the stadium have seen demands for the game to be called off over Israel's actions in Palestine
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A great example of a student paper taking a stand against injustice 📰✊️
Student journalism has never been more vital - kudos to The Gaudie and to
@joshpizpom
for their amazing work on calling out cuts!
Join us for a discussion on how to fight the proposed cuts across the University. All welcome, we want input from as many people as possible...
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I was in the Bute House Agreement press conference, and one thing struck me: Why are all the journalists asking the same question over and over again?
My take on today's events✍
@ScotNational
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It's great to win this 👇 but it shouldn't have been necessary in the first place. We shouldn't have to rely on the kindness of our community to stay in print.
Support student media!
Congratulations
@TheStudentPaper
— your GoFundMe campaign is our winner for Fundraiser of the Year. Well done to the whole team!
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@EdinUniAFAF
@TheStudentPaper
The team appreciates that and I'll make sure that's passed on for the future. My point wasn't to criticise the event organisers or security (who were sympathetic towards us) but the way it's been handled by the police
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Great gig for a great cause tonight at St Luke's organised by
@FairHospitality
@GlasgowUnite
and headlined by
@DeclanWelsh
🇵🇸
@frankieboyle
,
@tina_sandwich
@JosieLong
also on the line up, with all money raised going to Islamic Help to send a surgeon to Gaza 👏
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We've clarified that the centre isn't trans-exclusionary. But it does exclude trans women. The vast majority of students here, regardless of how they identify, agree that this is a problem.
Just to stop it going down the memory hole.
@TheStudentPaper
, as well as lying about JK Rowling's
@beirasplace
being trans-exclusionary, also platformed Robyn Woof, the violent Edinburgh trans activist who has just been charged by police for alleged assault.
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I spoke to two grassroots campaigners about what they're hearing on the doors in the run up to the General Election 🗳
Thanks to Niall and Logan for taking the time to chat!
More in
@ScotNational
Grassroots newsletter 👇
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Mood from inside the Scottish Green Party is tense. Members angry that they weren't given the opportunity to vote on the future of the BHA. Equally frustrated with current party leadership
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🔴 BREAKING: University of Edinburgh confirms LGB rights activist Simon Fanshawe as Rector
Full story 👇
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I understand why my symptoms were misunderstood; I had xrays, ultrasounds, blood tests which all came back negative. FND doesn’t show up on scans. I don’t blame these doctors for not knowing about every medical condition, FND isn’t widely taught, but it’s clear there is stigma.
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🏥 NHS Scotland cancer waiting times are the best in the UK - but targets still aren't being met
I spoke to
@Dr_PhilippaW
and
@UniteScotland
to find out what the figures actually mean for workers & for people waiting to start treatment
@ScotNational
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This is extremely rich coming from a university which paid 26k to move the vice chancellor's cat and dog from hong kong to edinburgh 🙃
Have you considered the impact owning a pet has on the planet? 🐶🐱
Which according to some this is almost as much as flying by private jet! But there are ways to reduce their environmental pawprint 🐾
Read more ➡️
#EdinburghImpact
@GeosciencesEd
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🐈 Some exciting wildcat news!
Wildcat conservation project
@SaveOurWildcats
is set to welcome new arrivals in the spring 🐾
Story 👇
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Beyond happy to have received this award!
Congratulations
@TheStudentPaper
— your GoFundMe campaign is our winner for Fundraiser of the Year. Well done to the whole team!
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An incredibly important story in tomorrow's paper. I don't often talk about my disability on social media but I can safely say that accessing help I was entitled to through the DWP was the most gruelling and dehumanising thing me and my family have ever been through.
Tomorrow's front page 🗞️
UK Government to be probed by regulator + more people than ever ID as 'Scottish, not British'
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Tension is gathering as staff at the stadium are trying to prevent protesters from turning on a PA system
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Important statement from
@EdUniStudents
regarding last week's attempted screening of Adult Human Female on
@EdinburghUni
campus
On 14 December, we and the Staff Pride Network, hosted a Trans Solidarity Community Event. At the same time, Edinburgh Academics for Academic Freedom were planning to host a screening of Adult Human Female.
📲 See here for Sabbatical Officer Statement
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BREAKING: Flames at the top of Blackpool Tower was actually orange netting
Blackpool Police have confirmed there was no fire
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Read the full interview 👇
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Had a great time on
@MattChorley
's Disunited Kingdom segment with some amazing student journalists!
Check out the conversation below 👇
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I’m very lucky in that I can see my life returning to the way it was, and that it’s only been seven months and not seven years. Please share this, read other tweets about
#FNDAwarenessMonth
, ask about things you don’t understand, and don’t dismiss it.
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The encampment at Edinburgh University is in full swing just metres away from where the portrait of Lord Balfour hangs
This global movement of encampments calls on universities to sever all ties with Israel - with Edinburgh's role in the conflict playing a major role
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A very important thread from the wonderful Hope ❤️ women aren't safe at Edinburgh, but that isn't because trans people are protesting against a film. Solidarity 🏳️⚧️✊️
i’m the women’s officer with the edinburgh university students association.
edi uni is trending atm because of the cancelled adult human female screening, so i want to take this opportunity to say that women ARE NOT SAFE at edinburgh university
a thread 🧵 for those concerned
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Over the next few days I'm at
@ScottishTUC
Annual Congress in Dundee. If you spot me, come and say hello!
I'll be reporting on all things trade unions and live tweeting along the way. Expect speeches from both
@HumzaYousaf
and
@AnasSarwar
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This is typical for most people with FND; we experience barriers often in the form of medical professionals who either do not know about the condition, or who do not find it plausible, which is why
#FNDAwarenessMonth
is so important!
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The replies here are really something else, lost for words 🙃
We have updated our social media coverage to remove the statement that the centre is "trans-exclusionary", and would like to clarify that Beira's Place is a "single-sex" centre and is thus exclusionary of trans women. (1/3)
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@AyoCaesar
In terms of drink: Boozy Cow, The Dog House, Pear Tree are my top three. Don't get tricked by all the pubs on the Royal Mile, you'll get a pint for half the price in Newington! Canny Man is also cute if you're looking for old man pub vibes
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Please please please, read what you can about this condition. Listen to people who have it, fight against the stigma that surrounds it. This condition ultimately needs to be taught more; just because you don’t understand something doesn’t mean it isn’t real.
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