Edinburgh Uni staff are losing their jobs. Their boss has two
Sir Peter Mathieson appears to have confirmed he is being paid for a board role at a university spin-off at the same time as many staff face uncertainty about their futures.
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Nuclear bomb programme struggled with staff shortages, says MoD report
Staff shortages have prevented an official watchdog from completing all “essential tasks” to ensure the safety of the UK nuclear
Ministry of Defence under fire for hiding reports on nuclear safety problems
The UK government’s nuclear safety watchdog has criticised the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for hiding efforts to ensure the
‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people
For how long, wonders Alan Dick, can you stare at four walls before they start closing in? Seven years ago,
“My mother didn’t want me to be cut”: female genital mutilation in the UK
Rahma’s mother didn’t want her daughter to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), a procedure that involves cutting or
War on Europe’s frontier: the Ukrainians risking their lives to join the EU
Sergiy Parhomenko stood on Independence Square, aka ‘The Maidan’, on a cold and foggy autumnal afternoon in Kiev. Hotel Ukraine,
Revealed: the companies in Scotland where the gender pay gap is growing
The gap between what women and men are paid widened in favour of men at over 170 organisations in Scotland
MSP pension fund aims to be more ethical – but ups fossil fuel investment
The company managing Holyrood’s £86 million pension fund has ploughed more money into fossil fuels and opposed bids to
Ruling allowing Serco to evict asylum seekers sets ‘dangerous precedent’
Campaigners are warning that a “dangerous precedent” has been set by a “brutal” ruling from Scotland’s highest court that
Rape victims billed hundreds of pounds for mobile phones seized by police
Victims of sexual violence are being forced to spend hundreds of pounds on mobile phones seized by the police, prompting
Arms firms in Scotland profit from walls to keep out asylum seekers
Arms firms in Scotland given taxpayers’ money are profiting from border security contracts in Europe designed to keep out asylum
US ‘hate group’ linked to Trump to debate free speech in Edinburgh
A Christian organisation branded as an anti-LGBT hate group has been invited to Edinburgh for a debate on whether Christians
Arms firms selling weaponry to Turkey awarded £15m of tax payers’ money
Arms firms with factories in Scotland who sell weaponry to Turkey have been given nearly £15 million of taxpayers’ money