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Poor Things: Bella Baxter or Bella Caledonia?

If you enjoyed the movie Poor Things, read the novel!  Perhaps surprising is so many reviews of this brilliant film ignore the underlying political subtext. Alasdair Gray, the author of the book the film was adapted from was not uninterested in the politics…

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The Beast from the East Attacks!

The UK is used to tabloids trying to stir up controversy with whatever they can use as ammunition. Every winter there are headlines that try to make us believe we'll open our front doors and find ourselves transported to a scene from The Day After Tomorrow…

Emma Simpson

March Mayhem: happenings near you

While the current temperatures and snowfall may be daunting, the 1st of March hopefully signals that spring will soon be on its way!  We are approaching the home stretch of classes, the days are getting longer and the temperatures should follow soon!There…

Emily Goetsch

Edinburgh Center

Highlands Activity Weekend

This past weekend saw students come together for a weekend of hiking, biking, dancing and kayaking in the Scottish Highlands. It takes a hardy type of individual to agree to sign up to go to the Highlands at the end of February; Scotland isn’t exactly…

Fraser Bryden

Director's Corner

Scotland and Brexit Update!

A lot has occurred since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in June 2016. Nearly a year ago, Theresa May (the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) blocked the Scottish Parliament majority vote for holding a second Scottish independence…

Dr. Hamish Thompson

February Happenings Across Scotland

All of our students have arrived in Scotland and are settled in universities in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews and Stirling.  Out extra-curricular events programme starts this month with a Day at the Races in Musselburgh, our trip to Berlin…

Emily Goetsch

Edinburgh Center

Fall 2017 Photography Competition

The results of our spring photography competition are in! Thank you so much to everyone who entered this semester's competition. We had so many impressive entries and it was very difficult to select our favourites! First Place $50 AMAZON VOUCHER 'Forth…

Emma Simpson

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