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The BBC has issued an apology after it admitted to making ‘editing errors’ in a report on the recent Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. The report, which aired on BBC World News on November 27, 2023, showed footage of a building being destroyed by an Israeli missile, but failed to mention that the building was used by Hamas as a media centre and a weapons store. The report and the errors The report, titled ‘Gaza: The children who have seen too much’, was part of a series of stories on the impact of the conflict on the civilians in Gaza, especially…

Leaders of international education gather in Scotland The city of Edinburgh is hosting the Going Global 2023 conference, a prestigious event that brings together leaders of international education from across the world. The conference, organised by the British Council, will take place from Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 November 2023 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The theme of this year’s conference is Going Global Edinburgh: Towards sustainable, scalable and equitable partnerships in tertiary education. The conference aims to explore how partnerships in higher education can contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, address the challenges of the post-pandemic recovery, and foster innovation and excellence in teaching, research and…

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, the organisation that runs the world’s largest arts festival, has issued a new plea for financial support from the Scottish Government to help it recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and secure its long-term sustainability. Fringe Society faces ‘crisis point’ The Fringe Society, which supports artists, venues, producers and audiences, said it was facing a ‘crisis point’ after losing 80% of its income in 2020 and 2021 due to the cancellation and scaling back of the festival. It said it had used up its reserves and relied on loans and grants to survive,…

The Fruitmarket, Edinburgh’s contemporary art gallery, is hosting a new exhibition as part of the Deep Time festival, which celebrates the city’s geological and cultural heritage. The exhibition, titled p.e.r.s.o.n.a.l.c.l.u.t.t.e.r, features the work of six artists who use everyday objects and materials to create installations that reflect on the meaning and value of clutter. What is p.e.r.s.o.n.a.l.c.l.u.t.t.e.r? The exhibition’s curator, Fiona Bradley, explains that p.e.r.s.o.n.a.l.c.l.u.t.t.e.r is an acronym for “Personal, Emotional, Relational, Spatial, Organisational, Narrative, Aesthetic, Linguistic, Cultural, Liminal, Unconscious, Temporal, Transformative, Experimental, and Relational”. She says that these are some of the aspects that the artists explore in their…

The chief executive of Ferguson Marine, Tim Hair, has been accused of misleading a Scottish Parliament committee over the safety changes that added £24 million to the cost of two ferries. Safety changes were not part of the original contract The Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee was investigating the ferry fiasco that has delayed the delivery of two vessels for Caledonian MacBrayne by more than four years and increased the budget from £97 million to £230 million. According to a report by the Scotsman, Hair told the committee in June that the safety changes were part of the original contract…

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest arts festival, has revealed a huge financial black hole as it struggles to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Fringe organisers have launched a £7.5 million emergency appeal to secure the event’s survival and ensure its accessibility and diversity in the post-Covid world. Fringe lost millions during pandemic The Fringe, which showcases thousands of performances across comedy, theatre, dance, music and more, was completely cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. This year, the festival has operated at a fifth of its normal size, with only about 700 shows…

Scotland is facing a historic opportunity to reinvent its economy and society based on the principles of wellbeing economics, according to a new report by the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) Scotland. The report, titled “Reinventing Scotland: ‘Policy’ can’t save us – wellbeing economics can”, argues that the current economic system is failing to deliver social justice, environmental sustainability and human flourishing, and calls for a radical transformation of the way Scotland measures and pursues progress. What is wellbeing economics? Wellbeing economics is an alternative approach to economic policy and practice that puts the wellbeing of people and planet at the…