The Edinburgh Experience

The different seasons of student life

Being a student at the University of Edinburgh is much like being a student everywhere else - it’s full of its challenges as well as highs. The students are lovely and it’s amazing to be studying in a capital city which offers a whole world of opportunities that can’t be found elsewhere.

Of course, with the summer months approaching and the harsh Scottish winters feeling far away, it’s easy to love university life. May, with its glorious weather and the end of exams, hails in endless barbecues, beach trips and simply sitting in the meadows enjoying life surrounded by seemingly the whole student population. It seems to me to be that quintessential student experience.

Of course, August brings with it the Edinburgh Fringe! For a month, Edinburgh is invaded by tourists and street performers from all over the world blocking the streets. It’s both an exhilarating time to be a student in Edinburgh, with plenty of job opportunities and weird and wacky shows, and infuriating to be surrounded by so many tourists who are in love with Scotland, despite not knowing how to pronounce Edinburgh. Edinburgh comes into its own in