ers '. ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁The ▁Journal ▁was ▁inaugur ated ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁as ▁an ▁independent ▁newspaper ▁aim ed ▁primarily ▁at ▁students ▁att ending ▁seven ▁higher ▁education ▁instit utes ▁in ▁the ▁city : ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Edinburgh , ▁Nap ier ▁University , ▁Her iot - W att ▁University , ▁Queen ▁Margaret ▁University , ▁Edinburgh ▁College ▁of ▁Art , ▁T elf ord ▁College ▁and ▁Stevens on ▁College . ▁The ▁publication ▁covered ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁topics ▁including ▁local ▁news ▁and ▁events , ▁academic ▁develop ments , ▁national ▁student ▁news , ▁and ▁national ▁politics , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁university ▁and ▁professional ▁sport ▁across ▁Edinburgh . ▁It ▁also ▁included ▁sections ▁of ▁comment ary ▁and ▁feature ▁writing , ▁alongside ▁reviews ▁of ▁local ▁arts ▁events . ▁The ▁publication ▁was ▁independent ▁of ▁all ▁its ▁target ▁institutions , ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁affili ated ▁with ▁their ▁associated ▁students ' ▁un ions . ▁The ▁publication ▁was ▁fund ed ▁through ▁advert ising ▁sales ▁and ▁subscri ptions . ▁ ▁The ▁Journal ▁printed ▁and ▁distributed ▁around ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁each ▁fort night ▁throughout ▁the ▁academic ▁year . ▁L atter ly ▁it ▁was ▁printed ▁by ▁Mort ons ▁of ▁Horn castle ▁in ▁tab lo id ▁format , ▁the ▁publication ▁was ▁originally ▁produced ▁as ▁a ▁Berliner , ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁first ▁and ▁only ▁UK ▁student ▁newspaper ▁to ▁have ▁published ▁issues ▁in ▁this ▁size . ▁ ▁Organisation ▁ ▁The ▁paper ▁was ▁managed ▁by ▁a ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors ▁compr ising ▁three ▁former ▁staff ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Edinburgh ' s