Hugo Donnelly

News Editor

Hugo Donnelly
Location
Edinburgh
Education
Edinburgh University
Expertise

Hugo has covered stories on student protests, student union action, and the work of student charities, as well as working with student societies to create social media content

  • Hugo is the News Editor for The Tab Edinburgh, managing the output of News at The Tab
  • His focus is on stories affecting students and the most important developments and events in Edinburgh
  • He is a Third Year English Literature student at The University of Edinburgh, and he joined The Tab as a News Writer in 2023, before becoming News Editor in 2024

Experience

Hugo has previously worked for a Public Relations and Communications Agency in London, on behalf of clients such as Mercedes-Benz, Amazon, BT Group and Sage. He has also worked for a literary agency, editing manuscripts and managing submissions from aspiring authors. He also founded his own Literature blog. At Edinburgh, he was previously a Senior Editor for the Edinburgh Student Literary Journal, and is involved in student theatre and film.

Education

Hugo attended school Dubai, United Arab Emirates before moving to the United Kingdom in 2017. He currently studies English Literature at The University of Edinburgh and is in Third Year.

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Posts

Edinburgh student play, ‘Fools and Knaves,’ focuses on a little-known part of Scottish history

‘James I was as close to an openly-gay monarch as you could get in the 1600s,’ says playwright Polly Dunn

Edinburgh chippy could be demolished to build students flats

The project would build 13 new students flats and has received many objections from locals

A baby red panda at Edinburgh Zoo has died from firework stress

Roxie was three months old when she died on Bonfire Night

Seven mental health tips from student charity, Conscious Edinburgh

Ahead of their ‘Night with Conscious’ fundraiser for subsidised therapy

Parents of Edinburgh student who died after suspected spiking say their son was ‘murdered’

Greg Mackie was found dead in 2017, with the death ruled as an accidental drug overdose

Edinburgh’s iconic ‘Rascals’ club night to close its doors after eight years

We’re not crying, you are

Edinburgh University students required to present ID to enter Old College amid protests

The measure has been introduced to ‘ensure the safety of students’

A vigil is being held on Monday for a first year Edinburgh student who ‘suddenly’ died

Law student Lucy Carroll ‘died suddenly’ on Wednesday this week

Edinburgh University students call for Sir Peter Mathieson’s resignation in EUSA vote

95 per cent of students voted for the motion proposed by the Student Council

Pro-Palestinian protestors occupy Edinburgh University’s Main Library

The ‘sit-in’ was part of a series of pro-Palestinian marches held since October