Maina Flintham Hjelde

Maina Flintham Hjelde
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Edinburgh
Education
Edinburgh University
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guides, opinion pieces, gossip, fashion, lifestyle, education, politics, food, culture, religion, books, film, art, music

  • Maina is the features editor for the Edinburgh University Tab. This means she oversees everything that isn't news from guides to opinion pieces. As well as contributing her own articles to The Tab, Maina edits a wide variety of feature articles from the writers and prepares a list of pitches…
  • Maina's area of expertise is in opinion pieces as she feels passionately about giving students a voice in all things from current events to their favourite coffee shops
  • In her spare time, Maina enjoys reading and exercising her creativity in several ways from drawing to creative writing. She also loves travelling the world and is passionate about learning about different cultures and ways of life

Experience

Maina joined the Edinburgh Tab as a writer in her third year at university and contributed regularly with articles. As well as publishing a weekly clubbers of the wee article, Maina also helped kickstart What are you Wearing Wednesdays on The Tab Edinburgh instagram. Maina became the features editor in her fourth year at university and now comes up with pitches and ideas for other writers as well as editing their work

Education

Maina attended school in North London and is in her final year at Edinburgh University finishing her undergraduate degree in Religious Studies and English Literature

THE TAB'S EDITORIAL POLICIES

The Tab's journalism is brought to you by young reporters who like being first. On university campuses, our writers deliver local news you care about. At The Tab HQ, our experienced journalists write about everything from breaking news to politics to pop culture to TikTok trends to the latest entertainment and celeb gossip. Our aim is to deliver sharp, original, and agenda-setting journalism to young people. All our stories are fact checked and sources verified. Further information on our editorial policies and processes can be found here.

Posts

In conversation with Edinburgh’s student hotline: Nightline

I sat down with Nightline to discuss all things mental health

The five best places to find your future partner as an Edinburgh student

Love can be found in even the most unlikely places (the Why Not dance floor)

New year, new you? How to re-organise your life in Edinburgh

The motivation you need to kick start the new semester

The ultimate guide to the Edinburgh charity shop scene

Now you too can avoid dirty looks from the fashionistas in the ECA

‘It can be hostile’: Edinburgh Uni’s female sports presidents on being a woman in sport

‘Women are made to see exercise as a way of being thinner rather than for team sports, comradery and the general fun of it’

15 unavoidable texts that are bound to be sent in an Edi girls flat groupchat

‘Hey guys, just a reminder that the walls in our flat are very thin…’

How to beat the Edi autumn blues

Anyone else sick to death of the constant rain?

A rundown of Edinburgh’s best LGBTQ nightlife

Satisfy the post freshers’ blues with one of these iconic queer spots

Your Edinburgh Uni degree based on your favourite George Square food truck

Is yours accurate?

10 culture shocks you’ll defo experience during Edi Freshers’ Week if you went to state school

Get ready for there to be more hummus in your fridge than students in your flat

‘This is no longer serving me’: Calling time on ‘therapy speak’

I just don’t have the emotional bandwidth to deal with it anymore x

Proposals to massive storms: A full roundup of all the Taylor Swift Eras tour drama so far

My TikTok FYP is shaking with all the chaos

Three years on, uni students are still feeling the effects of Covid on their grades

‘Having never sat formal examinations before, the stress levels are extreme’

Bouncy balls and choreography: How Netflix producers filmed Queen Charlotte sex scenes

Who knew intimacy coordinators were the real MVPs of the show?

‘I owe everything to TikTok’: One year on, The Edinburgh Tab catches up with Calum Bowie

We chatted to the TikTok star on all things internet fame and Edinburgh

Is being sober-curious the new ‘That Girl’ trend?

Are we all ditching the drink for 2023?

Break up with the library, and try these eight underrated Edi study spots instead

Because the fourth floor is SO last year

We sat down with Sanitree to discuss everything periods and sustainability

Because there’s no ‘I’ in ‘uterus’ but there is an ‘us’