These two Edinburgh students have moved to a remote Scottish island for the semester The couple have swapped city living for the Isle of Cumbrae 2 months ago This semester is proving to be very different to the one most of us had planned. A couple of Edinburgh students have taken this weird semester a step further: they’ve traded in their city flats and moved to the Isle of Cumbrae, a remote island off the west coast of Scotland. Harry and Olivia, two third years at the University of Edinburgh, upped sticks to the island at the start of this semester. The two were initially planning on moving in together in Edinburgh in January anyway. Online learning made them realise they had no need to physically be near campus.