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Announcing the ECSA-llence Awards shortlist!
8th May After a grueling session where our student panel sorted through over 700 nominations, we're very pleased to announce the shortlist for the second annual ECSA-llence Awards! A huge congratulations to those who made it onto the shortlists, and to each and every one of you who...
Strike Update: Thursday 27th April
25th Apr As part of an ongoing dispute between the lecturers' union EIS and Colleges Scotland, another set of strike dates have been announced. These will likely cause disruption to your education, so please read carefully through the information issued by the college, below. If you...
DigiInventorsChallenge
5th Apr The #DigiInventorsChallenge, in association with Andy Murray and the Digital Health & Care Institute, and sponsored by Sopra Steria is on a mission to find smart new ways to help Scotland’s young people keep active, eat well and stay healthy and happy, now and in the future.
We are...
Scottish Student Sport Boxing Championships 2016/17
4th Apr If you would like to be involved in the Scottish Student Sport Boxing Championships this month, please click the link below or get in contact with the Edinburgh College Sport and Physical Activity Coordinator, Ryan Mahoney on ryan.mahoney@edinburghcollege.ac.uk
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Men's Football team into Scottish Cup Semi-Final
31st Mar Edinburgh College set out on their Scottish College Cup title defense on Wednesday afternoon against Moray College, who saw off North East Scotland College in the previous round. They arrived in the capital full of confidence, looking to extend their cup run, however it wasn't...
Touchtennis Varsity Cup
28th Mar Sunday 26th March saw the inaugural Touchtennis Varsity Cup held in Scotland at Stirling University. Touchtennis is an attractive alternative to the mainstream game, the key to touchtennis lies not in manipulating the ball with raw power but rather with deft stroke-play and chess-...
Edinburgh College link with Edinburgh Napier
21st Mar Edinburgh College have teamed up with Edinburgh Napier University to provide more opportunities for students to increase physical activity and sport participation. Free Jogging - Every Tuesday meeting at Engage (Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill) at 12:10pm....
And the winner is.... meet your new student officers!
10th Mar The votes have been cast, counted, and we're very pleased to be announce the results of the full-time student officer elections for 2017/18. There was a massive 1,052 voters across the all the positions, voting from campus polling stations, college PCs and mobile devices....
Update from the College on the 8th March EIS Strike
6th Mar Today the college issued another update for students on the strike action being taken by EIS members at the college - lecturers, instructors and LDTs.For more information on the strike, and for some FAQs from students. please check our strike update from last weekIMPORTANT INFORMATION...
Info on EIS Lecturers' Strike: Thursday 2nd March
27th Feb Background to the StrikeThe recognised trade Union for college teaching staff, EIS (Educational Institute of Scotland), have voted to take strike action, starting with a 1 day strike on Thursday the 2nd of March 2017.This is a local strike, specific to Edinburgh College, and, if the...
Meet your election candidates!
23rd Feb Nominations have now closed, so we're pleased to announce the candidates for the full-time student officer elections! Here are the list of the candidates and their manifesto's below!PresidentNeal BlackRyan CuffAlexander EdwardsVice-President (Sports & Activity)Cameron ConnerKevin...
Volleyball training
21st Feb Are you interested in volleyball?If the answer is yes, then training begins this week.When = Wednesday 22nd February 2017Where = Granton Sports HallTime = 1:15 to 2:15All students are welcome to attend!
Come and Give it a Go!
19th Jan As we're now well and truly into 2017, we're holding a series of Give it a Go sessions aimed at getting inactive students into activity! The Give it a Go sessions are designed to encourage students to participate in activities that are not offered through the college. Edinburgh...
Looking forward to 2017: Kicking off with Class Reps
19th Jan Happy New Year everyone, and I hope you all are well done and dusted with semester one and ready and raring to go with semester two!Reflecting back on the work we have done as a Students' Association in semester one and the possibilities going forward to the end of the year is very...