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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...

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...

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@...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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 (...
ECSA Volleyball

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...
Neal and Amanda at Graduation

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...
Class reps conference Granton

Class Rep Conferences November & December - ECSA Updates & Reports

19th Dec
 In this section you will find the ECSA updates the Full Time Officers delivered to Class Reps at the conferences in November & December outlining what ECSA have been up to. The November Conference covered everything officers had been up...