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Welcome to EC: Freshers' Week 2022
19th Aug Welcome to Edinburgh College - it's Freshers' Week 2022!Freshers' Week is your chance to grab some freebies, win a prize, meet the Students' Association officers, and have fun! We'll be in the main area of each campus with stalls from ECSA, external partners and more from 10am till...
Welcome from Skye
19th Aug Hi, I’m Skye (she/her), this year's Vice President Welfare!First things first, let's just get this out of the way. I'm Autistic, I also have ADHD so I can come across as quite strong sometimes, but I’d like to think I’m a lot of fun! I talk wayyy too much and often go on crazy...
Time for a refresh...New branding launch!
12th Aug It is hard to believe it, but 2022 marks our big, double-digit, TENTH year in existence!To celebrate this landmark year for us, we will be running a series of article, publications, and events throughout the 2022-23 academic year.To kick us off with a bang, we thought we'd make sure...
Join our online student community
12th Aug We've launched our very own Discord server exclusively for Edinburgh College students. This is YOUR space to ask questions, meet other students, and find out more about what's going on across the campuses. This is a safe space where every Edinburgh College student is welcome and no...
Results Day 2022
9th Aug Everyone at ECSA would like to send positive vibes to anyone who is expecting results today from the SQA. To say it has been a stressful year for anyone in education would be a massive understatement, so the fact that you kept going and get ot the end of your course is incredible in...
Go Green Short-Listed for National Award!
15th Jul ECSA's sustainability project, Go Green, has been short-listed in this year's Green Gown Awards for UK and Ireland.We have been short-listed alongside 10 other institutions across the UK and Ireland for the Student Engagment Award, recognising the impact we have had with our...
New ECSA Team 2022-23
12th Jul On the 1st of July, the new team of full-time officers started their 12 month term in office. We waved goodbye to Rose, Jordan, and Victoria, after their 2 years at the healm, and welcomed a new group of student leaders to take the reigns.David, Skye, & Luna have hit the...
ECSA Officers Farewell
30th Jun It is the end of the academic year and our current Student Officers end their posts too, making room for a newly elected officers for the upcoming year, David, Skye and Luna. It has been a difficult year for everyone with Covid-19 and restrictions in place, preventing...
Offices Closed for Summer
21st Jun We've made it - it's finally summer! Now that college has wrapped up for the summer holidays, our offices will be closed until we welcome students back in August.On the 1st of July, we'll welcome our new officer team: David, Luna, and Skye. Over the holidays, they'll be working to...
End of Year Report 2021-2022
8th Jun Since it’s June, it’s time for us to release our annual end of year report to you all!“As Student President, it's my pleasure to present our end of year report.After spending so long working from home, this year has seen the return to campus for most students, as well the ECSA team....
Pride Month
7th Jun This year marks fifty years since first Pride event in the UK. In 1972 a first official UK Gay Pride Rally took place which was held in London. The movement evolved so much through all this years giving support for all LGBTQ+ pepole across UK offering inclusiveness that everyone...
Summer Travel Update
7th Jun As we are approaching the end of the college year and many of you will be travelling over the summer months, we have put together useful information as there are some changes to the timetables that you should be aware of:Lothian Buses have made changes to...
ECSA closed for Platinum Jubilee
30th May The ECSA and Edinburgh College will be completely closed for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Public Holidays on Thursday the 2nd and Friday the 3rd of June. We will get your messages when we return on Monday 6th of June. If you need any help or advice on something specific,...
2 years of the Go Green Project: Our Achievements
24th May Between April 2020 and March 2022, Edinburgh College Students' Association have been awarded over £185,000 as part of the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) to deliver the Go Green Project.This has enabled us to open a Community Fridge on each of our...
Student Homelessness Survey
23rd May Background about the survey:As part of a long term work undertaken by VP Welfare Jordan ECSA has Teamed up With the homeless Charity Cyreannians to start a piece of long term work by creating a survey asking students who have experienced homelessness since 2014 what was...