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Black History Month 2020
7th Oct
Black History Month was first celebrated in the UK in October 1987. Over 30 years later, it's become a time to celebrate the culture and contributions of Black Britons, as well as the African diaspora around the world. Whether you’re a student or... 
VP Welfare: How I've coped during lockdown
5th Oct
Saturday the 10th of October is World Mental Health Day and in the lead up to that we will be sharing tips and messages via our social media channels. The global pandemic and lockdown has been hard for all of us as we find ourselves unable to go... 
Students and Benefits Survey
1st Oct
Over summer and the start of the new academic year, we've had lots of enquiries from students about claiming benefits while studying. This rise in enquiries is mainly due to COVID-19 and numerous students losing employment and having to... 
President's blog: There's no shame in feeling low
10th Sep
**This blog contains references to suicide and suicidal thoughts **Today (10th of September 2020) is World Suicide Prevention Day. It's a hard day for many of us. Suicide is something very close to me, however before I get into why, there's... 
Universal Credit and Bursaries
9th Sep
Due to COVID-19 and numerous students losing employment and having to claim benefits as a result. We've seen a rise in queries from students about Universal Credit and Bursaries. With this in mind, we have got an update from the Edinburgh College... 
Starting out at Edinburgh College - the ultimate checklist
1st Sep
We are excited to welcome you to Edinburgh College. To help you start off your journey in the right way we have come up with the ultimate checklist of things you need to do to get started as a student at Edinburgh College.EnrolmentFirst off, have... 
Welcome to the 2020-21 Student Officer Team
1st Jul
Today we are welcoming the new Full-Time Student Officers into their roles. The incoming officers were elected in March by a campus wide student election and will be in post for a year. Jordan, Victoria and Rose have been so kind as to answer a... 
Carla's Farewell
30th Jun
This is my last President's Blog. Wow, even writing these words seems surreal, but what doesn’t seem surreal at the moment, though?The last few months have been more surreal than any of us could have imagined and certainly not how I expected half... 
End of Year Report 2019-2020
30th Jun
What a year it has been. As we get ready to wrap up the year, we take a look back at what 2019-20 brought through our Annual End of Year Report. July sees the previous Officers Carla, Shannon, & Seoras wave farewell, and the new team of... 
Need housing advice?
18th Jun
Housing issues make up a large part of the casework we deal with and last year we surveyed Edinburgh College students to identify how and where we can support them.Housing and Finance Survey: The ResultsWith that in mind, we created a new housing... 
Check out our new Go Green hub this World Environment Day!
4th Jun
This World Environment Day we wanted to draw your attention to the work we are doing at ECSA to promote sustainability and climate change awareness. To do this we've made a brand new Go Green hub, where you can find out about our Climate Challenge... 
ECSA-llence Awards Winners 2020
22nd May
Unsurprisingly, our fifth year of our annual learning & teaching awards has been a wee bit different. The entire nomination, short-listing, and awarding process has been completed whilst the country has been in lockdown and we all work from... 
Revamped Wellbeing Hub
22nd May
It can be quite scary living in lockdown and social distancing due to COVID-19.
Thats why it's important, now more than ever, to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
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President's blog: My new normal
20th May
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and with everything that’s going on for us at the moment I thought I would write a little something that some of you might be able to relate to. Everything has changed, all the things that we knew... 
Mental Health Awareness Week
18th May
This week is Mental Health Awareness week! The Mental Health Foundation run this awareness campaign every year, and this year the focus is on kindness. They chose this theme as they can see that kindness is prevailing in the uncertain time we are...