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ECSA-llence Awards 2020: The Nominees

7th May
 Students across Edinburgh College have nominated their lecturers, LDTs, support staff and class reps across 5 Award Categories. The shortlisting panel has come back and are excited to announce the shortlist for our Annual ECSA-llence Awards....

Celebrating Earth Day - how you can stay connected with nature during the lockdown

22nd Apr
  Happy Earth Day! Today is Earth Day, an annual celebration of environment that happens every year on the 22nd of April. It is also the 50th Anniversary of the first ever Earth Day, which started back in 1970. This year the theme is...

Have your say - help us design a new green space for Edinburgh College.

2nd Apr
 ECSA is working with Edinburgh College's Ccommunity Garden Coordinator to plan the creation of a new green space at Milton Road campus.There is a grassy field at Milton Road campus that Edinburgh College wishes to plan trees on. This will create...
Nominate a lecturer or class rep for an ECSAllence Award

Give an ECSA-llence Award today!

2nd Apr
 Every year we host the ECSA-llence Awards to recognise the ECSA-llent work done across all parts of Edinburgh College. And this year is no different!Staff and students constantly work to improve the learning and teaching experience at...

ECSA is awarded new funding to expand our successful climate change project.

26th Mar
 We're delighted to share the news that Edinburgh College Students' Associtaion has been awarded over £190,000 as part of the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) to run another climate change project from 2020-...

Coronavirus Updates: CAMPUSES CLOSED

20th Mar
 The college has published new information on studying at home. This includes guides on accessing and using Moodle, connecting to your college email, and on using the MyEC app.A key list of college email addresses is also found towards the bottom...

Green Student Awards

20th Mar
 Through our Go Green - Low Carbon Travel project, we have the opportunity to reward three students for their efforts to live in a more environmentally-friendly way. So we want to hear from you if you've made a concious effort to travel in a more...

Elections 2020: Congratulations to our new student officers!

13th Mar
 After a long, hard week of campaigning, we're very pleased to announce the results of the 2020 ECSA Full-time Officer Elections!Firstly, a thanks to the over a thousand students who took the time to vote - your choice has given the Students...

Elections 2020: Meet the Candidates

2nd Mar
 Twelve Edinburgh College students have put themselves forward to lead your Students' Association over the next year. We'll be publishing their manifestos over the next couple of days when the campaigning period starts. Those confirmed...

Sign up to our Walking & Travel Challenges

24th Feb
 Are you looking to save money or get fit? Then join ECSA in pledging to change your travel! By travelling to college in a more sustainable fashion, not only can you keep the money you may spend on fuel or public transport, but walking and cycling...

President's blog: Election time

21st Feb
 I cannot believe it’s already time for the Big Student Elections. It’s crazy to think that just a year ago I was stressing about my manifesto and making sure I handed in my nomination on time. Now I’ve been President since the summer and...

Building Trans Pride

17th Feb
 As part of LGBT History Month, Edinburgh College Students' Association is proud to present the event "Building Trans Pride""Building Trans Pride" is an event exploring trans equality in Scotland while raising awareness of how we can be better...

Budgeting in 2020!

7th Feb
 Budgeting! It sucks if you've never done it before but it's absolutely the most important thing when it comes to all aspects of personal finance - including paying off debt and saving.It can be overwhelming if you've no idea where to start so here...

Support the UN Global Goals Teach-In: 17th - 21st February

6th Feb
 Monday 17th of February is the start of a week of Global Goals Teach-Ins, where educators pledge to teach the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals as part of their lessons during the week. ECSA is supporting this campaign to highlight the...

Elections 2020: Nominations

3rd Feb
 The Students' Association is run by a team of elected student officers. Each year, they're up for...