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First Women's Society Meeting

28th Sep
 Come along to the first Women's Society Meeting! We are holding four events across all of our campuses which will involve us at ECSA giving you a brief overview of the importance of having a women's group at the college and we'll...

Jobs: Low Carbon Travel Assistant for Milton Road

27th Sep
 We are looking for a student to help us run environmental sustainability events and campaigns, as part of our Go Green project. This is an exciting paid opportunity to help educate and engage students on climate change and low carbon...

Training provided by Nightline!

23rd Sep
 Are you able to listen but not judge? Can you give information but not advice? Can you spare a few nights every term to support other students?  Edinburgh Nightline is now recuiting student listening volunteers. Nightline is a student...

It's a new start for ECSA!

3rd Jul
 The last week of June is always a sad one for us - it's our handover week, where we say goodbye to our outgoing student officer team, and welcome our new one.The incoming team (Sarah as President, Shannon as VP Sports &...

The 2018 ECSA-llence Award Winners!

18th May
 Staff from across the college gathered with students and external guests at Sighthill on Thursday 17th May for the annual ECSA-llence Awards ceremony where awards are given to recognise those who make the student learning experience at...

Tackling Stress Head On!

9th May
 We are launching our Mental Heath Awareness Activities next week! Mental Health Awareness Week is all about getting students talking about there own mental health and ways to promote positive mental health! The national theme for next week is...

ECSA-llence Awards 2018 - shortlist announced

4th May
 Nominations for the ECSA-llence awards 2018 have closed. A whopping 728 nominations were submitted by students to nominate their favourite Staff & Class Reps. 238 staff received a nomination as well as 33 class reps, making up...

Find out about being an Executive Officer!

18th Apr
 Our Exec Officers are a group of students who want to make a positive difference to the college. If you want to be part of the best college Students' Association in Scotland, read on!Each year we elect 3 full time officers to represent...

ECSA wins Big at National Awards

7th Apr
 ECSA recently bagged 2 awards at the NUS Scotland Awards which took place on Friday the 16th of March. The student association was shortlisted in 3 categories: 'College Student Association of the Year''The Education Award...

Stories of Recovery

4th Apr
 We're hosting a Stories of Recovery Event!The event is all about coming along to hear students stories of their own experiences of mental health and finding out the key steps to their recovery! It's linked into the work we've completed...

ECSA Offices closed this Wednesday

27th Mar
 This Wednesday, all of our offices will be closed due to attending the NUS National Conference in Glasgow.Our ECSA President, Neal Black, is running to be the next UK Further Education Vice-President, so we're all off to wish him our best! If...

Join us in Earth Hour 2018

20th Mar
 Edinburgh College Students' Association and Edinburgh College delighted to be joining WWF Scotland and others for ‘Earth Hour’ the planet’s biggest environmental event. We will join millions of people from 187 countries...

The 2018 ECSA-llence Awards are open!

14th Mar
 Who deserves an award for making your time at college great? Well, now you can tell us and have your say,  with the launch of the ECSA-llence awards 2018.The ECSA-llence awards are what we call ‘Student-Led Teaching Awards...

How to Tackle Anxiety Head On!

13th Mar
 We are holding two events across our campuses which will involve the delivery of an Anxiety Workshop for all students to attend. If stress or low mood is stopping you from getting the most out of college life, then come along and join in with...

Congratulations to our new officer team!

9th Mar
 After a long, hard week of campaigning, we're very pleased to announce the results of the 2018 ECSA Full-time Officer Elections!Firstly, a thanks to the hundreds of students who took the time to vote - your choice has given the Students'...