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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... 
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... 
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...