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It's Not Just You!

5th Oct Volunteer to take part in a social media case study launch!  We are trying to raise more awareness around mental health to try and help reduce the stigma. We, as your student association, want to give you the opportunity to talk positively on your own experiences...

World Mental Health Day

2nd Oct Tea and Talk Event Join us for our Tea and Talk event at Sighthill Campus on Wednesday 10th October, between 11am and 2pm in Sighthill Atrium. To assist with raising the importance of taking time out to sit down and chat with your friends. Whilst enjoying a lovely cup of...

Climate Week Scotland 2018

1st Oct This week (1st - 5th  October) is Climate Week in Scotland, and organisations across the country are organising events to promote their work in tackling climate change. Edinburgh College Students' Association is also taking part, and we will be running events to help...

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 have some brainstorming sessions on...

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 travel issues. The post will be based at...

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 listening service which is open at night...

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 & Activities, and Beth returned as VP Welfare...

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 Edinburgh College the best it can be....

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 "Stress", finding out ways...

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 representation the length and breadth of the...

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 students, but they can't do all the work...

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''Student Officer Team of the Year...

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 so far this year for the Healthy Body...

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 you're wanting a nosy, there...

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 around the world in switching off...