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Relaxation Station

23rd Oct What's it all about?Right across all four of our campuses, we are launching the relaxation station campaign which is looking to promote a positive outook of mental health to all students! The purpose of the campaign is to decrease high stress levels that we are seeing across the...

Sports & Activities at Granton!

16th Oct We have some exciting news regarding up & coming Sports Events and Activities within Edinburgh College.Basketball Training For AllWe have basketball open training session for everyone who wishes to be involved.This is a great chance to learn new skills playing a great sport and...

Get involved and reduce the stigma of mental health

10th Oct It's your chance to be involved in tackling the stigma of mental health head on! We are trying to raise more awareness around mental health for trying to reduce the stigma of it! What we as your student association are wanting you to get involved in is to grab the opportunity to...

Our LGBT Group is kicking off

5th Oct We are hosting LGBT group meetings across the college starting the 6th November!Come along and join us between Monday 6th November to Thursday 9th November where we will be hosting events across all four of our campuses, which will involve NUS delivering talks to students on what...

Open Basketball Session For Men and Women

2nd Oct We are hosting an open Basketball training session for all students on Wednesday the 11th of October.This will be held in the Sports Hall on our Granton Campus, between 1:30 and 3:30pm and is open to everyone. Please complete the form at the bottom of this page to...

Try out for the men's Rugby team

8th Sep We're holding trials on Wednesday 13th September from 2pm to 4pm at the Marine Drive playing fields for those interested in playing for the Edinburgh College men's rugby team. Everyone welcome, but please register in advance so we know how many to expect.Bring suitable...
Students at the Scottish Student Sport Cup last year

Get involved in the College Sport Festival

7th Sep On Wednesday 20th September, Scottish Student Sport are hosting a College Sports Festival at Edinburgh College.  The event will take place at the Granton Campus Sports Hall and at Marine Drive (Playing Fields and World of Football).  We're keen to get as many as possible...

Guess which campus wakes up latest!

5th Sep Over the last couple of weeks, we've been meeting thousands of you at the college's Welcome Weeks, helping ensure everyone gets the best possible start at college.Working with the team of Learning Development Tutors, we've been helping new and continuing students get set...

Men's Football trials next week

28th Aug Next Wednesday afternoon (Wednesday 6th Sept), trials will be held at the new World of Football at Marine Drive for students interested in playing for the Edinburgh College Men's Football team.As we've already had a huge response from students interested in football...

ECSA welcomes new students to college

25th Aug This week our student officers Neal, Beth, and Cameron and our staff team have been busy helping new and returning students get started at college. Working with the college's Learning Development Tutors, we've been helping students get their computer accounts set up and...

Edinburgh College End of Term Tartan Touch Festival

5th Jun If you would like to enter a team into the Scottish Rugby Edinburgh College End of Term Tartan Touch Festival this Wednesday (7th June) please click the following link http://bit.ly/2s0zFYP ~ #ECSAACTIVE

ECSA-llence Awards 2017

26th May The ECSA-llence Awards are all about students recognising the amazing work that goes on in Edinburgh College, from lecturers who use their knowledge and skills to really add something extra to your learning, to those that provide support and guidance to help you get through college....
Lecturers on strike across Scotland

Lecturers on Strike across Scotland

11th May College lecturers across Scotland are currently in a dispute with management regarding pay & conditions and the union representing them, EIS (Education Institute of Scotland) voted to take strike action because of this. 4 of these days have already taken place, with a further 8...

Healthier You Month

8th May There is still time to sign up for the Health and Wellbeing Activities Pilot as part of the college’s Healthier You Month, which is now well underway and runs throughout May.  A pilot scheme of six activities  started this week beginning Monday 8 May for...

Scottish Student Sport College Cup Finals 2017

8th May Scottish Student Sport College Cup Finals 2017 Edinburgh College students arrived at Heriot-Watt’s brand new sports facility, Oriam, on Wednesday 3rd of May, looking to build on previous success in the annual event. We entered six of the eight events open, it could have been seven,...