The main duties of the Vice-President Activities include:
- Organising Freshers' week & creating engaging student-led events and activities throughout the year
- Working in partnership with relevant sector organisations
- Helping to develop a more welcoming and inclusive campus
- Working with the other Full-Time Officers across all four campuses on issues specific to activities and events
- Sitting on the Edinburgh College Board of Management and leadership committees and working with the college, to ensure that students are at the centre of decisions
- Supporting & developing students to empower them to be engaged with EC Students' Association
- Consulting with students on current issues facing them, and developing solutions to the benefit of students
- Developing activities to be as of inclusive of as many students as possible
- Representing the Association and students when attending external events
- Work to improve participation by students across the college in activities, clubs and events
- Being an active member of the EC Students' Association Board of Trustees, to ensure the Association is student-led and focussed on our strategic objectives
Priority Objectives for 2025-26
- Helping students to help themselves through partnerships
Partner with charities in order to promote resources and activities that can equip students to tackle today’s unique challenges, helping students to tackle addictions, supporting marginalised students, and educating people about the use and opportunities of artificial intelligence platforms and tools.
- Holistic Wellbeing for all
Develop activities that have a holistic wellbeing focus, encouraging students to understand the connections between physical and mental health to improve their overall personal wellbeing and give them tools for life.
- Putting Environmentalism at the core of the College life
Leading on a range of activities to educate students on how different societal issues intersect and can impact them, whilst also inspiring and empowering them to make achievable changes that will improve their lives while helping the planet, aligning our activity with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and ECSA’s Strategic Theme of Help The Planet.
