A team of Edinburgh College Retail Management students have embarked on their first experience of running their own shop after launching ‘Bizarre-Bazaar’ at Sighthill Campus. Dean Clark, and his peers from courses including HND Retail Management and NC Retail and School-College Partnership and Retail Assistant Students, have created the new shop space in a bid…
A representative from Edinburgh College recently made a speech about opportunities in the world of photography at the Scottish Parliament as part of the launch of an exhibition celebrating Scotland’s Year of Young People. Artist in Residence for photography, Kate Soltan spoke in front of a discussion panel at the launch of the Higher Vision…
A group of Edinburgh College students were recently challenged to come up with creative ideas to change space in a local secondary school at a national architecture conference in Edinburgh. Architecture and Design Scotland tasked a group of NC Architecture and Interior Design students with developing creative proposals for changing space in Tynecastle High School, as…
Two Edinburgh College students can now say they’re the best in the UK after winning at a national skills competition. Tony Mailer and Calum Munro were awarded gold medals for their outstanding performance in a series of skills challenges at WorldSkills UK Live at the weekend. Tony beat off stiff competition from five other students…
A group of young people have been inspired to get digital with the help of local industry experts and Edinburgh College. Level 5 Computing students joined Information Technology Software Development foundation apprentices from secondary schools across Edinburgh and Lothians at the College’s Milton Road Campus for a day of digital inspiration to mark Digital Day…
Do you enjoy meeting and helping people, and have a spare room that is private and comfortable? We are looking for warm, friendly people to host students from a wide variety of countries, both on a short (one to six-weeks) and long-term basis (two to four-months). Options exist to host with meals included – or…
Edinburgh College NC Acting and Performance students explored the theme of movement during a recent trip to one of Edinburgh’s top creative establishments. The group of students visited Jupiter Artland sculpture park and art gallery as part of their unit covering movement and will now create group performances in the studio taking inspiration from…
The skills of eight Edinburgh College students will be put to the ultimate test this week as they head south of the border to take part in the UK’s largest student skills competition. Three stonemasons, two roofers, one brickworker, one automotive technician and one network infrastructure technician will fly the flag for the College at…
During November, Colleges across Scotland are joining together on a national campaign encouraging you to CHOOSE COLLEGE. The TV advert will be aired on STV for four weeks and is designed to change perceptions of what college is really like. College should be PLAN A, not plan B. College has changed Gone are the days…
Edinburgh College rolled out the red carpet and played host to a night of glitz and glamour as a local charity shop raised more than £6,000 for vital cancer research. More than 200 people attended Cancer Research UK Stockbridge’s annual Fashion Show in the Hub at the College’s Granton Campus last Friday. The event saw…
Edinburgh College HND Graphic Design graduate Niamh Curran might soon run out of space on her mantelpiece as she goes head to head with other star students for the Young Person of the Year crown at the 2018 SQA Star Awards. Twenty-year-old Niamh has been shortlisted as a finalist in the SQA Star Awards Young…
Edinburgh College student Xavier Sala has progressed to the national finals of WorldSkills UK Live which takes place from 15 – 17 November at the NEC Birmingham. Network Infrastructure Technician student Xavier will travel to Birmingham to compete against finalists from across the UK for the chance to win Gold, Silver or Bronze and progress…
Twenty female College students from nine different Science and Engineering classes visited EDF Torness Power Station earlier this week to take part in a Women in Engineering careers event. This inaugural event was created by the College’s Engineering team and EDF to give female students the opportunity to meet positive role models from industry and…
Applications for a scholarship which will see a student work alongside the College’s Transport Co-ordinator to learn about and maintain the College’s fleet of Electric Vehicles (EV) are now open. The Edinburgh College Development Trust, the independent charity which supports students at the College, has secured funding from local Nissan dealership Alex F Noble to…
Professional Cookery and Hospitality students from Edinburgh College have shown they have what it takes to be huge stars in the industry after serving to lunch to more than 400 people at one of Edinburgh’s top hotels. Thirty College students took on a range of Front of House and Kitchen roles at this year’s annual…