EUSA extends nominations period for seven uncontested roles by 48 hours
Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) has extended the nominations period for seven elected roles by 48 hours due to each role receiving no nominations. The roles include four Section Representative…
The Tab: garbage reading for garbage people
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EUSA presidential candidate Alfie Garland: I am offering you a student union
This year, we’re not running a normal campaign. A year of lockdown, hybrid learning, and no Big Cheese has taken its toll. Student engagement has folded, and with good reason.…
EUSA presidential candidate Jason Gallagher: It’s time to be heard, Edinburgh
My name is Jason Gallagher and I’m running for EUSA president for a multitude of reasons. We have all witnessed during this pandemic how students have been ignored, vilified and…
The Student meets Alfie Garland
This interview forms part of a series of interviews that The Student will conduct with presidential nominees in the run up to the Edinburgh University Students’ Association elections that will…
Student politics is dying, and this election could be the final blow
You do not have to wait for the dust to settle to see the rubble of democracy on campus. Students have never been less engaged with the democratic process despite…
The EUSA budget has been wasted, and we are all to blame
I can proudly claim to be one of approximately 30 people who had little enough going on to attend the Student Council meeting on 27 February (a real achievement, I…
The NUS Conference was an overwhelming success. So why the obsession with ‘jazz hands’?
Last March, I was honoured to be elected as part of Edinburgh’s delegation to the NUS national conference. As a first-year undergraduate student, it represented an exciting opportunity to engage…