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McPherson elected EUSA president in narrow election »

President Matt McPherson

Fourth-year sociology student and current welfare convener Matt McPherson was elected president of Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) last week in a close race for the top sabbatical job. Seven candidates contested the position, in an el...

Tue 08 Mar 2011 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

ECA election to take place despite merger »

The current President of the Edinburgh College of Art Students’ Association, Francesca Miller, has said that whoever is elected to the post following the current elections will play a 'vital' role in shaping the future of the institution. The te...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Al Innes | Read more »

Labour conference sparks rivalry ahead of May elections »

The rivalry between Scottish Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) has risen to new heights after both parties have drawn their annual conferences to a close, with the Holyrood elections fast approaching. Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour Party...

Wed 10 Nov 2010 by Andrew Barr | Read more »

Burns wins second term as NUS Scotland President »

Liam Burns

NUS Scotland President Liam Burns will enjoy a second year in office as he was re-elected at the NUS Scotland annual conference in Dunfermline last weekend. Mr Burns won 87 votes while his sole opponent Nathan Sparling received 10 and Re-Open Nominati...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Melanie Archer | Read more »

Queen Margaret students elect new president  »

Blain Murphy and Christie McMonagle were comfortably elected president and vice president of Queen Margaret University Student Union (QMUSA) on Tuesday 2 March. With more than a 200 vote difference between them and their nearest rivals and few battles...

Fri 12 Mar 2010 by Susannah Savage | Read more »

EUSA sabbaticals elect back emergency meeting »

Following three successive failed attempts to pass the constitutional amendment involving online referenda, an emergency Student Representative Council (SRC) meeting decided to set up an Extraordinary General Meeting on 23 March. The EGM, which is the...

Fri 12 Mar 2010 by Megan Taylor, George Lumbers | Read more »

EUSA Presidential Round Table »

Just over a week before the polls officially opened, The Journal got the three presidential candidates together for a discussion giving them the chance to outsmart, outwit and generally disagree with each other without the constraints of the debate. O...

Sun 28 Feb 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

HWUSA and NSA presidents to run for re-election »

Kasia Bylinska

The bulk of nominees for Edinburgh, Queen Margaret, Heriot-Watt and Napier student election campaigns have come forward with two presidents running for re-election and candidates announced. At Heriot-Watt University, current president Simon Eltringham...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Lucea Spinelli | Read more »

The Rumour Mill: Lazy-day reruns »

So we’re well into week four now… not much going on? Think again. While your average student may be relaxing in Starbucks, peaceful in the knowledge that deadline’s are still many weeks away; hacks are eagerly planning the next month...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 | Read more »

EUSA rules change could raise cost of campaigning »

EUSA elections - James Wallace

Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) have announced rule changes to elections allowing candidates to spend their own money on campaigns. The student body also introduced re-opening of nominations (RON) for the election giving voters the c...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Alison Fulford | Read more »

Napier student election failing to attract »

Napier Students’ Association (NSA) has been forced to cancel the election for two key roles on the executive due to a lack of nominations. NSA were forced to extend the nominations deadline and eventually managed to attract potential representat...

Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

EUSA's Association Wide and SRC Executive Positions also decided »

Election posters

Aside from the four sabbatical roles two other association-wide positions were decided. Laura Jayne Baker was returned unopposed as Societies' Council Convener. There were three positions available for ordinary members of the finance committee availa...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Election fever as students flock to the polls »

Thomas Graham for president

Edinburgh University Students' Association has reached the seemingly impossible target of having over 25 per cent of the student body voting in this year's EUSA Elections – surpassing that target by a mere 20 votes. Speaking to The Journal, curr...

Sun 08 Mar 2009 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

EUSA sabbatical candidates state their case »

EUSA – quick statistics * 126 seats * 42 seats vacant * 22 positions elected * 41 seats contested * 135 candidacies * 94 members standing President Thomas Graham The University has tighter budgets than at any time in the last decade and ...

Wed 25 Feb 2009 | Read more »

The worst two weeks of your life – probably »

There are few experiences at university more hellish than running to be student president. Relentless door-knocking, lecture announcements, pasting posters to cardboard. Add to this the lack of sleep, character assassination, relentless bitching on onl...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Joe Pike | Read more »

Heriot-Watt elect new student president »

Heriot Watt

Simon Eltringham was elected the next president of the Heriot-Watt University Student Association (HWUSA) this week following one of the most controversial election campaigns in recent memory. Meanwhile, Michael Bottom was voted in as vice president o...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Jodi Mullen | Read more »

Nominations in at QMUSA and ECA »

At Queen Margaret University, one nomination has been received for each part time positions, and three nominations have been received for President and Vice President – the two sabbatical positions. Current President Rio Floreza and his VP Andrew...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Disappointment as Heriot-Watt elections fail to excite »

Heriot Watt

Representation looked thin on the ground as nominations for the Heriot-Watt University Students Association (HWUSA) Executive committee were announced last week. Disappointingly, out of seven roles on the Executive Committee, two have been left unfill...

Wed 11 Feb 2009 by Rebecca Sibbet | Read more »

The rectorial round table »

Iain MacWhirter and George Foulkes

It always makes an interviewer’s life easier when his subject fits neatly into the popular caricature; when three do so at once, you feel positively spoiled. Together for the first time, the three candidates for the Edinburgh University rectorshi...

Wed 11 Feb 2009 by Simon Mundy | Read more »

Bhutto wins seat in EUSA by-elections »

The eldest daughter of Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated former prime minister of Pakistan, has been elected onto the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) within Edinburgh University Students' Union (EUSA). The 18 year old Bakhtawar Bhutto Zarda...

Tue 14 Oct 2008 by Guy Robertson | Read more »

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