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Vote of no confidence in Napier student President passes »

Students on the Napier Students' Association Senate passed a motion of no confidence in current President Kasia Bylinska at a meeting late Friday evening. A dismissal vote which would have seen Ms Bylinska removed from office with immediate effect fel...

Fri 12 Mar 2010 by Nick Eardley, Matthew Moore | 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 »

NSA receives complaint over errors in voting sytem »

Napier Students' Associations' election has been thrown into turmoil after students were able to view up-to-the-minute voting results on the election page. Students reported being able to see the running progress of the election results, matriculation...

Wed 10 Mar 2010 by Constantine Innemée, Nick Eardley, Matthew Moore | Read more »

NSA removes The Journal from campus in election row »

Copies of the latest edition of The Journal have been removed from Edinburgh Napier University campuses in a row over an article covering the Napier Students’ Association (NSA) presidential election. The move came after The Journal published a front p...

Sat 06 Mar 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Lack of interest in student design competition »

A creative project designed to get students' input over campus revamps has seen a disappointing amount of entries since it was launched in January. For over three weeks students have been invited to send in their ideas to “Pimp My Sc...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Katarina Rawlins | Read more »

Action fuelled EUSA GM ends in disappointment »

The most eventful Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) general meeting in recent history took place last week, with the online referenda motion falling for the third time in chaotic circumstances. After a poor turnout at the meeting, it w...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by George Lumbers | Read more »

War breaks out at NSA over no confidence motion brought against President »

Napier Students' Association (NSA) President Kasia Bylinska's re-election campaign is under threat after allegations of constitutional violations were made and a vote of no confidence was backed by student representatives late last week. The NSA Stude...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Amanda Svensson Falk | Read more »

ECA students choose Miller as president »

Francesca Miller has been confirmed as the next Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) student president after winning 170 votes at the elections last Friday. The number of candidates in this year's election stood in stark contrast to that of the past three y...

Mon 01 Mar 2010 by Lucea Spinelli | 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 »

Sterile sabbatical debates fails to arouse presidential passion »

The annual Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) election hustings debate took place last Friday night in front of a small crowd with little in the way of any confrontation. The night saw four debates allowing the hopeful candidates to bat...

Sat 27 Feb 2010 by Alison Fulford | Read more »

Eltringham wins second term as Heriot-Watt student president »

Simon Eltringham has been confirmed as president as Heriot Watt University’s Students’ Association for the second year running. Mr Eltringham beat Daniel Magee by 834 votes to 506. He ran his campaign alongside the current senior vice-pres...

Sat 27 Feb 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Edinburgh Uni kicks off its 10:10 committment »

Edinburgh University marked the launch of their '10:10' campaign with a 'Green Week' organising a series of events and visitors across the campus. The week included a wide range of activities to raise awareness on the carbon footprint, with the goal t...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Katariina Rawlins | Read more »

EUSA makes second pass at constitutional reform »

Motions for Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) General Meeting have been submitted, with the Enabling motion being resubmitted under a new name after its controversial failure last November. Despite passing unanimously throu...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Melanie Archer | Read more »

NUS president targets second term as Graham runs for NEC »

NUS Scotland President Liam Burns has announced his candidacy for a second term in the same week that EUSA President Thomas Graham submitted his nomination for a place on NUS UK’s National Executive Committee (NEC). The pair have endorsed each o...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

What have the union presidents ever done for us? »

As this year’s sabbatical campaigns get under way, The Journal plots the current presidents' original election pledges against their achievements thus far. After winning the election by a narrow margin, one of the promises EUSA President Thomas ...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

HWUSA and NSA presidents to run for re-election »

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 »

EUSA launches probe into alleged Big Cheese bribery »

Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) have launched an investigation following a complaint that door staff were accepting bribes in return for queue jumps at the popular 'Big Cheese' club night. The alleged incidents occurred on Saturday 2...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Unis hope for better showing in 2010 National Student Survey »

The National Student Survey 2010 (NSS) was launched last week with Edinburgh's universities hoping to improve on last year's poor results. In the 2009 survey, institutions in the capital recieved poor results for feedback in the exercise which gathers...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Katariina Rawlins | Read more »

Fewer Scots going into higher education »

Shadow Education Minister Claire Baker has blamed the SNP government for a meagre rise in Scottish university students and called for a review of the sector. Higher Education Statistics Agency figures show that in 2008/09 the number of English student...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Tony Garner | Read more »