Our Engineering & Built Environment faculty provides students with an opportunity to learn and develop their craft in realistic working environments, from the car garage to an oil production platform simulator. Whether its apprenticeships or continuing professional development courses, our team of expert lecturers help students upskill and reskill. The faculty covers a wide variety…
Our Health, Wellbeing & Social Science faculty offers courses across six subject areas: access and continuing education, childhood practice, health professions, social services, social science, and sport and fitness. The wide variety of courses are available at different levels enabling students to develop their skills at any point in life whether making the jump from…
After being stranded in Turkey during lockdown, twenty-two-year-old Samantha McNeil from West Calder moved back to Scotland with the aim of changing career paths and is now studying part-time at Edinburgh College to gain the knowledge and skills to help her pursue a career in childcare. We spoke to the HNC Childhood Practice student to find out more about her college experience, and how she has found…
Twenty-nine-year-old Shannon Raleigh decided to retrain and upskill at Edinburgh College after losing her full-time job due to the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Shannon, who is originally from New Zealand, was previously working as a graphic designer for around 10 years and fancied learning more about User Experience (UX) Design and is now…
Edinburgh College beat off stiff competition from Colleges across Scotland to win the inaugural Esports Scottish College Cup at the weekend. The College beat Forth Valley College in the final of the competition which was organised by College Development Network (CDN) and the British Esports Association, who teamed up with Rocket Kingdom TV to bring…
Eighteen-year-old Jee-Hoon Song is looking to pursue a career in childcare and is well on his way to achieving that dream with the help of Edinburgh College. Jee-Hoon undertook an Introduction to Early Learning & Childcare School College Partnership (SCP) course last year – winning the SCP Play and Child Development Award at the College’s…
Twenty-five-year-old Music student Shaheeda Sinckler is looking to follow her dreams and make it big in the music industry after she finishes College. In October, Shaheeda – who studied NC Sound Production at Edinburgh College last year, before progressing onto the HND level course this year – became the youngest ever person to win Scottish…
An Edinburgh College student has been named Student of the Year at an annual award ceremony which aims to promote creative education and shine a light on creative talent across the country. HND Graphic Design student Pavils Vorobjovs was awarded Student of the Year at the annual You Can Now (YCN) Student Awards ceremony for…
An Edinburgh College student’s work will be featured in BBC History Magazine after wowing judges in a creative competition to produce a double-page spread to highlight the best books of 2020. HND Illustration student Evonne Summers has been chosen to have her work featured in the Christmas edition of BBC History Magazine to introduce the…
Edinburgh College’s success at the Marketing Society Star Awards has continued after a Graphic Design student was named Star Creative Student, making it the sixth time in the last nine years an Edinburgh College student has won the award. Balazs Hirth is the latest student to receive the accolade, which was announced during an online…
An Edinburgh College lecturer has been recognised for her hard work and dedication in meeting the teaching challenges presented by COVID-19 as part of the Scottish Institute of Enterprise (SIE) Festival of Innovation. Graphic Design lecturer Helena Good scooped the Imaginative Educator Award in the Individual (College) category which was announced at SIE’s Shaping the…
Edinburgh College has scooped two nominations at this year’s College Development Network (CDN) Awards – Scotland’s largest celebration of college achievements. Introduction to Social Services student Roseanna Campbell has been shortlisted in the Student of the Year category for her outstanding achievements during the 2019/20 session. Roseanna was shortlisted for her incredible commitment and…
A group of Edinburgh College students have been recognised at the annual You Can Now (YCN) Student Awards for work completed as part of a brief set to them by partnership organisations. HND Graphic Design students Valentina Torella, Elia Ballesteros and HND User Experience student Daniel Torres all received a commendation for work they completed…
Thirty-nine-year-old Kristina has returned to Edinburgh College to pursue her ambition of becoming a nursery manager or running her own childminding service. She tells us about what inspired her new career path, and how she’s embracing studying a full-time course while raising three children and keeping up a part-time job. “I was employed in the…
Twenty-three-year-old Shannon Fagan has been inspired to continue on her educational journey and will be coming back to College next year, after winning Student of the Year for Creative Industries at this year’s Prize Giving. We asked Shannon some questions to find out more about what she enjoyed most about coming to College, and her…