Student Information Fair

Taking place on Wednesday 16 September 2026, the Student Information Fair allows you the opportunity to find all the university support services in one place.

Our Student Information Fair will take place on Wednesday 16 September 2026 between of 10:00 am and 2:00 pm at McEwan Hall.

We would like to invite all new students to McEwan Hall to meet our friendly and wonderful staff and students representing a host of our support and information services that you may consider using throughout your student journey. You will find out more information than is available online, get opportunities to ask questions and pick up some freebies too. It may be your only chance to physically see all support together in one place.

The fair format is relaxed and you can take it at your own pace. We recommend having a look at the list of services below before attending to see who is best placed to answer any specific questions you may have . 

No booking is required to attend this event. You can enter at any point.

Filming and photography will be taking place at the Student Information Fair and in the surrounding environments for promotional purposes. The photographs and recordings made are likely to appear on our website.  If you would prefer not to be photographed please let the photographer present know. For further information please see our privacy statement. 

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Meet the team that help you learn and study effectively.

You can find out about:

  • How to get study advice and support
  • Study skills development resources, workshops, and training courses for all levels of study
  • Advice about academic reading, writing, planning, critical thinking, exams and dissertations
  • Study Hub Learning resources: to help you develop more effective learning and working strategies
  • Exam Bootcamp
  • Professional and Personal Development Training and Support for PGR’s

Academic Skills


Meet the team who are based in the Advice Place in Potterrow.

You can find out more about the advice provided on the following topics (this list is not exhaustive the Advice Place can help with anything!):

  • Academic issues
    • Changing or leaving your course
    • Misconduct
    • Special circumstances
  • Accommodation
    • Looking for accommodation (flat hunting advice and help, tenancy concerns, moving in and out information)
  • Complaint and Conduct
    • Making a complaint, being complained about
    • Support for study
  • Harassment, Safety and Crime
    • Reporting a crime
    • Staying safe in the city
    • Accused of a crime
  • Money
    • Budgeting
    • Benefits
    • Emergency and hardship funding
    • Fees advice
    • Funding advice
    • Employment rights
    • Opening a UK bank account
  • Wellbeing
    • Homesickness
    • Mental Health
    • General Health (e.g. GP Practice registration advice)
    • Drugs, Gambling and Alcohol help and advice 

Advice Place


Meet the Bristo Square Pharmacy team, here to support you with your healthcare needs throughout your time at university.

You can find out about:

  • NHS and private pharmacy services
  • Advice and support for common health concerns
  • Prescriptions and medication

Bristo Square Pharmacy


Meet the careers team here to support you through university and beyond.

You can find out about:

  • Part time jobs
  • Internships
  • Building experience while you study
  • What you can do with your degree
  • What's coming up this semester (workshops, sessions, careers fairs and more!)
  • How to write a strong CV
  • Where & when you can drop-in for careers advice
  • How you can get support from the Careers team
  • What support's available for international students

Careers


Meet the team from the Centre for Open Learning (COL), that you would usually find in Paterson’s Land, Holyrood Campus.

You can find out about:

  • Languages for All (LFA)
  • Academic Language and Literacies for In-Sessional Study (ALLIS) from our English Language Education Team (ELE)

Languages for All (LFA)

Academic Language and Literacies for In-Sessional Study (ALLIS)

Centre for Open Learning (COL)


Meet the team that you would usually find in the Health and Wellbeing Centre. 

You can find out more about:

  • How to make an appointment
  • Services offered (one-to-one therapy, video appointments, email counselling, same-day appointments)
  • Self-help resources: Togetherall, Feeling Good App, SilverCloud
  • Crisis Support
  • Skills for Life and Learning
  • Support for Physical Activity programme
  • Togetherall, an online support network, available 24/7 and monitored by trained clinicians. 

Counselling Service 


Meet the Development & Alumni team, who work to build the Edinburgh community and create opportunities for students, alumni and the wider University community.

You can find out about:

  • How you can connect with the University’s alumni community
  • Opportunities to get involved with alumni and University events
  • How Development & Alumni supports students and student opportunities
  • Ways to connect with and learn from the wider Edinburgh community
  • How philanthropy supports students, education and research
  • Opportunities to support the University and its community
  • The work Development & Alumni does to help advance education and research at Edinburgh

Development and Alumni


Meet the team that develops/provides online training videos, webinars, and information to help you improve your digital skills.

You can find out about: 

  • Digital Skills training in (not exhaustive list):
    • Adobe packages
    • Microsoft Office 365 (Microsoft Teams, Outlook email, SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
    • LinkedinLearning
    • Media Hopper
    • Producing a Thesis or Dissertation in Word
    • Online meeting tools (Teams, Zoom, Collaborate)
    • EndNote
    • SAP BuisnessObjects
    • Wikis
  • Student internships in this area
  • Staying safe online
  • Your digital footprint

Digital Skills and Training 


Meet the team that you would usually find in the Health and Wellbeing Centre. 

You can find out more about:

  • Guidance and support for any student with a disability, learning difference, neurodiverse or health condition that may affect studying
  • Arranging adjustments needed to support you in your studies
  • How to organise Disabled Student Funding
  • Mental Health Specialists
  • Autism Spectrum (AS) Student Skills Specialists
  • Specialist proofreading
  • Provision of Assistive Technology

Disability and Learning Support Service


Meet the team that would be your direct contact as a care-experienced, estranged or student carers.

You can find more about: 

  • Contacting your named person
  • Joining social groups
  • Staff and peer mentoring

Edinburgh Cares 


Meet the team from the Student Enterprise Hub, in Appleton Tower. 

You can find out about:

  • Exciting events, workshops and masterclasses on all things entrepreneurial
  • Competitions with cash prizes and programmes offering structured support
  • The University's thriving entrepreneurial community
  • Startup support 

Edinburgh innovations


Meet the Fees and Student Support Team that can answer your queries on fees.

You can find out about:

  • Fee status
  • Sponsorship details
  • UK Government maintenance loan
  • Graduate Scholarship
  • SAAS/Student Finance

Fees and Student Support

The team will be unable to answer any queries on how to set up an instalment plan or payment of fees.


Meet the team from genderED who provide resources on gender and sexualities courses, research projects, networks, blogs, social media and events.

You can find out about:

  • Courses relating to gender and sexualities at the University (with specific information about GENDER.ED's flagship course Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World)
  • GENDER.ED directory and website
  • Undergraduate prizes
  • Internship and PhD assistantship programmes 

genderED 


Meet the teams who will help you in the University Libraries and find out about:

  • Collecting your University Card
  • Essential help and advice from EdHelp
  • Study spaces including group study rooms
  • Printing, copying or scanning
  • Access to books, journals, music, videos, IT equipment, software, theses, data sources
  • Subject-oriented Library advice and support for your research and studies
  • Writing skills support from Royal Literary Fund Fellows
  • Makerspace facilities, events and workshops
  • Cultural and heritage collections, including museums and galleries at the University

Library Services 

Heritage Collections


Meet teams from NHS Lothian who are making a special appearance on-campus during Welcome Week to meet our students.

You can find out about:

  • Immunisations and vaccinations
  • Public health services
  • Registering with a doctor
  • Sexual health services (ROAM)
  • iThrive online space for mental health and wellbeing information in Edinburgh

NHS Lothian services 

ROAM Outreach

iThrive


Meet the team that support you in University-managed accommodation, with  offices on South College Street.

You can find out about:

  • Activities organised to help you settle into your University accommodation (during Welcome Week and beyond)
  • Facebook group communities
  • How to get advice and guidance
  • Accommodation maintenance 

ResLife


Meet the Scholarships and Student Funding team.

You can ask the team about:

  • Undergraduate access scholarships - the University's main scholarship schemes for UK students
  • Financial Support
  • Loans - Federal and private loans for citizens of the United States and Canada
  • Scholarships - various University and externally funded scholarships across all levels and modes of study
  • Travel funds - limited funds are available to enable students to make visits abroad which are considered desirable for their courses of study 

Scholarships and Student Funding


Meet the team 'in red' that you would will see across our campuses and who are also accessible 24/7 by phone (0131 650 2257). 

You can find out about:

  • Ways to protect yourself from crime
  • How to stay safe on campus and in Edinburgh
  • Ways to get help in an emergency (including out-of-hours)
  • How to protect your possessions
  • Out of hours building access

Security 


Meet the Social Responsibility and Sustainability team who are usually based at the Boilerhouse, High School Yards.

Talk to us about:

  • Staying informed with the latest news and opportunities.
  • Attending events to get familiar with our sustainability efforts and climate strategy.
  • Joining a network of staff and students in making the University more sustainable
  • Enhancing your sustainability knowledge and skill set through training programs like Introduction to Sustainability, Carbon Literacy, and Biodiversity Literacy.
  • Earning rewards for sustainable actions through our new app.
  • Exploring our Wild Campus initiatives focused on biodiversity and nature.
  • How sustainability can be part of your studies.
  • Gaining practical experience and engaging with our community through volunteering, living labs, and internship opportunities.

Sustainability

Edinburgh Local


Meet the team that you would usually find in the Pleasance Gym and other sports locations (St.Leonard's Land, Peffermill).

You can find out more about:

  • Sports facilities (Pleasance Sports Complex & Gym, St Leonard's Land Swimming Pool & Gym, Peffermill Playing Fields, Easter Bush Gym, Firbush Outdoor Centre)
  • Keeping active
  • Gym memberships
  • About our performance sports
  • Classes, events, workshops and courses
  • Edinburgh Sports Clinic
  • Indoor Climbing
  • Personal Trainers
  • Feel Good Walks

Sports & Exercise


Meet the team that support the 70+ Sports Clubs at the University of Edinburgh

You can find out about:

  • The range of sports clubs that you could join
  • Intramural Sport
  • Recreational Sport
  • Coaching Volunteering Academy

Sports Union


Meet the team that you would usually find in across Students' Association buildings; Potterrow, KB House, Pleasance, ECA, Peffermill.

You can find out about: 

  • How the Students' Association is run by students and for students
  • Welcome Week activities
  • The range of student groups and societies that you could join
  • Student representatives (Programme, Liberation Officers, Sabbatical Officers)
  • Peer Learning and Support programmes
  • Volunteering opportunities
  • Where to eat, drink and shop on campus
  • Support for your own student activities
  • Joining Edinburgh Buddies
  • Finding/starting a social enterprise

Students' Association


Meet the team who support all international students with visa and immigration queries. 

You can find out about: 

  • International check-in
  • Travelling and working with a visa
  • Changes to your studies
  • Travelling home whilst studying

Student Immigration Service 


Meet the Student Wellbeing Service, here to support you with your health, wellbeing and personal circumstances throughout your time at university.

You can find out about:

  • How to access wellbeing support
  • Speaking to a Wellbeing Adviser in your School or Deanery
  • Support if something is affecting your health, wellbeing, studies or personal life
  • Advice and guidance for managing wellbeing concerns
  • How to connect with other University support services
  • Support for more complex or ongoing wellbeing needs
  • External organisations and services you can be referred or signposted to
  • Proactive wellbeing support and activities available to all students

Wellbeing Service 


Meet the team that you would usually find in Infirmary Street.

You can find out about:

  • Shuttle Bus services from Central Campus to King's Buildings Campus
  • Getting around Edinburgh on public transport (including discounts and free travel options)
  • Cycling options and how to get a bike
  • Parking on campus
  • Sustainable ways to travel

Transport and Parking


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