Activities and student representation

There is a vast amount of learning, social and networking opportunities available to you as a student at the University of Edinburgh.

You might consider:

• becoming a class representative
• volunteering in the local community
• taking a part-time job
• looking at a short (local) internship
• participating in a short international experience.  

These experiences are wonderful in their own right and very often involve working to serve community. However, they also are rich in a learning and development sense. The skills and attributes that you develop are vital when considering what you can offer a future employer.

Throughout your studies, you will have the opportunity to be in touch with the student parents’ representative and, if you are over 21 at the start of your studies, the mature students’ representative. Both are students who will effectively represent you via the students’ association. 

You will also be invited to drop-in sessions run by a member of staff from the Widening Participation team. These will take place twice each semester and provide an opportunity to discuss your success, challenges and to answer questions you may have. 

Student Parents representative: studentparents@eusa.ed.ac.uk 

Mature Students representative: maturestudents@eusa.ed.ac.uk

Other resources

Positive Digital Practices aims to support students with work and family responsibilities.

Positive Digital Practices

‘At a crossroads: navigating work and/or family alongside study’ is an immersive film-based interactive resource that allows students to explore and consider the evidence-informed strategies or supports that are available to them. It is freely available on the OU’s free learning platform (OpenLearn):

At a crossroads: navigating work and/or family alongside study | OpenLearn - Open University