We at ESU Scotland were very excited at being given the opportunity to host the last World Members’ Conference in Edinburgh in September 2008. Over 250 delegates from 31 countries attended.
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Welcome to our News & Events page. This will be updated regularly to list upcoming events
and general news items. For more information about all the events we run throughout the year,
please see our Membership Events page.
If you would like to know more, or are interested in attending any of these events, please call Suzanne
at the office on 0131 229 1528 or
email development@esuscotland.org.uk.
EDINBURGH BRANCH POLICY AND PROSECCO TALKS
Last year’s Aspects of Independence talks were so popular, that this year the
Edinburgh Branch is offering a Policy and Prosecco series, widening the scope
to cover many topical issues. To kick off 2013, Andrew Wilson, the journalist
and former SNP MSP, spoke on Transforming the culture of Scottish politics and
pursuing excellence in national performance. The second talk was given by Professor Alan Miller. Professor Miller is the Chair
of the Scottish Human Rights Commission and has over 25 years involvement
in the field of human rights. He previously ran a law practice in Castlemilk, is a
past president of the Glasgow Bar Association and is a former director of Scottish
Human Rights Centre. He spoke about Human Rights in Scotland.
A list of speakers in the Aspects of Independence series can be
found here.
Policy and Prosecco: Lesley Riddoch
Thursday 25th April, 6.00-8.00pm
What Scotland can learn from our Nordic neighbours
23 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh
Entry is £3 for ESU members and £5 for non-members. Wine will be served.
If you would like to attend please telephone 0131 229 1528 or
email EdinburghBranch@esuscotland.org.uk
RECENT EVENTS
The International Schools’ Mace and the John Smith Memorial Mace, Saturday 20th April 2013
Both the ESU's International Schools Mace final and the International Final of the (University)
John Smith Memorial Mace were held at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on Saturday 20th April.
In a closely fought schools’ final on Saturday afternoon, Dulwich College (the England winners)
edged out George Heriot’s (the Scotland winners) to win the International Schools Mace.
In the John Smith Memorial Mace final held later on Saturday, the Irish winners, Trinity
College Dublin, beat the Scottish, English and Welsh winners (St Andrews University,
Kaplan Law School and Aberystwyth University respectively) to win the International
Mace in another very close final. We were delighted that Baroness Elizabeth Smith was able to attend the university final, which
is named after her late husband John, and she thoroughly enjoyed the event.
The event was a real team effort from ESU
staff in Dartmouth House and ESU Scotland, and it was great to work together on this. These finals are the culmination of major debating competitions across the UK and Ireland
at school and university level and of course a huge amount of work has gone into the rounds
of these competitions to get them to the International Finals. Thanks must also go to all who
made this possible.
For news about events and activities, please have a look at some of our newsletters:
ESU Newsletter April 2013
ESU Newsletter March 2013
ESU Newsletter November 2012
ESU Newsletter October 2012
ESU Newsletter August 2012
ESU Newsletter June-July 2012
ESU Newsletter May 2012
ESU Newsletter April 2012
ESU Newsletter April 2011
ESU Newsletter March 2011
ESU Newsletter February 2011
ESU Newsletter January 2011
ESU Newsletter November 2010
ESU Newsletter September-October 2010
ESU Newsletter July-August 2010
ESU Newsletter June 2010
ESU Newsletter May 2010
ESU Newsletter April 2010
ESU Newsletter March 2010
ESU Newsletter February 2010
ESU Newsletter January 2010
ESU News Special January 2010
ESU Newsletter November 2009
ESU Newsletter Summer 2009
ESU Newsletter Autumn 2008
ESU Newsletter Summer 2008
ESU Newsletter Spring 2008
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