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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.
UPCOMING EVENTS
OCTOBER 2011
Monday 17th October - Friday 28th October
Photographic Exhibition: Light Gives Life
ESU Scotland is delighted to be working with the Italian Cultural Institute of Edinburgh to co-host an exhibition of
photographs by world-renowned Italian photographers Edoardo Agresti and Gianluca Capri.
The works will be available to buy throughout the exhibition to raise funds for the ESU and Oxfam.
The exhibition is open Monday to Friday, closed Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday mornings.
Free
23 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh
Thursday 20th October, 5.15-7.15pm
Creative Writing Group
New members welcome. £3, free to members
23 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh
Thursday 20th October, 7pm
Fundraising Race Night
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEW YEAR
Many thanks to:
Baillie Gifford
Brewin Dolphin Ltd.
Tom and Anne Drake
Geoghegans Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors
Brian Monteith
Neil Stevenson
The Filmhouse Cinema
William Grant & Sons Ltd.
Thursday 27th October, 3.00pm
Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch AGM
All members welcome.
Royal Overseas League, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
OTHER NEWS
The 2012 Edinburgh Competition Festival
If you are interested in other forms of public speaking, then the Edinburgh Competition
Festival Association runs an annual festival which provides an opportunity for amateur musicians
and speakers of all ages to perform their pieces in a friendly environment and, along with other
performers of a similar ability, receive constructive feedback and advice from a specialist adjudicator
There are different categories to enter, for verse, prose reading, drama and reading from Sacred Texts.
The competition takes place on Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th March 2012, and the closing date for entries is
30th November 2011. For more details, and to download the entry form, please go to
the ECFest website.
New Appointment: Speech and Debates Officer
ESU Scotland is pleased to announce our new Speech and Debates officer,
Stephen Jamieson. Stephen is a very experienced debater having spent six years
competing for Newcastle university on the national and international stage.
He has a wealth of experience coaching and teaching debate to children as well
as adults and is looking forward to continuing this work through the ESU. Stephen
comes from a varied background with a degree in chemistry and experience working
with many types of business from beauty clinics to event management.
Welcome to the ESU, Stephen!
Speak up Scotland! Science Debating Project
We are delighted to announce that thanks to generous funding through a Science Engagement Grant from The Scottish Government, the
Robertson Trust and the MacRobert Trust, we will be launching our Speak Up Scotland! Science Debating Programme in September 2011.
During the project 15,000 young people will debate cutting-edge science topics in classrooms across Scotland.
The aim of the project is to get pupils talking and arguing about science, and exploring the impact of science on their everyday lives, as well as
the ethical and moral implications of the latest scientific advances. As well as equipping young people with debating and research skills,
we want to help them understand how to question and weigh up evidence, build coherent arguments, and make informed choices.
We are offering free workshops for Science teachers to introduce different forms of debating techniques and activities that can be used in
the classroom as a teaching aid. We will provide resource packs and online materials, including debates motions, science fact sheets, questions
to ask, and where to access more information. Through the STEM Ambassadors Network pupils will have the opportunity to talk to scientists from university and
industry, during school visits or online.
There are six science topics for the programme, complementing the Curriculum for Excellence: renewable energy,
climate change, stem cell research, space, nanotechnology, computer games.
Participating schools will be invited to hold a school debating competition using the topics provided. They can then progress to regional
tournaments, with the National Final taking place in Spring 2012.
For more information on Speak up Scotland! please call Suzanne
at the office on 0131 229 1528 or email science@esuscotland.org.uk.
For more news about events and activities, please have a look at some of our newsletters:
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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