Edinburgh University Students' Association

Edinburgh University Students' Association is an autonomous, student-led campaigning, membership organisation providing services, representation and welfare support at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Students' Association is the oldest students' union in the UK, originally founded as the Students' Representative Council (SRC) in 1884 by student Robert Fitzroy Bell. Shortly afterwards the SRC voted to fundraise and establish a union building, the Edinburgh University Union (EUU), now known as Teviot Row House. The Edinburgh University Women's Union was founded in 1906, becoming the Chambers Street Union in 1964. On 1 July 1973 the SRC, the EUU, and the Chambers Street Union merged to form EUSA. The Students' Association supports and oversees over 280 official student societies which provide a range of activities, events and opportunities across the student body, as well as offering a year round volunteering service for UoE students during their time in Edinburgh. The union also directly organises regular and seasonal events such as Welcome Week, club nights, pub quizzes, band nights, comedy, and the Graduation Ball. The Students' Association is a democratic membership organisation, a charitable body and a company limited by guarantee. The Students' Association also has complete ownership and control over a subsidiary company, EUSACO, incorporating any activity which is outside of the Students' Association's charitable remit, such as Edinburgh Festival and external catering activities.