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Originally published on February 16th, 2010 POSTGRADUATES CELEBRATED their place at the University of Edinburgh with a series of social events last week, hoping to raise the profile of postgrad students as a vital part of the university community.
Over 30 per cent of students at the University are postgraduates, but according to EUSA postgraduate convener Liz Rawlings, “postgrads don't have the same representation as undergraduates… and traditionally their issues and concerns have been sidelined as a result.” ‘Proud to be a Postgrad’ aimed to both raise awareness about issues faced by postgraduates, many of whom are non-traditional students, and to provide social and networking opportunities for the postgraduate community. “’Proud to be a Postgrad’ is all about celebrating the diversity of the postgrad student body while also recognising that there are areas of common ground which we can work on to improve the postgrad student experience at Edinburgh,” says Rawlings. To ensure that postgraduate issues will be met with more aid in future years, a postcard campaign was launched asking postgrads how their experience at Edinburgh could be improved. The postcards will be delivered to the Principal Timothy O’Shea. Events throughout the week included a march from George Square to Kings Buildings, a class rep training day along with a cheese and wine party. Rawlings says that one of the particular concerns of postgraduates is social life. “In particular, postgrads have asked for more social events so they can meet people from other courses, more representation and better induction into the University.” These and several other concerns are in the process of being addressed: “We've addressed these issues through adding big monthly social events such as the Postgraduate Masked Ceilidh in the Student Fringe Festival. We've also set up a Postgraduate Forum which meets every three weeks where postgrads can raise issues and concerns with their course and/or university experience. I'm designing a PG handbook to be given out to all postgrads when they accept their offer from Edinburgh to address the problems with the induction process. I've also won a postgrad only study space in the Main Library which was a popular request from many students,” said Rawlings.
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