Submitting opportunities...
...in 3 easy steps
While we want to ensure that students have access to the widest possible pool of opportunities, not all of them may be suitable for the EdGE Database. Here are some guidelines to assist you in deciding if the EdGE Database is the best place to let students know about your opportunity:
- EdGE opportunities must be offered internally by the University (e.g. LEAPS summer school volunteers) or facilitated by the University (e.g. Erasmus).
- Opportunities must be recurring.
- Paid recurring opportunities that occur within or through the University can also be advertised for free on, MyCareerHub,enabling you to reach the widest possible audience. For more information please go to the Careers Service website or to register directly with MyCareerHub please follow this link
- While opportunities can be tied to specific settings (e.g. a College or School), they should promote equality of access and be available to students regardless of ability to pay, age, disability, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.
If you have any queries about the suitability of an opportunity, please send an email to the database administrators: EDGE.Admin@ed.ac.uk.
Step 1.
Please check what is already in the database before you submit your opportunity. Once you are satisfied that EdGE is the place to put your opportunity, follow the steps below to submit it to the database administrators for review and approval.
Step 2.
There are 10 fields you will need to populate:
- Opportunity title: Brief but helpful. Keep your audience in mind - will the nature of the opportunity be clear from your title?
- Further information: A URL where users can access detailed information about the opportunity. Do not include http://
- Opportunity description: Describe your opportunity in 200 words or less. Have a look at existing opportunities for ideas and inspiration on how to do this.
- Type of opportunity: This describes the generic nature of opportunity, e.g. Time abroad, Career management or Clubs and societies. Select one from the drop down menu.
- Skills and attributes: What sorts of skills and attributes will students to develop or strengthen as a result of participating in your opportunity? Select all that are appropriate from the drop down list by using Control + click with your mouse in Windows or Command + click in Mac OS.
- Schools and departments: Is your opportunity attached to a particular academic School or department, e.g. EUSA, Accommodation Services, SRA? Select one from the drop down menu. If it is not, select N/A. If your department is not in the drop down menu, please make a note in the description field to alert the database administrators.
- College: Is your opportunity only available to or offered by a specific academic College? If it is not, select N/A.
- First name, Surname and Email address: The database administrators may contact you with queries or clarifications, or to follow up as part of database maintenance.
Step 3.
Submit your opportunity. The database administrators will be alerted when you have submitted your opportunity. Once it has been reviewed and approved, it will appear in the database.
If you have an queries about submitting an opportunity contact EdGE.Admin@ed.ac.uk
If you are experiencing technical difficulties submitting an opportunity contact IS.helpline@ed.ac.uk