History
EUSA comprises the Students' Representative Council (SRC), founded in 1884 by Robert Fitzroy Bell, the Edinburgh University Union (EUU), which was founded by the SRC in 1889, and the Edinburgh University Chambers Street (Women's) Union. In 1994 the University forced the merger of the King's Buildings Union and EUSA, despite the KB Union voting against the proposal.
In 2005 EUSA formally twinned with Birzeit University Student Council, West Bank, with each union annually hosting delegations from the other.
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