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Local ladies, Ginny Thomson and Christine Gibson marked 26 years as long-standing clients of our Paisley Hair and Beauty Salon this month! Ginny & Christine both from Paisley, who the staff and students affectionately refer to as the “golden girls” have been getting pampered at the Renfrew Road campus since the mid 1990’s.

Christmas comes early to the College’s Travel and Tourism department thanks to a generous former lecturer.

School pupils from the Colleges Senior Phase Programme celebrate the completion of their airport operations unit with a ‘Wings Award’ ceremony.

Sagar Massey, former West College Scotland student, competed in the prestigious BBC One cooking show ‘Masterchef the Professionals’ making it all the way to the grand final and being in the top 3 chefs.

Travel and Tourism students take a trip to one of Glasgow’s most iconic landmarks, Central Station.

Our Paisley Beauty department have organised a week long fundraising mission to help support local charity “Lisa’s Gift”. A full calendar of events was set up including bake sales, raffles, onsite massage, and our commercial salons offering advanced face and body treatments and gel polish treatments throughout the week with all class groups getting involved.

Our Clydebank & Greenock Hairdressing and Beauty department are showing they care for the local community this winter by giving back to local groups and charities. The initiative which launched early December saw our teams open their doors to various community groups offering hair and beauty treatments to help combat the cost of living crisis and make their members feel just a little bit special this festive season!

West College Scotland is delighted to be awarded this year’s College Community Award at the annual CDN College Awards which took place on Friday 25 November at Radisson Blue Glasgow.

At the beginning of term, the HNC Graphic and Animations students from the Colleges Paisley campus teamed up with former football hero Tony Fitzpatrick on an exciting rebrand project for his company Legacy Comps Prize Bonanza.

BA (Hons) Drama, Theatre and Performance students were delighted to welcome Richard Demarco for a powerful talk on his experiences within Scottish and International theatre and his legacy within the industry.