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West College Scotland Welcomes All

As refugees from Syria arrive in the West of Scotland, communities across the region are preparing t…

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WCS Approved Training Centre for the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE)

This prestigious award attests to our commitment to providing training meeting the highest standards…

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Jordan Scores Success at West College Scotland

When Jordan finished school and started an NC in Musical Performance at West College Scotland’s Gree…

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Paisley Students Style Success

PAISLEY students have been celebrating their success after a winning day at the National Hairdresser…

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'Star Wars' Gets '5-Stars' from Clydebank Students

HNC Creative Industries: Media students have been giving their views on the new Star Wars film ‘Epis…

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Gourock Student Stewart Succeeds in Games Technology

Stewart McCready, from Gourock, is a former student of West College Scotland’s Greenock Campus. He n…

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Fruitful Bridge2Business events held at our campuses during the Global Entrepreneurship Week

We were happy to host two great Bridge2Business Events during the Global Entrepreneurship Week.

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Chinese Teachers Shown the Best of the West

2015 saw West College Scotland welcome a host of international visitors to our campuses. The year wa…

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West Success at College Development Network Awards

WEST College Scotland has scooped four coveted awards at the College Development Network (CDN) Annua…

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Graduation a Memorable Celebration

Graduations are always memorable events, and with our student's filming and photography this year's …

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A buzz b4 lunch!

Overwhelmingly positive response from the 250 members of College staff and external guests who atten…

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Outstanding Success for the Retail Academy

Our vibrant partnership with intu Braehead has created new recruitment opportunities in to the retai…

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Mission Complete for West College Scotland

Winning students are over the moon after learning their science experiment has been chosen to be bla…

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Combat Systems apprentices are all fired up at WCS

Our four-year bespoke training programme in Computer Networking has just kicked off for BAE’s Combat…

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Learning Links – the College programme with a difference

As it approached the end of term, many students were eager to hand in their last piece of course wor…

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Enriching visit from our European Partners Business College SYD

As part of our commitment to Internationalisation, we recently hosted a visit from one of our Europe…

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WCS to host Developing Young Workforce Group

We were delighted to welcome the launch of the West Region’s Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Gr…

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Clyde shoreline image wins student photography competition

A stunning picture of the Clyde shore at Dumbarton has won the Picture This 2015 student photography…

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Aliens will not invade Scotland – if you’re victorious in our HNC students’ game!

Our HNC Games Development students were facing very challenging judges last week: primary school pup…

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WCS 2015 University Bursary awarded to Sharon – passionate and driven busy working mum

Sharon McAlindon, Access to Nursing student at West College Scotland, has secured a place at the Uni…

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“Grandpa, please keep the pictures of you in your Speedos private on Facebook!”

That’s the very funny and clever way our Paisley Campus Learner Development Step 1 students presente…

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