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Sponsors of the 2017 Working4Business Awards

West College Scotland is delighted to have been one of the sponsors of the inaugural 2017 Working4Business Awards, where awards were announced to over 150 guests.

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Clydebank Campus plumbing apprentice secures third place in national competition

Daniel Trainer, third year plumbing apprentice student at our Clydebank Campus, and his lecturer Allan Bauld attended the annual SNIPEF SkillPlumb Competition taking place from Friday 9 to Saturday 10 June at Dundee and Angus College.

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Studio for an Artist

This academic year has seen the College’s HND Interior Architecture students team up with a range of design companies, providing them with invaluable real work experience, concluding with a collaboration with future led design company, Keppie Design.

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Paisley 2021 inspired game ‘Pride of Lions’ wins in competition judged by school pupils

For their graded unit, our HNC Games development students had to design a game on a predefined theme: Paisley 2021. After 10 weeks of programming, development, design and fine-tuning, last Friday was THE big day! The games were being tested by very challenging judges: primary school pupils.

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Design inspired trip to Copenhagen

Art and Design students experience one of Europe’s design capitals.

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Well done to our Painting & Decorating apprentices and student of the year 2016-17

2016-17 was another great year of accomplishments for our Greenock Campus Painting & Decorating department, with students working hard to develop strong skills and take steps towards a career into Construction. As the Academic year comes to an end, the department held a ceremony to award their most deserving apprentices and students.

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Creating a big bang of excitement to inspire children in STEM

Each year, the Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition recognises and rewards young people's achievements in all areas of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

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WCS Computing Lecturer announced finalist for 2017 BAFTA YGD Mentor Award

David Renton, Curriculum Quality Leader in Computing at our Paisley Campus, is one of only five finalists for the 2017 BAFTA Young Game Designers (YGD) Mentor Award.

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Top Award was on the Menu for Chefs

Tuesday 20 June saw three finalists battle it out in final of the much coveted West College Scotland Paisley campus's Chef of the Year competition.

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Construction students built a room to help Care students gain invaluable practical skills

Our Greenock Campus Construction students have worked throughout the Academic year on a project which aimed to transform a classroom into a Dementia Care room. The project has now reached completion and the room they’ve transformed will provide outstanding support to our Health & Social Care students in their learning experience.

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Winner of the Herald Higher Education Award – Outstanding Employer Engagement

We are delighted to have won the Outstanding Employer Engagement category at the illustrious Herald Higher Education Awards. This Award comes to recognise our Design department's remarkable work with Neat Living, a Glasgow-based company providing innovative housing solutions.

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STEM Ambassadors Leading the Way for Young Scientists

West College Scotland is proud to have student STEM Ambassadors representing the College.

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Scotland’s Largest Festival goes without a hitch with the help from WCS Students

Returning for its fourth year, Scotland’s biggest family-friendly festival, ‘Party at the Palace’ saw some of music’s biggest names take to the stage.

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Helping to enhance homecare across europe

Ageing populations and the correlated increasing levels of chronic ill-health will require tomorrow – if not already today – an enhanced approach to home care. In light of this, a transnational Erasmus research project ‘Carevolution’ has been launched in February 2016 to examine the future role, responsibilities and qualifications of home care workers across Europe.

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WCS students share their passion for traditional construction works

Construction students from our Paisley Campus took part in an event to promote traditional construction at the Paisley Abbey this Monday and Tuesday.

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College Duo are a Recipe for Success

Jordan McDougall, 20 and Sagar Massey, 18 tell us about their recipe for success after securing jobs at one of Scotland’s top Michelin Star restaurants.

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College Recognised as “Living Wage Employer”

West College Scotland has been officially recognised as a Living Wage employer. The accreditation comes from the Poverty Alliance which says paying the Living Wage is one of the best ways of tackling in-work poverty.

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World record breakers - 400+ Paisley school kids take part in the world’s largest ever architecture lesson

Utilising the coding game Minecraft, 406 pupils from eight local primary schools were guided through a history of Paisley’s architecture while also learning how to use code to quickly create buildings within the game.

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Prince’s Trust Team 55 Dig Deep for Success!

The Prince’s Trust Team 55 recently completed their 12 week community development programme recently at our Clydebank Campus with huge success.

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West College Scotland and IKEA present Ändra

Teaming up with one of the world’s largest furniture stores, Creative Industry students from West College Scotland were given the opportunity to impress with their interpretation of Andra, meaning change.

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