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Using Modern Apprenticeships to Manufacture a Successful Career

Modern Apprenticeships are an exciting way of gaining skills and qualifications, enabling people to work, learn and earn at the same time. Recognising this unique opportunity eighteen year-old Rebecca Simpson sought to gain a Modern Apprenticeship within science; a field that she had enjoyed studying at school.

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From Jersey Boy to TV judge for Curtis

RISING STAR Paisley singer is all set FORTV talent show debut

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Still Game actors strike the pose for our Paisley Photography students

Jane McCarry and Mark Cox – aka Isa and Tam in Still Game – came to our Paisley Campus Photography studio for one of our HND Photography Portraiture projects last Wednesday.

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Vote for your favorite micro-home design!

Our Interior Design students have developed stunning concepts as part of their live client project for Neat Living, a Glasgow-based company providing customisable, transformable and affordable housing solutions.

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Coding Clubs launched in three more schools

On receiving additional funding from The Digital Xtra Fund, we are delighted to have successfully launched Coding Clubs into a further three Renfrewshire Secondary schools. The clubs aim at engaging S1/2 pupils in the use of the BBC Micro:Bit amongst other digital programmes and encouraging them to become more involved in coding.

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Sailing into the Special Olympics 2018

Taking second and third place at last year’s qualifier at Sheffield, twenty year old Jamie Cairns and twenty-one year old Shannon McGhee have secured their place at the 2018 Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi.

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Clydebank Campus electrical apprentice Jordan enjoys success at the SELECT industry awards

Jordan Gilchrist, 23, won runner-up at this year's SELECT Apprentice of the Year competition. He was interviewed by CABLEtalk, the official magazine of SELECT, the trade body which supports the interests of Scotland's electrical sector. Jordan reveals how it felt to be a competition finalist and how he managed to juggle FICA with fatherhood. Read on:

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28 Renfrewshire Schools teachers attend Digital Development Sessions

The sessions, supported by the Digital Xtra Fund, aimed at enhancing their use of coding in the classroom. On completing the course each participating teacher was granted their own resource pack to take back to their schools including a complete set of Micro:Bit’s, thanks to sponsorship from Micro:Bit Foundation.

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Flying Results for Paisley Students

Paisley Students are going places after completing a 5 day intensive fast track Swissport course.

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Make-up Artistry Students Are ‘Made-up’ With Results

Hairdressing, Make-up Artistry and Beauty students from West College Scotland arrived home triumphant from this year’s Association of Hairdressing and Therapists (AHT) Regional competition.

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WEATHER CONDITIONS AND CAMPUS OPENING TOMORROW, 1 MARCH 2018

The Met Office has issued a “red” warning for disruption because of widespread snow during today and into tomorrow. The forecast is for disruption to continue through to 10:00 tomorrow. The College will continue to monitor the forecast and would look to make an assessment on whether the College will be open tomorrow by 10pm tonight (28 February).

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Pippa is my Perfect Model

Ainsley Williams from Bliss Beauty Salon in Gourock had a very special reason for learning Infant Massage at West College Scotland.

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'The beast from the east' through the lens of our photo students

While everything seems to be at stand still last week, some of our photography students braved the snow to grab shots of how their local community was coping with the big freeze.

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WCS first UK college to take Stand Alone Pledge

We're proud to be the UK’s first college to take the Stand Alone Pledge, a demonstration of our commitment to supporting estranged students across the West region and beyond.

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Bags of Love

West College Scotland donate 212 backpacks to Mary’s Meals, thanks to the generosity of staff, students and local businesses.

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App Design Brief for Cohesion Medical

Graphic Design students team up with Cohesion Medical to design graphics for an app for people suffering from Crohn’s Disease.

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Picture Perfect

The winner of the My Place Photography competition for young people have been announced and include two winners and a highly commended from West College Scotland.

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Success at this year’s AHT Competition

It was another beautiful result for our talented Hairdressing and Make-up Artistry students at this year’s Association of Hairdressing and Therapists (AHT) finals competition.

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Equipping After School Care Workers with Creative Computing skills

We have been working in partnership with the Scottish Out of School Care Network (SOSCN) to design and deliver a course which trains selected candidates from the out of school care field to deliver and evaluate STEM (computer coding) playful learning activities to children in out of school care services.

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College alumna shortlisted for best actress at this year's British Soap Awards

Our amazing former student Amy Conachan is up for a British soap award! Amy graduated in 2011 from the College and she's now playing Courtney in ‘Hollyoaks’.

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