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Most students dream to have their work showcased in international publications; but for one of our Fashion Make-up Artistry students and Photography Graduates this dream was made reality earlier this month.

West College Scotland is delighted to have been part of a successful 8 week ‘Compassionate Citizens’ pilot which was conducted in partnership with the Ardgowan Hospice.

Julie MacDonald, Head of Spateston Pre-Five Centre, explains how her team and herself have benefited from our Professional Development business courses.

The Aiming Higher Awards which took place on Wednesday 15 June brought local movers and shakers out in force to celebrate the economic and employment success and progress of those participating in the Invest in Renfrewshire programme. Amongst the nine finalists was our very own, recently appointed Science Technician Amanda Allan.

This term, 100% of our pre-apprentice electrical students recommended for interview (38) have gained a recognised apprenticeship in the electrical sector with SECTT

We’re looking very forward to having our Lion bring some ‘roaring’ at our Paisley Campus!

Amanda is leading the Mini Game Jam, a challenge where local secondary school pupils create games using Scratch – a programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

Staff and Students from our Paisley and Clydebank Campuses took part in a real community effort to save the day at Lamont City Farm – installing a new heating system to keep feathered, fluffy, and four-legged friends in good health.

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

After weeks of engineering, building and testing their own Model Rocket Cars, hundreds of school pupils from all across Scotland will race on the 9th of June at the Glasgow Science Centre. Mark the date and come to share the supersonic experience!