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24 April 2019
GREENOCK STUDENTS ARE CYBER SAVVY WITH NEW QUALIFICATION
Students at West College Scotland’s Greenock campus are amongst the first in Scotland to undertake a new Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) Cyber Security qualification.
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19 April 2019
West College Scotland is delighted to continue its successful partnership with Business College Syd in Sonderborg, Denmark.
Nine Danish retail students from Business College Syd arrived in Paisley at the end of March, and have just finished three week placements with local businesses.
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19 April 2019
National Lecturers’ Strike - An update for students
As you will probably be aware, the lecturer’s union, the EIS, is involved in a National pay dispute. This involves lecturers in colleges across Scotland. As well as strike action, the lecturers have voted to undertake a ‘resulting boycott’ and the ‘withdrawal of goodwill’.
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17 April 2019
Digital Training offered to local teachers thanks to Education Scotland!
WCS in association with UWS offer a range of digital CPD to local secondaries.
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15 April 2019
SkillPLUMB Apprentice Competition returns to WCS for the 2nd year running!
Competitors come from all over Scotland for 2019 SkillPLUMB
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10 April 2019
Amsterdam Art & Design Trip
This year’s trip to Amsterdam was opened to all Art and Design students. With a packed itinerary, the students visited some of Amsterdam’s top museums and attractions - and they even met some famous celebs along the way!
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3 April 2019
West College Scotland scoops a top award at NUS ceremony
We’re delighted to share that our Students Association has scooped a top prize at the annual National Union of Students Scotland awards, taking home ‘Officer Team of the Year for 2019’.
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2 April 2019
Swedish Artist Mentors HND Interior Design student from 1377 miles away!
Following on from a design brief where students were to create an artistic studio for a contemporary artist, thirty-three-year-old Kike Pavlick decided to contact admired Stockholm Artist Martin Bergström for his expertise and guidance.
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2 April 2019
Paisley partnership project celebrates 2nd success
Keys to Learn Programme offers adult returners employability skills to move to work or education
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1 April 2019
WCS scoops 18 awards at AHT Nationals!
Students claim a phenomenal 18 Gold, Silver and Bronze places at the UK’s largest student hairdressing, make-up and beauty competition