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Our Greenock Engineering Apprenticeship programme continues to expand with more than 40 new start apprentices.

West College Scotland’s nurseries, situated at our Paisley and Greenock campuses, are to cease operating on the 17th of June.

A former Foundation Apprentice is going full circle in apprenticeship journey by returning to the College to share his experiences with our current cohort of Engineering students. T

Supported by the Scottish Funding Council and the Scottish Government Energy Efficiency training funding is now available through the National Transition Training Fund for people resident in Scotland that have lost their jobs, are at risk of redundancy or those that have identified a skills gap in their current job.

Our talented HNC Fashion Make up Students were invited along to a bespoke Beauty Event at Scotland’s first ever Harrods Beauty store located in Edinburgh’s newest luxury shopping centre, St James Quarter.

Dedicated to continuing our Microsoft Showcase School status, 33 of our WCS staff members recently completed their two-hour training sessions to become Microsoft Innovative Educators.

This week the College will be celebrating the diversity that that makes work-based learning good for individuals, employers and the economy. Developed as an initiative by Skills Development Scotland, this week of celebration will be underpinned by the theme of ‘Apprenticeships Work’.

Hospitality students help feed thousands of hungry rugby fans at the Scotland versus England match at Murrayfield earlier this month.

HND Photography students from the Colleges Paisley campus were thrilled to be amongst photographers capturing the Dynamic New Athletes (DNA) event at the Emirates Arena earlier this month.

West College Scotland is delighted to have received funding from the UK Government through the Community Renewal Fund, to establish ‘West Care Academy’, where we will offer a suite of training throughout West Dunbartonshire and Inverclyde.