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West College Scotland were delighted to see our HNC Applied Science student Kyle Prele scoop a top accolade at last night’s Herald Higher Education Awards. Kyle, who is also a Modern Apprentice Science Technician at the College and our newly elected Student President for 2023/24 took home the award for Outstanding Contribution from a College student.

West College Scotland has outlined its vision to be to be one of the most sustainable colleges in Scotland. As part of this ambition, we as a College are committed to developing and incorporating learning on sustainable practices into our curriculum. Our Foundation Apprenticeship in Construction is doing just that with a group of young FA’s from West College Scotland’s Paisley campus who have impressed their Work Based Challenge partners, Morrison Construction with their sustainable construction skills!

Our HNC Fashion Makeup students have been showcasing their skills this week in their final Graded Unit event. The show which took place at Braehead Centre on Wednesday 25 May brought together our HNC groups at Paisley and Clydebank campuses to show off their final creations inspired by leading and fashion makeup brands on the catwalk.

On-May who started studying at Clydebank campus in 2019, is currently taking part in series 5 of hit BBC Three show ‘Glow-Up: Britain’s Next Make-up Star’ where contestants compete to impress judges Valerie Garland (Global Make-up Director at L’Oréal Paris) and Dominic Skinner (MUA) to become Britain’s Next Make-up Star.

Last week saw our HNC Graphic Design and Animation students visit digital print company, McAllister Litho Glasgow. As a contrast to their digital work students were shown how one of their creations could come to life as printed material.

Former Graphic Design student, Jamie Johnston got the incredible opportunity to work on the visuals for Scottish singer-songwriter, Callum Beattie seconds album, ‘Vandals’.

Natalia, who is currently studying HNC Photography, recently got a taste for the music industry after having the experience to photograph rising local artists MrdB and Brownbear.

Motor Vehicle student William Stewart will be representing West College Scotland this Friday (May 19th) when he takes part in the Refinishing National Qualifier of the World Skills Competition at 3M’s Automotive Refinish Centre (ARC) in Atherstone.

West College Scotland is delighted to have for another year running, received £10,000 funding from the John Mather Trust.

Thanks to funding from Digital Xtra the College hosted a coding club for local children within Renfrewshire last month.