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A group of local contractors assembled at West College Scotland’s Abercorn Conference Centre last Friday for a Contractor Mobilisation event hosted by Scotland Excel for the recently awarded Energy Efficiency Contractors Framework.

College computing Lecturer, Amanda Ford, has been awarded the 2022 Games Academic Award for Further Education. The awards which highlight the academies, universities, colleges and courses that are going the extra mile, not just by educating but actively helping students make the leap to becoming professional games developers, took place in Sheffield earlier this week.

The first in a series of strikes planned by the EIS Further Education Lecturers’ Association (EIS-FELA), as part of a national pay dispute, is due to take place on Wednesday 20 April 2022.

WCS 4th year Plumbing apprentice, Scott P Kelly has been leading by example with his peers promoting apprentice rights, welfare, and quality of education, even representing the UK in Barcelona last month at European Alliance for Apprenticeships.

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.