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While everything seems to be at stand still last week, some of our photography students braved the snow to grab shots of how their local community was coping with the big freeze.

Ainsley Williams from Bliss Beauty Salon in Gourock had a very special reason for learning Infant Massage at West College Scotland.

The Met Office has issued a “red” warning for disruption because of widespread snow during today and into tomorrow. The forecast is for disruption to continue through to 10:00 tomorrow. The College will continue to monitor the forecast and would look to make an assessment on whether the College will be open tomorrow by 10pm tonight (28 February).

Hairdressing, Make-up Artistry and Beauty students from West College Scotland arrived home triumphant from this year’s Association of Hairdressing and Therapists (AHT) Regional competition.

Paisley Students are going places after completing a 5 day intensive fast track Swissport course.

The sessions, supported by the Digital Xtra Fund, aimed at enhancing their use of coding in the classroom. On completing the course each participating teacher was granted their own resource pack to take back to their schools including a complete set of Micro:Bit’s, thanks to sponsorship from Micro:Bit Foundation.

Jordan Gilchrist, 23, won runner-up at this year's SELECT Apprentice of the Year competition. He was interviewed by CABLEtalk, the official magazine of SELECT, the trade body which supports the interests of Scotland's electrical sector. Jordan reveals how it felt to be a competition finalist and how he managed to juggle FICA with fatherhood. Read on:

Taking second and third place at last year’s qualifier at Sheffield, twenty year old Jamie Cairns and twenty-one year old Shannon McGhee have secured their place at the 2018 Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi.

On receiving additional funding from The Digital Xtra Fund, we are delighted to have successfully launched Coding Clubs into a further three Renfrewshire Secondary schools. The clubs aim at engaging S1/2 pupils in the use of the BBC Micro:Bit amongst other digital programmes and encouraging them to become more involved in coding.

Our Interior Design students have developed stunning concepts as part of their live client project for Neat Living, a Glasgow-based company providing customisable, transformable and affordable housing solutions.