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Makeup Artistry student Kaicey has taken step to start her own business in the classroom.

West College Scotland is delighted to be working towards The Carers Federation ‘Quality Standard in Carer Support accreditation’.

West College Scotland (WCS) is gearing up to host the second of a series of ‘The Critical Engineer’ events, with a FREE online webinar, ‘Change Through the Lens of Covid’.

Proudly displayed in the Care teaching corridor of our Paisley campus, our ‘WCS Heroes’ collage, pays tribute to all those who worked and continue to work tirelessly through this pandemic.

WCS make significant investment in the Engineering resources at the Greenock Campus to ensure continue to support the Clyde-built legacy.

Paisley student Will has set up Dog Food Delivery company, Will & Friends and now his best friend Alex is on board too!

Our Graphic Design students teamed up with Cohesion Medical last semester to design graphics for a resilience app for young people’s mental health.

West College Scotland is delighted to be shortlisted in three categories at this year’s College Development Network Awards.

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

WEST College Scotland students are continuing to benefit from a fruitful partnership between the College and International Air Services Company Swissport.

Congratulations go to our HND Interior Architecture and our HNC Graphic Design students that worked on a fantastic re-brand and refurbishment client project with Multan Tandoori in Paisley – Paisley’s oldest established Indian restaurant.

In response to the cancellation of the 2020 exam diet, SQA developed an alternative certification model for 2020 to ensure that the hard work of Scotland’s learners is fully recognised. The alternative certification model allowed SQA to award grades to all learners entered for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher courses as fairly and reliably as possible, across subjects and levels.

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For the seventh year in a row, our HND Interior Design Students have been mentored by David Ross, Director of Keppie Design, to follow a design brief that lets students express their creativity and display the skills they've learned during their time at the College.

Design CoLAB is a collaboration partnership West College Scotland and Colin Taylor Neat Living and Mhairi Claire Wilkies HLM Architects. Together West College Scotland, Colin Taylor and Mhairi Claire have co-created a unique collaboration to foster outcomes between education and enterprise.

Wander through three marvellous exhibitions from the comfort of your home, and celebrate this massive achievement for the Creative Industries Department.

West College Scotland would like to congratulate our recent cohort of students from intu Braehead who recently completed their Chartered Management Institute (CMI) qualifications. Amongst the group was 33-year-old Stephen Stronach who was the only Scottish finalist selected by the CMI Student of the Year event for 2020.

West College Scotland, in partnership with Renfrewshire Council, has secured significant funding to start an exciting new project that will unlock the benefits of Manufacturing 4.0 technology for SMEs across the west of Scotland.

Given the current COVID-19 situation, our staff are working remotely to prepare students for their upcoming studies with us to ensure that course delivery meets social distancing requirements.  Part of our work is also to make adaptations to our buildings to protect students and staff.

Renfrewshire pupils are the first in the country who can choose the new Foundation Apprenticeship in Digital Manufacturing – the first of its kind in Scotland.