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West College Scotland was the runaway winner in the all-Scotland CDN Marketing Awards last night (Thursday). In all, the College won five Gold Awards at a gala dinner hosted by BBC Scotland news reporter Lisa Summers at the new Urban Village Hotel in Glasgow.

STUDENTS at West College Scotland’s Paisley campus have been honoured with a visit from local MP and rising star Mhairi Black as she came to talk about politics, and the importance of civic engagement.

JOANNA Kropacz, NC Graphic Design & Illustration student at West College Scotland’s Clydebank campus, has been shortlisted for a national competition to illustrate ‘Slugboy Saves the World’ – a children’s book by Mark Smith.

BEAUTY Therapy Student Chloe Barclay, 18, is busy studying and setting her sights on swimming glory.

West College Scotland was delighted to host the inaugural Females into Construction Skills Taster Event organised in partnership with Renfrewshire Council's Modern Apprenticeship Programme team.

Our Apprentices were delighted to be involved at the Traditional Building Skills Event in Glasgow on Monday 29 February which was running as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week.

Congratulations go to Dean Pattison, one of West College Scotland’s Prince’s Trust Team Leaders who has just successfully helped another cohort of young people complete their personal discovery challenge - his fiftieth team for the College.

West College Scotland lecturers from all 3 campuses recently represented the College at the ‘Cisco Live’ conference in Berlin.

STUDENTS of West College Scotland’s ‘Step One’ programme at Clydebank Campus are seeing their names’ in print as issue one of their magazine ‘Unique’ is released.

Read on to find out more about the upcoming Lecturers' Strikes.

An inspiring team of College Modern Apprentices have taken their first steps on their journey into the world of work, through a pioneering new programme to help jobseekers on the autistic spectrum find a route into employment.

West College Scotland students from across the region have been celebrating their fantastic achievements in Painting & Decorating.

West College Scotland students are celebrating a successful ‘Pecha Kucha’, held in Glasgow. Read on to find out more about the night, and what ‘Pecha Kucha’ is all about.

Renfrewshire Provost Anne Hall went back to class in the name of charity - spending the day working at West College Scotland in Paisley.

Students from West College Scotland have been impressing professionals and customers alike as they showcase their interior designs and develop their skills with IKEA’s Braehead store.

DRAMA students from West College Scotland have been using their acting talents to raise awareness and open-up discussion with local partners.

PUPILS from schools across the region have been working with West College Scotland to develop their photography skills, with 3 such pupils’ work now on display at The Lighthouse in Glasgow, as winners in a national competition.

Utilising the coding game Minecraft, 406 pupils from eight local primary schools were guided through a history of Paisley’s architecture while also learning how to use code to quickly create buildings within the game.

Returning for its fourth year, Scotland’s biggest family-friendly festival, ‘Party at the Palace’ saw some of music’s biggest names take to the stage.

Ageing populations and the correlated increasing levels of chronic ill-health will require tomorrow – if not already today – an enhanced approach to home care. In light of this, a transnational Erasmus research project ‘Carevolution’ has been launched in February 2016 to examine the future role, responsibilities and qualifications of home care workers across Europe.

Construction students from our Paisley Campus took part in an event to promote traditional construction at the Paisley Abbey this Monday and Tuesday.