Uws Alumni Association

Are you a University of the West of Scotland graduate living outside of the UK? You may be eligible to apply, or nominate a fellow graduate, for a Study UK Alumni Award. Applications for the #UKAlumniAwards 2019-2020 are now open! bit.ly/2LmGPvU

We have over 2,000 alumni on the University of the West of Scotland alumni online community. Don’t miss out - check out our alumni networking platform today! #UWSgrad

Congratulations to #UWSgrad Lainie Lawson who has won the #Nurse Recognition award at the national Dr Falk-Pharma / Guts UK charity awards 2019. Lainie, who graduated from University of the West of Scotland's School of Health and Life Sciences, UWS with a BSc in Adult Nursing in 2016 going on to complete the MSc in Contemporary Drug and Alcohol Studies in 2017, is a Hepatology Specialist Practitioner at Oxford University Hospitals. Lainie won the award for her prison initiative which has improved the delivery of Hepatitis C Virus service to prisoners in the Thames Valley Region.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/…/17760727 .oxford-nurse-impro…/

Recent University of the West of Scotland graduates - in around 15 months, you'll be asked to complete the #GraduateOutcomes survey. Learn more about the UK's largest annual social survey & when you'll be surveyed #UWSgrad #classof2019
All graduates who completed a higher education course in the UK after August 2017 will be asked to take part in the survey 15 months after they finish their studies. The survey aims to help current and future students gain an insight into career destinations and development.

50 years ago today the first graduation ceremony took place at University of the West of Scotland's #Paisley Campus. 66 diplomates and graduands took part in the assembly for the Award of Academic Distinctions on Friday 11th July 1969 in the Brough Hall. Degrees were conferred by Principal Edwin Kerr with 33 graduands from the BSc Pure Science in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics 'capped'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtrQoM6f8 LM

Registration is now open for the next group of Certified Lean Six Sigma courses at UWS, being held in August 2019. Lean Six Sigma not only reduces process defects and waste, but also provides a means for achieving a culture for continuous improvement. https://www.uws.ac.uk/…/c…/certified- lean-six-sigma-courses/

Congratulations to University of the West of Scotland honorary graduate Andy Campbell - fantastic speech and inspiration for all graduates. #UWSgrad The Paisley born businessman has a wealth of experience in business start-ups and scale-ups spanning his 20-plus year career during which time he has concluded over £25m in international contracts, secured £2m in venture capital, and been responsible for the strategic vision, creation and management of several creative IT busine...sses, specifically within the Video Games sector.
Presently, Andy heads up the Accelerator Division for Elevator UK, a social enterprise at the heart of Scotland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem which supports start-ups, scale-ups and entrepreneurs. He has been instrumental in the creation of a Centre for Entrepreneurship in both Aberdeen and Dundee, as well as the formation of a Creative Accelerator Programme in Perth, a new programme in the Highlands & Islands and the ‘Global Domination’ Accelerator aimed at internationalisation of Scotland’s digital media and Video Game Sector.
https://youtu.be/x4zKjt98ug0
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As we celebrate the University of the West of Scotland summer graduation ceremonies & welcome all our new alumni, here’s a photo from our archives of the first #graduation ceremony in #Paisley 50 years ago!
The ceremony was presided over by Principal Edwin Kerr on 11th July 1969 and took place in the Brough Hall on Paisley Campus (now known as Chancellor’s Hall). #Throwbackthursday #tbt #UWSgrad

And that’s a wrap for University of the West of Scotland's summer graduation! Congratulations to all our new alumni and a warm welcome to the UWS alumni community. Remember to register to find out more about the benefits to you as a member of the alumni association www.uwsalumni.org

Last day of the #UWSgrad summer ceremonies today. Good luck everyone and welcome!

Day 2 of graduation in #Paisley and welcome to all attending the ceremony including Alfie the dog! 🎓 #UWSgrad

Congratulations to alumnus Professor Chik Collins who has been appointed The University of the Faroe Islands new Rector. Chik studied Social Science at the University (graduating 1987) and returning in 1993 to undertake a PhD in Political Sociology. Chik has worked at the Paisley Campus of UWS since 1996. https://www.setur.fo/…/the-university-o f-the-faroe-islands…/

#Paisley graduations starting today. Good luck to all our #UWSgrads!