As part of the Fair Dementia Care Campaign Alzheimer Scotland teamed up with former broadcaster and author Mike Edwards to create a documentary which features personal accounts from carers of people living with dementia. The campaigning…
The UWS Mediation Service launches on the 30th of September and will be available to all UWS staff and students. Mediation is a highly successful form of early dispute resolution. It involves an impartial third…
At yesterday’s Scottish Dementia Awards 2019, held at the Raddison Blu Hotel in Glasgow, the winner of the Best Educational Initiative was the Carer’s Academy, a joint initiative between our School and one of our…
Four leadership stories that student from our innovative BA (Honours) Integrated Health and Social Care programme have been working on for IRISS have now been published. IRISS have said that the four stories beautifully illustrate what…
Every year the UWS Business Support Teams hold fundraising coffee mornings in support of MacMillan Cancer Care. Cakes; homemade and bought; are sold to raise funds for this worthy cause. There is also a raffle…
As many of the staff within our School know, our colleague Lecturer Martin Murray on the Paisley Campus tragically lost his son Brandon a few weeks ago. On Friday 6th September Hamilton Rugby Club are…
The UWS Students Union (SAUWS) is getting ready for the new session, with a busy schedule of events planned for new and returning students to mark the start of the 2019-20 academic year. Work has…
Graduates who completed their studies between 1 May 2018 and 31 July 2018, will receive the new Graduate Outcomes survey via email from week commencing Monday 2 September 2019. All graduates who completed a HE…
Yesterday was the final day of training for Cohort 10 of Scotland’s National Dementia Champions programme. The National Dementia Champions programme, which is funded by the Scottish Government and delivered by our School in partnership…
Congratulation to Susan Holland, Alzheimer Scotland’s Nurse Consultant for NHS Ayrshire and Arran who has been nominated in the Leader of the Year category in this year’s Scottish Health Awards. Susan, who is seconded to…
