UWS alumni news, blogs and stories
A former nurse, who studied nursing at Bell College (now UWS Lanarkshire Campus), has been making the news due to her invention of a revolutionary weighing scale to help hospital patients get life-saving drugs quicker.
Alan, who graduated from the Paisley Campus in 1994, has published a number of books in the Java space covering Enterprise Java, Servlets, JavaMail and database access. He also served in the role of Editor-in-Chief for Java Developers Journal, one of the largest magazines in the space with a 200k monthly circulation.
Amy McDonald, Paisley BSc Sports Studies graduate (2006) and former Scotland star, has been appointed as the new head coach of Rangers Ladies.
Norman Goodwin, CEO of leading children’s charity and adoption agency, Adoption Matters, received his CBE during a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony on Friday 9 October 2015. Norman was presented with his CBE medal by the Queen in recognition of his outstanding contribution and distinguished service to adoption and the family.
University of the West of Scotland (UWS) presented the prestigious Dr William Elder Enterprise Award at its annual Entrepreneurial Prize Giving Ceremony on Wednesday 30 April 2014 at Hillington Park Innovation Centre.