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Professor Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir and Tom Caira, from the School of Computing Engineering and Physical Sciences, received accolades at the inaugural Scottish Association of Minority Ethnic Educators Recognition and Appreciation Awards.
Congratulations to BSc (Hons) Computer Games Technology graduate Thomas Cole, who has been awarded a prestigious TIGA Graduate of the Year accolade in the category Computer Games Technology.
Making a career change can be a daunting prospect but alumna Constance Farrell found the transition from being a nurse to studying the MSc Advanced Computing an easy one.
UWS computer games graduate Peter Cannon has been named amongst 30 of the UK’s best graduates and post-graduates in games by TIGA.
University of the West of Scotland computer animation graduate Ian Young has been using his digital skills and virtual reality to bring long forgotten buildings back to life. Following the recreation of Paisley’s Town...
University of the West of Scotland alumnus Graeme Thompson was recently interviewed as part of IDG Connect’s CIO Spotlight series, where IT leaders discuss their background and where they see the industry developing. Graeme,...
Ian Young, who graduated from the University’s Paisley Campus in 2011, has created a flythrough of what Paisley’s Town Centre would have looked like in 1900.
A UWS creative computing graduate team recently secured success at the UK Games Fund’s Tranzfuser 2019 competition. The competition saw the UWS team, Disco Reptile, receive £5,000 in two instalments over the summer to create a...
UWS Computer Games Technology graduate, Stuart Adams has been awarded the Young Software Engineer of the Year 2019 Award at the ceremony hosted by ScotlandIS on 3rd October 2019 in Edinburgh. Stuart, who graduated in...
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.