University of the West of Scotland guide: 最高位のs, open days, 料金s and accommodation
Overview
控訴，上告ing to a 大部分は Scottish clientele (99.4% of admissions 経由で Ucas last year were Scots), the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) has 新採用するd the highest 割合 of students from the 20% of Scottish postcodes considered to be the most 奪うd for the past eight years. It makes higher education an attainable proposition for many who would さもなければ 行方不明になる out. Last year's Times Higher Education 衝撃 最高位のs placed UWS second in Scotland and tenth in the UK when 手段d against the 国際連合 維持できる 開発 Goal 10 for 減ずるing 不平等s. 雇用者-焦点（を合わせる）d degrees are 申し込む／申し出d across four campuses in south-west Scotland, with the biggest of them in Paisley, Scotland's largest town. その上の outposts in Ayr, Dumfries and Hamilton (known as the Lanarkshire campus) have seen 激しい 最近の 投資. There is a new campus in London, too, 申し込む／申し出ing international 商売／仕事 and professional health 熟考する／考慮するs undergraduate degrees and several masters 選択s.
支払う／賃金ing the 法案s
Means-実験（する）d support is given to cover childcare, which is a 価値のある source when about 60% of your students are 円熟した returners to education. It cost the university about £1.2m last year. A discretionary 基金 of £1m helps students 会合，会う their basic living costs. The UWS Undergraduate Honours Year Scholarship keeps the price of a UWS degree the same as in the 残り／休憩（する） of the UK for the 447 students English, Welsh or Northern Irish students 適格の for it last year. With UWS degrees running over four years - as most Honours degrees do in Scotland - it 効果的に waives the final year of tuition 料金s, pegging tuition to £27,750. Students from the 残り／休憩（する） of the UK and Ireland are also 適格の for a UWS 長所 Bursary 価値（がある） £1,000 in each year of 熟考する／考慮する. The WEST (広げるing Education and Supporting Tal ent) Scholarship 申し込む／申し出s 15 awards 価値（がある） £1,250 per year to a 最大限 of £5,000 over four years to 除去する 財政上の 障壁s that might 妨げる students …に出席するing university. UWS also runs a sports scholarship programme with gold, silver and bronze awards 価値（がある） £1,500, £750 and £500 それぞれ, 加える 接近 to 助言者ing, coaching and other support services.
What's new?
New ふりをするd hospital 区s are part of the recently 完全にするd multi-million-続けざまに猛撃する makeover of the UWS campus in Dumfries. The 焦点（を合わせる） of the 開発, co-位置を示すd with Dumfries & Galloway College, has been to create modern practice-based learning 施設s to serve an 広範囲にわたる 範囲 of UWS courses, 特に those serving the health and social care 部門. An immersive learning 控訴 uses 360-degree ビデオ to ふりをする コンビナート／複合体 indoor and outdoor 医療の シナリオs, 許すing students to 答える／応じる to them in a controlled and 安全な setting. Looking after students' health has also been prioritised with the 拡張 of 解放する／自由な gym 会員の地位 to all students and staff across all UWS sports 施設s. The move is designed to 前向きに／確かに 衝撃 mental health and wellbeing, 改善する fitness, 上げる 生産性 and 約束／交戦 and 高める social lives. In 返答 to the cost of living 危機, 解放する／自由な breakfasts are now 供給するd for students on the Ayr, Lanarkshire and Paisley campuses on weekdays. 一方／合間, the UWS students' union has been 指名するd University Students' 協会 of the Year at the 2023 NUS Scotland awards for its work in 形態／調整ing education and 権力を与えるing individuals.
Admissions, teaching and student support
With about a third of UWS students coming from the most 奪うd postcodes in Scotland, UWS is the 主要な university in Scotland for 広げるing 参加. 'Value is placed not only on 資格s, but life and work experience,' the university told us. A contextual admissions 計画／陰謀 削減（する）s one Higher grade from the 基準 入ること／参加（者） 基準 扶養家族 on the individual circumstances of the applicant. Those living in 奪うd postcodes, …に出席するing UWS partner schools, care leavers or carers, and estranged students are の中で those 適格の for a contextual 申し込む／申し出. The university also runs 移行 modules during the summer すぐに 事前の to joining the university to support students coming from under-代表するd groups. A student mental health 協定 between the university and students' union 活発に 促進するs mental health on campus. Students have 接近 to a counselling service with no waiting 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s and a student buddies system 申し込む／申し出s peer-support through online or in-person 会合s and events for students 供給するing informal support. After a period when the model of learning and teaching has been 柔軟な in 融通するing more online and hybrid approaches, UWS is 焦点（を合わせる）ing on 増加するd on-campus teaching in the new academic year, 補足（する）d by a 範囲 of online 準備／条項 to support live lectures, セミナーs and tutorials.
