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LEADING THE WAY IN EDUCATIONAL SPACES p16 • VIRTUAL REALITY, REAL OPPORTUNITY p17 • STRANGER THAN SCIENCE FICTION p21 • LIFE AT UWS p112
POSTGRADUATE & POST-EXPERIENCE GUIDE 2018
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ALUMNI FOCUS
DESIGNS ON LIFE
Read Alan &
Harvey’s story
p14
COURSE INFORMATION
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YOUR VIE W ON CAREERS
INSIGHT: Your view on careers
PROVIDING INSIGHT FOR
THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR CAREER.
That’s insight from world-leading
researchers and academics working
at the forefront of their field. Real-time
industry insight from our partners –
all leading experts in their sector.
Insight arising from close collaboration
with the vibrant community of
students that you will be a part of.
Insight: a true understanding of how
Read UWS MSc Digital
Marketing graduates
your profession is changing in the
Alan and Harvey's story
p14 global job market.
Contents
14FEATURES
Find out how the work of UWS and our
alumni is shaping the world around us.
Designs on life 14
The path to nursing leadership 15
Experience is the best teacher 15
Bringing STV 2 UWS 16
Leading the way in educational spaces 16
Virtual reality, real opportunity 17
CONTENTS
University of the whole world 18
Scoring success on and off the court 18
Taking our expertise East 19
The business of knowledge 20
Thin films, big waves 20
4
Stranger than science fiction 21
INTRODUCING UWS
Our graduates are ready to excel in their
chosen professions through our unique
22COURSE INFORMATION 112
LIFE AT UWS
approach to learning. Find out more about
international experiences offered to students
Business 24 Our campuses 114
and the leading academics and industry
Education 34 International students 118
figures that you will learn from.
Computing 46 Student support 122
Engineering 56 Students’ Association 124
Making our mark 4 Creative Industries 64 Sport at UWS 126
UWS at a glance 6 Social Sciences 72 Your application 128
Work-ready graduates 8 Health, Nursing & Midwifery 80 Finance 130
Learn from the best 10 Science 98 Further info 132
Making the most of Sport 106
postgraduate studies 12
2 / INSIGHT 2018
Making our mark
93%
OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDENTS WOULD
RECOMMEND US
Postgraduate
Taught Experience
MAKING OUR MARK
Survey 2017
OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED BY 'THE' IN THE
TOP 3% OF UNIVERSITIES WORLDWIDE
and world's top 200 universities under 50 years
We’re proud of the positive feedback we receive from
our students and external organisations – here are just
a few of our achievements.
WINNER OF
'STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM'
96%
& 'RESEARCH PROJECT'
of the year 2017
INTERNATIONALLY-EXCELLENT
2016 AND WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH
ATHENA SWAN (Research Excellence Framework 2014)
INSTITUTIONAL
BRONZE NUS SCOTLAND'S HIGHER EDUCATION
AWARD
BRONZE
STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION
OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016
WINNER
OF UWS POSTGRADUATES ARE IN WORK OR
FURTHER STUDY 6 MONTHS AFTER GRADUATING 1
4TH MOST IMPROVED UK UNIVERSITY
1
HESA performance indicator 2015/16
4 / INSIGHT 2018
At a glance
ORIGINS DATING
BACK TO
1897
AT A GLANCE PROFESSIONALLY
RECOGNISED
PROGRAMMES
5
CAMPUSES
CAMPUSES
ACROSS THE WEST
OF SCOTLAND IN:
AYR
DUMFRIES
LANARKSHIRE EXCELLENT TRAVEL LINKS
PAISLEY FROM ACROSS THE UK AND FURTHER AFIELD
PLUS...
A NEW CAMPUS IN
LONDON
80+
6 A CADEMIC POSTGRADUATE AND
SCHOOLS 16,991 STUDENTS POST-EXPERIENCE COURSES
1 UNIVERSITY ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES 1 1
Figure based on 2016/17 academic session
6 / INSIGHT 2018
Work-ready graduates
A N I N T E R N AT I O N A L U N I V E R S I T Y
1/3
UWS is an international Growing
130
number
university; this is embedded in
3,021
of international
what we teach and how we teach partners in:
it. Our degrees will give you a
European
global outlook, preparing you for Partners International Our student body
the best international (EU & non-EU) is drawn from a
opportunities available. in 2016/17 third of the globe
WORK-READY
GRADUATES
THE BIG PICTURE
Practical experience Supporting your career
2022 PROJECTING AHEAD At UWS this has long been It’s no surprise that over one development
a key part of our activities. third of jobs for new graduates Support is available from our
THERE WILL BE A GRADUATE
UNDERSUPPLY
We take a unique approach are snapped up by those who qualified Careers Advisers
to ensuring our graduates are have already had work throughout your time at UWS,
ready to meet the demands of experience with an employer3. making sure you’re in great
their chosen professions. Our That’s why we offer work-based/ shape for your first steps after
Research by Universities degrees across a wide range of work-related learning and university.
UK1 highlights a projected subjects include opportunities placement opportunities as part
undersupply of graduates for practical, hands-on of selected programmes to We are members of the
by 2022 and noted that experience, paid in many cases; complement your academic Association of Graduate
employers felt most graduates we bring in experts from studies, as well as the practical Careers Advisory Services and
lack a mix of job-specific skills, industry for insight sessions work you’ll undertake as part of offer information, guidance
general employability related and workshops; and we provide your course. appointments, workshops and
skills and real work experience. opportunities for our students to events on a range of career
enhance their entrepreneurial, Professional recognition development activities such as
The report also discussed the
language and communication Selected programmes are job searching, CV preparation
need for greater interaction
recognised/accredited by and interview techniques.
between universities and skills as part of their studies.
professional bodies, while
employers about the skills We maintain a vast range of
others offer opportunities for
graduates need. online resources, including a
membership or exemption from
professional exams – giving you CV builder, interview simulator,
a competitive advantage which employer videos and much
You’re hired! and placement; and a range
more, which students can
GET MORE THAN A DEGREE Supply and Demand for Higher Level
1
Skills (2015), UniversitiesUK.ac.uk
At UWS we are committed to of other learning experiences. helps enhance your job
access at their convenience.
equipping you for your career This focus can be evidenced prospects. For example, our
We make it the focus of everything we
DEGREE
and this journey begins even by the fact that 96% of our media and culture programmes We also run a variety of
do to ensure that our graduates are before you join us. postgraduate students are have some of the UK’s highest employability initiatives such
ready to meet the demands of their in work or further study six levels of accreditation from as the Aspire Employability
Our professionally-recognised months after graduation2. Creative Skillset, and other
chosen profession. We invest in Award, Employer Mentoring
courses are designed in professional bodies such as Programme and Volunteer
people’s potential to shape their future. partnership with business, With our cutting-edge, the Broadcast Journalism Recognition Award. Our
industry and the professions to professionally recognised Training Council. initiatives are designed to
ensure that learning meets the courses, practical knowledge,
See our course entries online motivate, inspire and give you
demands of the world of work. and intelligent teaching,
for details of how these apply an invaluable insight into your
we’ll help you get ahead.
From day one you will prepare chosen career path.
EMPLOYABILITY ACADEMIC STUDY EXTRA-CURRICULAR OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICAL for your career – in the
to individual programmes.
FOCUS AND KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITIES SUPPORT RECOGNITION EXPERIENCE classroom; through work- 2
HESA performance indicator 2015/16.
related/work-based learning 3
Figure based on a report from independent market research company High Fliers.
8 / INSIGHT 2018
LEARN FROM THE BEST
Learn from the best
F E AT U R E
David Mackenzie
Director of Hell or High
A Masterclass in
Water, Starred Up,
Hallam Foe Creative Media
With teaching delivered by staff who are highly ranked researchers
in their field; input from industry experts; and placement
opportunities with national and international organisations,
your learning experience will be shaped by those working at
the forefront of their profession.
REF 2014 HIGHLIGHTS PLACEMENT EMPLOYERS
Our students learn from
2 ND a number of highly
reputable employers
through work placements.
These have included:
Creative Wednesdays
The CMA offers weekly
screenings, masterclasses
For electrical and and professional practice
electronic engineering, sessions designed to inspire
metalurgy & materials students and prepare them
for the world of work. Recent
guest speakers have included
Oscar and BAFTA winning
100%
figures such as actress Kate
Dickie (Game of Thrones, Filth,
Prometheus); film producer
Iain Smith OBE (Mad Max: Fury
Film producer Road, Children of Men, Cold
of the impact James Gay-Rees Mountain); assistant director
case studies with Professor and producer Tommy Gormley
in communication, Nick Higgins (Star Wars, Star Trek, Mission
Impossible); screenwriter and
cultural and media director David Mackenzie
studies, library and (Starred Up, Perfect Sense,
information Hallam Foe, Young Adam);
producer Gillian Berrie
management in our
(Starred Up, Under the Skin,
submission were judged Red Road, Young Adam);
UWS researchers are making In the 2014 REF (Research UWS applied research to be world-class/ producer James Gay-Rees
internationally excellent (Amy, Senna, Exit Through the
a real difference, developing Excellence Framework) all of • Business & Enterprise Gift Shop), and award-winning
innovative technologies and our submissions – double the
shaping society. number from the 2008 exercise • Computing Scottish screenwriter Paul
– were ranked as having • Creative Industries Laverty (Angels’ Share,
We work with industry, international or world-leading My Name is Joe, Carla’s Song,
• Education
88%
government and partner status in terms of their originality, Bread and Roses).
organisations to tackle a wide significance and rigour. We’re • Engineering Mixing the best of behind
range of exciting and diverse
issues critical to developing
currently working with • Health, Nursing Our Creative Media Academy industry and the public sector, camera talent, with the
companies and organisations & Midwifery (CMA), run by Professor Nick the Academy has established business expertise that takes
technology, improving lives and such as Mars, Celestica, Higgins, gives students access a creative enterprise cluster scripts from the page, through
creating a more equal society the Scottish Government, • Physics of the Allied Health to some of the most successful at Glasgow’s Centre for development and, finally, to the
in our regions and beyond. Our Honeywell, Diageo, Philips
research activity also informs • Biotechnology Professions, Dentistry, film directors, producers, Contemporary Arts (CCA), big screen, we seek both to
Lighting, DuPont, Network Rail, & Environment journalists, TV professionals, and at Film City Glasgow, inspire and equip our students
our teaching and learning to and the BBC on a number of Nursing and Pharmacy
enrich our students’ experience. digital artists, animators and Scotland’s biggest and most with the knowledge and
exciting projects. • Social Sciences research environment coders working in the UK today. successful independent film contacts necessary to fulfil
• Sport judged as world-class/ Boasting strong links with production hub. their ambitions.
internationally excellent
10 / INSIGHT 2018
MAKING THE
Making the most of postgraduate studies
MOST OF
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH RESEARCH STUDENTSHIPS
EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIPS
(IRES) For some research projects
there may be support for the
Exceptional self-funded payment of fees and a
stipend to cover living
POSTGRADUATE
overseas (non-EU)
candidates offered a place on expenses. UWS funded
UWS provides exceptional international students, drawn research studentships may
a full-time Higher Degree by
research opportunities. Our from over 25 countries, the be available to support
research programme at the
multidisciplinary approach and Graduate School is an exciting students from the UK
University may be eligible for
close ties with industry, other international, multidisciplinary and other EU countries.
a discount on research tuition
Higher Education Institutions research community that These are advertised annually,
fees. The level of discount is
at home and abroad, public provides a life-changing normally in April, with projects
STUDIES
currently £3500 per annum,
sector organisations and the opportunity. commencing in October of
but this may vary and the
third sector support a unique the same year. For a list of
Our globally recognised actual value will be published
culture in which students from studentships that are
programmes help motivated, on the University website and
diverse backgrounds can thrive currently available at
high achieving graduates and be specified in individual offer
and achieve their potential. UWS visit www.uws.ac.uk/
professionals to develop their letters. See the fees section
While our research covers an research
research, analytical and critical of our website for info.
enormous breadth of interests,
it is grouped into three key thinking skills.
themes – Health, Society and Our postgraduate research All of our students are also part strategic partnerships put our Local focus, global reach We have recently established a
As a research student at UWS, you will be Sustainability. students come from a whole of our new Academy which postgraduate research students We are here for our students and network of new Research
range of different backgrounds places students at the heart of front and centre when it comes to help industry, commerce and Institutes across the University's
challenged to hone your research skills, All research students belong
and disciplines. While some our research culture and to exceptional research and the public and third sectors key research themes in Health,
to both their School and the
given access to a tailored development UWS Graduate School, ensuring come to the Graduate School community and ensures they are finding jobs within their chosen benefit from our postgraduate Society and Sustainability,
direct from completing their supported to undertake specialisation both within and research expertise. We do that bringing together the
programme to help empower you and access to a high quality
educational experience whilst first degree, many are adult cutting-edge research. Our outwith academia. We aim to through collaboration, the collaborative research interests
returners, upskilling and multidisciplinary doctoral support our postgraduates to transfer of knowledge via various of individual academics to focus
supported to push forward the boundaries undertaking new research
undertaking continuous training programme focuses on become creative, critical and initiatives, consultancy and on multidisciplinary research.
study at UWS.
of knowledge in your chosen field and make professional development your personal and professional
development as well as
autonomous thinkers who can
make a unique contribution to
licensing. We are focused on where we
With around 800 postgraduate of relevance to their career can make a tangible practical
an impact with your research. research and taught doctorate and employer's needs. achieving outputs and impact. society. In today’s fast-changing world,
where one technology can
and immediate difference.
students, including some 500
Put your thinking to work Structured support for learning influence, disrupt, or inform For further information on all
Studying for a research degree From studies into the health- another, flexibility is key to Graduate School activites please
RESEARCH DEGREE (MRes, MPhil, and PhD and the boosting properties of beetroot making the most of potential visit www.uws.ac.uk/research
OPPORTUNITIES taught doctorates DBA, EngD1 juice, to ground-breaking work in opportunities. or email pgr@uws.ac.uk
and DProf) furthers your the detection of deep space
A number of research academic development, and radiation, research undertaken by
degrees are available increases your employability postgraduate research students
depending on experience, and career options in a wide at UWS is already changing the
project and the scale of range of sectors. way people live and work.
proposed investigation.
In both full and part-time study And, when it comes to providing
• Doctor of Philosophy modes, the focus is always on students with the right workplace
(PhD) helping students to acquire the knowledge for a range of careers,
skills and expertise needed to UWS doesn’t ignore the soft skills
• Master of Philosophy create impact and drive needed to get ahead.
(MPhil) innovation.
To do that our multidisciplinary
• Master of Research We constantly monitor, manage training programme is fully
(MRes) and improve our research aligned to the Vitae Researcher
• Doctor of Business postgraduate offering to make Development Framework and
Administration (DBA) sure students keep pace with provides a range of online and
the changing nature of research face-to-face training
• Professional Doctorate
and the demands of potential opportunities. We help with
(DProf, EngD1) employers. career planning, professional
• PhD by Publication development, teaching skills
The collaborative development, research
(PhD) multidisciplinary research our publication, mentoring,
For more information on students undertake allows them conference participation and
these qualifications visit to get an insight into a wide much more. We can even help
www.uws.ac.uk/research range of sectors. Our industry- with course funding.
led research projects and 1
Subject to validation
12 / INSIGHT 2018
Alumni profiles
ALUMNI PROFILES
The path to
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Here are some £ ALUMNI:
Trudi Marshall
COURSE:
MSc Later Life Studies
CURRENT ROLE:
Associate Director
of the skills
nursing leadership
(now Gerontology) of Nursing
Alan and
Harvey now use
SEO PPC WEB DEVELOPMENT SEM SMM
every day.
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION PAY PER CLICK Everything involved SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
Strategies that help Online ads you pay in creating a Buying traffic The use of social Trudi’s relationship with UWS that fits in with your lifestyle.
a web page appear for every time website, from through paid media platforms and stretches back more than 20 For me that meant being able
higher up in search someone clicks on it. designing the layout, search listings. websites to promote years, to when she completed to complete my coursework at
rankings. to creating the a product or service. her BSc in Nursing at the a time that suited me and didn’t
code and content. former Bell College, now the result in too much disruption to
site of our current Lanarkshire my schedule.”
Campus.
Designs
Trudi found herself studying
She’s been a nursing during the evening and at
professional since graduating. weekends. She had a clear
In her current role, which she picture of what she had to
was promoted to in June 2017, complete each week; it was
she provides leadership to up to her to decide when and
on life
nursing staff across the NHS how to fit it all in. Knowing that
Lanarkshire area. While lecturers were on hand is a real
promotion in the NHS isn’t asset. “Their support was
necessarily linked to academic fantastic, and nothing was too
achievement, it’s a clear much bother for my tutors.
indication that you want to I could contact them by email,
improve your knowledge, and, phone, WebEx and face-to-
as Trudi points out, “helps you face,” she explained.
stand out as a good candidate
for promoted posts.” Trudi expects to graduate in
Digital Marketing MSc But the School of Business
2018, with new skills that will
graduates Alan Carmichael & Enterprise has been very
Trudi reckons the blended help her in her varied role that’s
and Harvey Anderson founded supportive; our tutors regularly
learning approach of the course concerned with the health and
Nettl Edinburgh, one of the gave us business advice,”
is, “built for professionals.” social care duties of nurses
capital’s most exciting web says Harvey.
She says, “When you’re working across a range of care
design agencies. They have
They rarely need advice full-time, you need a course organisations.
an impressive catalogue of
clients and a fast-growing anymore though. Nettl
Edinburgh is holding its own
Experience is the best teacher
reputation. And they only
graduated in July 2017. against international
competitors with multi-million
The ambitious pair have a pound budgets, and recently
natural entrepreneurial spark earned a spot on the first page
– they’d set up their business of Google.
(the Central Edinburgh branch To be honest, I don’t think
Clients include The Fernando ALUMNI: I would have secured a
of the national Nettl brand) Robert Duffin
before they even handed in Ricksen Foundation, Mellis permanent teaching post in
their dissertations – but they Cheesemongers, Firstcall my first year if it wasn’t for
say it was their time at UWS Trade Services and Easylet COURSE: that support.”
that gave them the focus to Property Management – all PGDE Secondary
established brands that expect The course provided Robert
channel this energy into a with the formal teaching
career. “When I was looking nothing but the best. Alan CURRENT ROLE:
and Harvey have impressed qualification that he needed for
at digital marketing courses, Secondary English teacher, registration with the General
this was the one that stood every time. Nettl Edinburgh’s Belmont Academy, Ayr
100% five-star record on Teaching Council for Scotland
out as the most forward- (GTCS) - a qualification that is
thinking,” says Harvey. reviews.co.uk includes
testimonials even well- a requirement for entry into the
Robert attributes the guaranteed one-year Teacher
The business model for Nettl established agencies would quality of teaching and
Edinburgh is directly based on be delighted to receive. Induction Scheme.
support from the PGDE
what its founders learned Secondary teaching By the time Robert completed
during their MSc. “We build Unsurprisingly, these
prodigious postgrads are programme at UWS for his his year at UWS, he knew he
sites and optimise them using success in achieving his was equipped for everything
tools like SEO, PPC advertising already planning their next
business move, “Now we’re current role as an English that teaching would throw at
and Wordpress,” explains Alan. teacher. "I studied for my him. Placements within
a bit more experienced, the
After graduating, the two next stage is to build our own PGDE at UWS. The whole different secondary schools
stayed in touch with UWS. brand – and then to progress experience was excellent, allowed him to put the theory
“When we started our company from there.” and incredibly supportive. learned into practice.
we probably didn’t have all
the skills we needed.
14 / INSIGHT 2018
Student Experience and Academic Quality
STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND ACADEMIC QUALITY
4,000
We put students first. That means investment in facilities,
access to the latest tech, and flexible teaching – from Student population of Virtual reality,
academics at the forefront of their profession. We also
build business partnerships that help students get real opportunity
professionally connected before they graduate.
If you’ve not experienced In the summer of 2017, we took
Bringing STV
Virtual Reality you’ll soon be the VR show on the road, to
in the minority. The technology China in fact. The event was
is on the verge of becoming the launch of a UK government
mainstream and there’s every programme to promote the UK
2 UWS possibility it will become the
norm in the future, with major
investors such as Facebook
Creative Industries in China.
Our presence as the only UK
university featured at this event
preparing to launch their VR helped position UWS at the
headset. Such exciting cutting edge of VR technologies.
What better way to learn about developments pose questions
the technical aspects of live for educators like UWS. 2018 will see the opening of our
broadcast television and new dedicated VR lab. We’ll be
journalism than in a working As Professor Nick Higgins, investing more in this over the
television station? Director of the UWS Creative coming years to make sure we
Media Academy, says, “The have the technology and facilities
That’s exactly the experience question for UWS is how do we to be a leading educator in this
that UWS students can access. engage with these immersive developing field. Over the next
Launched in April 2017, STV2, technologies? How might they three years, we’ll see every
STV’s new local television change the way we conduct our School in the University
channel, broadcasts daily from range of opportunities available research, how we teach our developing a VR application that
the UWS Ayr Campus to the to students across the students, and how we might will enhance learning in their
majority of Scottish homes. University’s School of Media, collaborate with society?” subject areas, from creative
Culture & Society. The University industries to science and health
UWS is the only institution in also offers media students We don’t know all of the answers to social sciences.
Scotland with this kind of facility opportunities for internships yet, but we’re off to a great start.
on campus and could be the at STV’s Pacific Quay facility In early 2017 we created But VR isn’t just about student
only university in the UK with an in Glasgow. Scotland’s first immersive education, as Professor Higgins
on-site TV station. For our 360-degree VR short film, using is quick to point out. “We want to
students the big advantage is STV2 broadcasts a mix of local, our newly acquired 360-degree integrate VR into the way we work
the availability of internships Scottish and international cameras. The Circuit takes with the communities around us.
and the partnership has already content. Its flagship news viewers on an immersive journey How can we use it to improve
paid dividends for Kirsty Feerick, programme, STV News Tonight, with a professional jockey – their quality of life, and
an MA Broadcast Journalism airs every weeknight. There’s from the weigh-in room to the communicate with hard to reach
graduate, who now works for also a daily live magazine show, winner’s enclosure. Filmed at groups?” One example of this is
STV at the Ayr Campus studio. programmes that showcase key Ayr Racecourse by students a new PhD project on VR and
Leading the way in educational spaces
cultural events and local sports, and researchers from UWS, health and wellbeing that the
While this unique UWS as well as drama and in collaboration with Glasgow Media Academy has created
collaboration with STV2 is still entertainment. It reaches based ISO Design, it was with the University of Edinburgh
in its infancy, we believe there around 85% of viewers in STV’s premiered at the Glasgow and the Renfrewshire Disability
is the prospect to expand the national transmission area. Film Festival in March 2017. Resource Centre.
Students joining the University emphasis on spaces that renewable power, generated population of over 4,000
A POTTED HISTORY OF STV in 2018 will be the first to facilitate group, student-led through our own windfarm, and students. Independent studies SEE MORE
experience the facilities at our learning. Numerous studies rainwater harvesting. suggest that the new campus
new Lanarkshire Campus. indicate that these new learning development could be worth at
Based in a 38-acre site at spaces enhance the student Our capacity to collaborate with least £443 million to the local
Hamilton International experience, and are linked to local businesses will be enhanced economy over the next 25 years.
Technology Park (HITP), the new higher achievement levels. Our too. There are 85 businesses, and So it’s not just good news for
31 AUGUST 6 SEPTEMBER 2 JUNE 2 4 APRIL campus will give UWS students interactive and technology-rich around 6,500 staff, based at HITP. UWS students, it’s good news
We’re already talking to many of
1957 1983 2014 2017 access to some of the most
advanced and technologically
learning spaces will be the most
innovative in the UK and will put these organisations about ways
for the people of Lanarkshire
and beyond as well.
enabled learning environments the UWS Lanarkshire Campus at we can work together that will
available. the forefront of modern learning benefit our students and their The campus is due to welcome
First broadcast, First episode of STV Glasgow STV2 launched, environments. business. We believe that the students in September 2018 Find out more about UWS Immersive and watch
a variety show Taggart hits the launched, combining the One of the key aspects of the University can become a focal therefore students commencing Scotland’s first 360-degree VR short film, an
from Glasgow’s small screen. followed Glasgow and new campus buildings will be The new campus will also be one point for the local, and wider, study at Lanarkshire Campus in immersive journey with a jockey – from the weigh-in
Theatre Royal. Apparently, closely by STV Edinburgh their capacity for open and of the UK’s greenest. Carbon- communities. January will do so at the current room to the winner’s enclosure at Ayr Racecourse.
there was a Edinburgh in services collaborative learning. There will neutral buildings will help us meet campus on Almada Street
murder. January 2015. still be traditional classrooms, the highest levels of sustainability Once fully operational, the new before transferring to the new uws.io
but there will also be much more through features such as 100% campus will have capacity for a campus in September.
16 / INSIGHT 2018Global Engagement
GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT
From Paisley to Pakistan, Lanarkshire to Laos, and ABOUT HUNAN
beyond. We’re an international university with links Not familiar with
around the globe. We’re committed to diversity, Hunan? Here’s all
you need to know:
collaboration, and a curriculum that helps students Hunan is a region of Hunan is home to a Xiang (Hunanese) Changsa was the
stand out in the global job market. north-eastern China. distinct set of Chinese cuisine is known as one birthplace of Mao
It’s on the southern dialects known as Xiang of the Eight Cuisines of Zedong – founding
banks of the (Hunanese) Chinese. The China. Specialities father of the People's
Yangtze River. Changsha dialect is not include spicy chicken Republic of China.
mutually intelligible with cubes and a distinctive
Standard Mandarin. style of stinky tofu.
University of
the whole world Taking our expertise East
Professor Andrew Hursthouse,
As an international university,
we’re constantly exploring ways
that will help give our courses
“So the portal will include
a broad range of work,
volunteering and summer
Scoring success on Assistant Dean (Research and
Enterprise) in the School of
Science & Sport has been
a wider, global, outlook –
and prepare students for the
best international opportunities
schools that aren’t directly
related to our courses, as well
as the opportunities that are
and off the court awarded a Fellowship in the
Chinese region of Hunan.
Professor Hursthouse has been
available. unique to UWS students.”
studying environmental pollution
When asked about her greatest placement and a training session
The UWS GO (Global The portal will act as a his whole career. But never quite
accomplishment, Carla with the Sirens at night. And when
Opportunities) programme one-stop-shop for all students: on the scale of his latest
Borrego, Goal Shooter for the Carla was due in university for
already benefits from close the University will help with all undertaking: a competitively
UWS-sponsored Sirens netball the theoretical part of her course
links with 130 European partners the paperwork, including any awarded three-year fellowship
franchise in 2017, is very clear, it was almost as intense with her
and many more institutions necessary visa applications. in China, under the Hunan
“my education,” she says. classes running from 9.30am-
across the globe. These give our Credits might be available for Provincial Recruitment Program
4.30pm sandwiched in between
students the chance to live and some international activities, “I grew up in Jamaica where of Foreign Experts.
her training.
study in another country, for and we now have a specific opportunities are more limited
The fellowship, valued at 1.2M
periods of up to 12 months. There Higher Education and I’m proud of being able to “I am very grateful to UWS for
RMB (c. £140,000), will support
are shorter-term opportunities Achievement Record (HEAR) take advantage of those that I’ve the opportunity to continue my Opportunities for
Professor Hursthouse in
too – student groups have for International Experience. been presented with to get to studies while competing for the postgraduates
establishing a research
recently spent time in Korea, So students can accumulate where I am today.” Sirens this season,” says Carla. Professor Hursthouse is
programme that looks at how
the US, China and France. international activities to gain recognised as a visiting
Carla and her team mates countries like China use their
this HEAR and thus enhance On top of being the named member of staff at the Chinese
As part of our strategy to widen completed their first season with energy resources, the associated
their CV. sponsor of the UWS Sirens University, and will spend up to
international opportunities for the Sirens in the Vitality environmental issues, and ways
for the upcoming 2018 we can mitigate them. three months of his year there.
students, we’re currently Professor Davison concluded, Superleague in 2017 where they season, we are also proud to He has a team of research
developing a new online portal “We have lots of international finished in an impressive sixth support the Scotland u21s Environmental challenges in students in China, as well as a
through which they can access partners that could provide an place for a team in their first year Netball Team, who finished China occur on a unique scale: group of Chinese exchange
a range of opportunities. opportunity for a postgraduate together, just missing out on the in an amazing eighth position at times, the smog in Beijing gets students conducting studies in
student to complete all, or part end of season playoffs. And Carla
Assistant Dean (International), at the Netball World Youth so bad it’s been nicknamed the Scotland.
of their dissertation research herself finished the season as
Professor Richard Davison says, Cup in Botswana in July 2017. ‘airpocolypse’. Conducting his
in another country, greatly the league’s second top scorer! This link will give UWS PhD
“We want to give every student research in Hunan means
enhancing the quality of the To find out more about students the chance to work on
the potential to enhance their During the season Carla Professor Hursthouse will get the
research and subsequently our partnership with Netball research that will help influence
experience and employability by combined her educational and chance to apply his expertise in
employment opportunities.” Scotland visit the way the world tackles
taking part in some form of Sirens commitments in a hectic environmental geochemistry on
netballscotland.com a larger scale. And make a bigger pollution. It also introduces the
international learning.” schedule which she described as
impact than ever. exciting prospect of students
“full-on”. She is studying Nursing
travelling to China to get
AN INTERNATIONAL at the University of Adelaide in
valuable experience – academic
UNIVERSITY Australia and was able to “The classes at UWS are very and cultural.
undertake study here at UWS in interactive and hands-on
2017 which will contribute to her A great reflection on UWS
and it fits perfectly with how
130
degree back in Adelaide. Speaking about the opportunity,
I learn. The facilities are also Professor Hursthouse says,
Carla completed an eight-week great and allow students the “The academics at Hunan
placement in the Acute Medical
chance to practise the skills wanting to bring UWS expertise
Unit at Paisley’s Royal Alexandria
EUROPEAN Hospital where she would work that are required for into their university proves the
PARTNERS Student groups have recently 7am-4.30pm four days a week
significance of the work we’re
spent time in Korea, the US, placement and for your doing here. This really is a
with a weights session before
China and France. career moving forward.” unique opportunity.”
18 / INSIGHT 2018Research and Enterprise
RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISE
Stranger than
Our research is internationally recognised. THIN FILMS EVERYWHERE
That’s because we support the process – we connect You probably come into contact with thin films every day.
students with experts, provide a support network Here are some of their most common applications:
for grant applications, and help to develop
enterprise projects for the real world. science fiction
MICROCHIPS HEADLAMPS BATTERIES LENSES FOR GLASSES MIRRORS FOOD AND DRINKS PACKAGING
AND CAMERAS
Remote surgery, driverless Their research feeds directly
ENTERPRISE SERVICES cars and smooth mobile HD into the things you’ll learn at
The business UWS NOVOSOUND streaming could all become UWS. “We regularly invite
WINNER RESEARCH
RESEARCH – WINNER a reality thanks to pioneering academics and PhD students
research taking place at
OF SCOTLAND'S to give guest lectures on topics
of knowledge CONVERGE
UWS.
Researchers Jose Alcaraz-
that are in our curriculum related
to their special expertise,” says
CHALLENGE 2017 Calero and Qi Wang are the
Qi. “For example, in our MSc
Smart Networks programme,
technical leads on the we align our teaching with the
SELFNET project, developing latest advances in 5G mobile
Having masses of knowledge We’re helping the team set up a ‘self-healing’ mobile network.
in a university is one thing. a number of companies that networks, informed by the
It will deliver dramatic SELFNET project.”
Getting it out into the world so use sensors made with this improvements to quality of
it can fuel progress is another technology. One of these is user experience, reliability and What is 5G and SELFNET?
thing altogether. That’s the work Novosound, a company that
of Enterprise Services. builds high-resolution
security – unlocking a wealth • Fifth generation wireless
of new possibilities. “Put connection
ultrasound imaging systems. simply,” says Dr Alcaraz-Calero.
They’re here to make your time
at UWS a transformational
Novosound will license the IP “SELFNET will allow 5G • Stable connectivity even
for the method from UWS, and networks to make possible when on the move
experience – professionally sell products to companies
and personally – by helping things that would have been • Will eliminate signal
worldwide. The result? The world considered science fiction just
you make the most of the blackspots in rural areas
gets technology it needs, and a few years ago.”
opportunities available. we generate funding for future Faster, faster!
Knowledge partnerships research programmes. Win-win. You’ll get download speeds of up
Transferring academic to 10GB per second. The bigger
Updating and upskilling
knowledge into industry helps picture? Driverless cars and
It’s vital to keep industry
companies improve and grow. huge advances in digital health
knowledge up to date, so we
And that creates jobs. – including remote surgery and
Thin films, big waves
offer tailored continuing
dramatic improvements in rural
How does it work? We place professional development (CPD)
healthcare delivery.
postgraduate researchers in courses in partnership with
businesses and organisations businesses, and to individuals.
where they do product R&D with Through these, we can transfer
the company, while still being the skills and knowledge you
under academic supervision. need to keep progressing,
This gets knowledge into long after you qualify in your You probably don’t even notice window on the Universe – A further team, led by Professor A pioneering portfolio
industry, and postgraduates into chosen field. they’re there, but they are. suddenly, we could observe Des Gibson, will be involved in Ground-breaking astrophysical
jobs, with great success – many Thin films are used in almost some of the most exotic and improving the instruments for work aside, the Institute of Thin
How Novosound is every aspect of technology elusive phenomena in the next round of experiments. Films, Sensors and Imaging is
stay on with the employer after changing our world
the project has finished. – including the screen and lens existence. Black holes included. involved in a host of novel
Novosound is the application of your phone. They perform Of course, none of this happens projects. Des, who spent 30
Start-up enterprise of research work conducted all sorts of functions, from Where do thin films feature in in isolation. UWS is working years leading commercial
Another challenge is to get by a team of physicists at eliminating ultraviolet and all this? They were a crucial part alongside Gas Sensing companies before returning to
UWS-developed technology into UWS. The pen-sized infrared from selfies, to of the instruments used to Solutions Ltd (GSS), a Glasgow- academia, says, “We have an
real-world applications, and to ultrasound sensor produces proving the existence of measure the waves. based company that makes array of exciting, world-leading
turn intellectual property (IP) MRI-quality ultrasound gravitational waves. world-leading, ultra-low power research programs. Plasma
pictures, without the costs Award-winning science CO2 sensors. Co-founded by
into income. All of this helps us This breakthrough is so technology for the $5 billion US
support more research and normally associated with Let’s rewind for a moment. Des Gibson in 2006, the laser fusion program. Portable
high-resolution imaging. In February 2016 scientists significant that UWS staff company has won an Institute
development in the future. involved in the project have infrared spectrometers for
It has applications in: confirmed they had detected of Physics Innovation Award for environmental monitoring and
For instance, a team in the ripples in the fabric of space- been awarded a share of the its work – which has
Institute of Thin Films, Sensors • Flexible non-destructive time: gravitational waves. The prestigious Milner Breakthrough applications in industrial safety,
surveillance. Ultra-durable
and Imaging has developed a testing (NDT) imaging Prize in Fundamental Physics, coatings for the oil and gas
first were observed in the final property and medicine. And now industry. Novel dental imaging
world-leading method for • Pregnancy scans fraction of a second after two and the Gruber Foundation cosmology.
depositing thin film coatings. Cosmology Prize. technology. ‘Nanokicking’ for
It’s never been done before, and
• Medical imaging black holes collided 1.3 billion controlling stem cell
light years away. The discovery
has the potential to produce • Veterinary imaging opened up an entirely new
differentiation in regenerative
medicine. That’s probably
more accurate sensors. • Dental imaging enough to be getting on with!”
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APPLY
Applications for most
taught and research
courses can be made
online at uws.ac.uk/pg
INFORMATION
unless otherwise stated
in the programme entry.
For more information on
the application process,
see page 128.
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School of Business & Enterprise SECTION CONTENTS
BUSINESS
Digital Marketing 28
Doctor of Business
Programmes 92% of students from 90% of students from Administration (DBA) 28
underpinned by the School of Business & the School of Business &
internationally Enterprise agreed staff Enterprise agreed their Finance and Accounting
excellent/ are good at explaining research skills have been with CIMA 29
THE STATS
world-class things - Postgraduate developed on their course
research Taught Experience - Postgraduate Taught Human Resource
Survey 2017 Experience Survey 2017 Management 29
International Events
Management 30
All of our programmes are Links with business Consultancy
designed around, and offer, a and industry We have also built a reputation International Management 30
89%
strong academic profile and Our programmes provide you for quality in consultancy,
content. You will be part of a with the opportunity to gain working with many of the UK’s International Marketing
diverse cohort of students from experience with Scottish, UK top companies. Recent projects Management 31
the UK and across the world, and international organisations. include a multimillion dollar
International Tourism
learning from other students, There will be opportunities for World Bank/European
Management 31
sharing experiences and engaging with organisations Commission funded
benefiting from different through class content, and consultancy project (won in Logistics and Supply Chain
perspectives. practical assessments and the face of major competition Management 32
OF STUDENTS
you will have the option of from a number of leading
Facilities focusing your dissertation/ European organisations), Master of Business
At our new Lanarkshire
FROM THE SCHOOL
project on the specific needs which introduced international Administration (MBA) 32
Campus, opening in September of an organisation. We have accounting standards to the
2018, you will benefit from
OF BUSINESS &
focused links from our Republic of Azerbaijan, and
access to some of the most programmes to professional a Scottish Government
advanced and technologically
ENTERPRISE WOULD
and/or industry bodies. commissioned study into the
enabled learning environments importance of minority ethnic
available. At Paisley Campus Research excellence
RECOMMEND UWS
businesses to the Scottish
recent investment in the We have developed core activity economy. The consultancy
Gardner Building has led to an in internationally recognised, projects help our staff to
Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2017 active learning environment business-related research, maintain a real world emphasis
which is capable of alternating which underpins curriculum in the programmes we offer.
between lecture-based and development, teaching and
team-based modes. The use learning and staff development. New programme development
of technology (such as virtual We have two main areas of The School are developing new
learning environments, mobile research (accountancy and postgraduate programmes for
applications, smart boards, etc.) finance; and business and September 2018 (subject to
at all campuses will add to your management). The research validation) in the areas of:
experience. Library and study we produce was recognised
spaces have also been as world-leading and of • Accounting and Finance
upgraded and are regularly international excellence in the • HRM & Leadership
reviewed. last UK Government’s Research
Excellence Framework (2014). • International HRM
Supporting you
Support both before and during We have active research and • Leadership and Management
your studies is offered in a consultancy links with a range
variety of ways. From advice of commercial, industrial and
• Sports Marketing
when you first enquire, through professional organisations. Our website will have all
to support as you apply, enrol We are very active in Knowledge programme details as they
Choosing to study at our School of The student experience is at the
heart of our programmes and we
Our programmes
Our programmes build on our
and beyond. Scholarships and Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are released.
financial support are available and can offer KTP associates
Business & Enterprise will offer you collaborate with business leaders subject expertise, strong links for certain programmes which an opportunity to gain industry
Project/Quality Management
The University’s School of
to design programmes that with industry and a student- means our Masters courses are experience.
a life-changing experience, taking produce 21st century-ready focused approach offering you attractive to students from all Science & Sport offer
graduates. Learning supports an excellent opportunity to programmes in Project
your learning to a new level. the development of employability study at Masters level. They
over the world.
Management (page 104),
skills and attributes valued by enable you to build on your Project Management
the employers of today and into existing qualifications and gain (International) (page 104),
the future. a postgraduate degree that will Quality Management (page 105)
enhance your academic and Quality Management
The School of Business & understanding of your chosen (International) (page 105) which
Enterprise offers a range field as well as increase your may be of interest to those with FINANCIAL SUPPORT
of full-time, part-time and employment prospects. a Business background – see Students may be eligible to apply
distance learning postgraduate programme entries for details. to SAAS for postgraduate loan
programmes starting in funding – see uws.ac.uk/money
January or September 2018. for details.
24 / INSIGHT 2018School of Business & Enterprise
ALUMNI PROFILE A POTTED HISTORY OF BRECHIN RAILWAY STATION ENTERPRISE ZONE
Recruit Get in the
turned 1848 1885 1894 1923 1952 1993 zone
recruiter Brechin to
Bridge of Don
Station
expanded to
Branch line sold
to Caledonian
Caledonian
absorbed into
Line closed for
passenger
Caledonian
Railway Brechin
branch line built accommodate Railway the London, trains (then runs first
by Aberdeen more Company Midland and freight trains in passenger train
Railway passengers and Scottish (LMS) 1981) in over 30 years The Enterprise Zone –
ALUMNI: Company freight trains Railway THE VISITORS’ BOOK
a creative hub for students,
Samantha Mathieson Here are a few of the
staff and partners.
entrepreneurs who’ve
Career success isn’t just about dropped in to the Enterprise
COURSE:
Full steam ahead
knowledge. Employers also look Zone so far:
MSc Finance and Accounting
with CIMA for skills like problem-solving,
David Kellock, Trtl
creativity and entrepreneurial
Algae rhythm
Co-founder of Trtl; a travel
spirit – the type of skills that
CURRENT ROLE: pillow unlike any other.
flourish best beyond the
Student Recruitment Manager The key strands of the plan call for: He featured on Dragon’s Den
confines of the classroom.
at CIMA – and even made an
• Using the heritage railway to The Enterprise Zone is a space appearance at the Oscars.
highlight Brechin as a tourist
designed to help you strengthen
Proving the value of networking, destination — the train can be Matt & Nana Hughes Lartey, Scotland’s remote and rural That’s all very well, but what about
those transferable skills. It’s
Samantha Mathieson was the key attraction in the town Spectre Creative communities face an energy the business model? That’s where
packed with resources, hosts
offered an exciting opportunity Co-founders of Glasgow’s problem: they’re some of the Ron Livingstone’s expertise
with CIMA (the Chartered • Creating a centre for engineering regular events, and is yours to
only branding agency best places in Europe to comes in. Ron, Assistant Dean
heritage and history – they’ve use while studying at UWS.
Institute of Management that works exclusively for generate renewable energy, (International) in the School of
already begun engaging more businesses that have a
Accountants) on completing Creative thinking but they have extremely limited Business & Enterprise, is working
directly with local schools, positive impact on society.
her Masters degree. Working More relaxed than the library, access to the grid. So what can on the business models and
creating an outdoor classroom
from home, she encourages more focused than the Union you do with all that wind power? income streams that will make
through class visits Robbie Norval,
accounting and finance – the Enterprise Zone is the Grow algae, and sell it for lots the project a viable prospect for
Lingo Flamingo
students to become CIMA • Developing a tourist route for the perfect spot for critical-
Founder of the world’s
of money. crofters. Depending on the type
members. Her ‘patch’ includes town – linking the train with other thinking, decision-making of algae, it might be used to make
first foreign language That’s the aim of the ASLEE
all of Scotland and northern activities in and around Brechin, or problem-solving. fuel, foods, pharmaceuticals,
social enterprise. project – a collaboration between
England, so there’s a bit of and creating a destination or nutrients for animal feed.
travel involved too. Work with others the School of Business &
branding plan for the area Paul McGinley,
Need a space to work on your Enterprise and the School of The trick is to find algae with a
Pyramid Wifi
“UWS was excellent at helping Sandro added, “The whole project group project? Somewhere Engineering & Computing at high value per kilo. For example,
Creator of a tiny WiFi box
us to network and make contact links nicely with our new to hold a society meeting? UWS, as well as the Scottish says Ron, “On a rural croft with
that keeps users connected
with relevant people in the postgraduate courses in Book a space and get to work. Government, local community a turbine and the right kit, you
to TV, movies and sport
industry,” says Samantha. International Events Management groups, and private companies. could grow the algae in ten days,
Feed your ambition anywhere in the world –
“In my case, it paid off almost and International Tourism dry it out, stick it in a Jiffy bag
Meet the people who’ve reached an invention that once won Growing algae is relatively simple:
immediately, as I was offered Management and forms an and post it at very low cost.
where you want to go, find out him £10,000. you need powerful lights, water,
this role within a month of excellent case study for our
graduating.” what worked for them, and ask CO2, and a few nutrients – which “And if you can sell it at £5,000
students. And while we’re delighted Lesley Compston,
them what they learned along can come from the potale and a kilo, that makes it quite an
to have helped the railway, we KLAS Care
Samantha had been a CIMA Tourism’s a big business. Sandro Carnicelli, UWS the way. potash waste from the whisky attractive business proposition.”
believe that the exercise has also Co-founder of a social
member herself for a number Across the UK, around 10 researcher and Programme industry. And because you can Is this the future of 21st century
enabled us to create a blueprint for Bring your CV to life enterprise that changed
of years and has a background million people a year visit a Leader for the MSc International switch the process on and off crofting? It’s certainly the kind
community-led heritage projects.” There’s a permanent green many parents’ lives –
in financial accounting. She heritage railway attraction — Events and International Tourism without damaging the algae, of innovative thinking that
screen on site, and you can use by offering childcare on
completed her Bachelors degree contributing an estimated courses, said, “We wanted to it’s a perfect match for an energy should get minds ticking among
all our equipment to turn your a pay-as-you-go basis.
in Accounting at UWS in 2015, £250 million to the economy. review the ways they engaged source as intermittent as wind. prospective business students.
and signed up for the Masters resumé into a short film. More
How does a small, volunteer- with the local community. We
course right away. Her ultimate impressive than a page of A4!
run railway tap in to that rich firmly believed that the heritage A RENEWABLE-READY SYSTEM
goal is to achieve professional seam, and become a focal railway could be a real catalyst
“On a rural croft with a
Perfect your presentation
status with CIMA; her Masters point for the local community? for change within the town, skills 1. Take the excess energy
turbine and the right kit,
degree gives her a real head providing a focal point for Practising your presentation in generated by wind turbines you could grow the algae
start, granting her exemption Caledonian Railway Brechin residents and visitors.” front of your flatmate is a great in ten days, dry it out,
from several of CIMA’s own has been around since 1982.
start. But for a real run-through, 2. U
se it for powerful light
exams. But it was much later when they The year-long study was funded systems to grow algae stick it in a Jiffy bag and
the Enterprise Zone boardroom
came to the attention of UWS, by the UK Department for post it at very low cost.”
What else did she gain from the when their steam train was Transport under its Heritage
is ideal. 3. A
dd nutrients and CO2
course? “Beyond the academic waste products from other RON LIVINGSTONE
damaged by local youths. and Community Rail Tourism
value and knowledge I gained, Find the Enterprise Zone industries, like a distillery
Working with them, we Innovation Competition. In fact,
the course introduced me to a developed a marketing plan UWS was the only Scottish on the ground floor of the ASSISTANT DEAN (INTERNATIONAL) IN
4. S
ell the algae, with low THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
broad range of cultures,” says to engage more effectively winner of this award in 2016. Gardner Building on Paisley transport costs
Samantha. “Through that, I feel with the local community, The results of the feasibility Campus.
I’ve learned much more about attract more visitors, and build study and marketing plan 5. S
witch it on and off,
overcoming issues and working a financially secure legacy for were published in late 2017. according to the wind
in collaboration with others.” the organisation.
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