West College Scotland

West College Scotland
Type	Further education
Established	1 August 2013
Principal	Audrey Cumberford
Location	Clydebank, Greenock and Paisley, Scotland
Colours	Black, Blue, Grey, Orange
Nickname	WCS
Website	http://www.westcollegescotland.ac.uk/

West College Scotland is a further education institution in Scotland. It is the regional college for West Scotland and serves the populations of Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire and surrounding areas, as well as overseas students.^[1]

History

The college was created on 1 August 2013 from James Watt College in Greenock, Reid Kerr College in Paisley and Clydebank College in Clydebank. The former colleges became the Greenock, Paisley and Clydebank Campuses respectively.^[2]

The former campuses of the James Watt College in Largs and Kilwinning were transferred to the new Ayrshire College at the time of the merger.

Clydebank Campus (Formerly Clydebank College) is located in Clydebank, West Dumbartonshire.
Greenock Campus (Formerly James Watt College) is located in Greenock, Inverclyde.
Paisley Campus (Formerly Reid Kerr College) is located in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

The college offers all the courses provided by its legacy institutions.

The first and current Principal of West College Scotland is Audrey Cumberford, who was also the Principal of the former Reid Kerr College.^[3]

Colleges in Scotland

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire	North East Scotland College

Ayrshire	Ayrshire College

Borders	Borders College

Dumfries and Galloway	Dumfries and Galloway College

Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian	Edinburgh College Jewel and Esk Stevenson Telford Newbattle Abbey College

Fife	Fife College

Forth Valley	Forth Valley College

Glasgow	City of Glasgow College Glasgow Clyde College Glasgow Kelvin College

Highlands and Islands	Argyll College UHI Inverness College UHI Lews Castle Collage UHI Moray College UHI North Highland College UHI Orkney College UHI Perth College UHI Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI Shetland College UHI West Highland College UHI

Lanarkshire	New College Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire College

Tayside	Dundee and Angus College

West	West College Scotland

West Lothian	West Lothian College

Agricultural	Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)

Related bodies	Scottish Qualifications Authority Scottish Funding Council Colleges Scotland College Development Network

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