Dear EXCHANGE student,

as you may have started making your plans for joining the School of Business & Creative Industries (BCI) at UWS in September, you should note that UWS is looking to provide activities and learning sessions on at least part of each week for each programme. Timetables have now been finalised for each programme and our intention is to ensure all students have a meaningful on campus experience with the opportunity to engage with key staff and classmates in a safe environment. Attending the campus physically will be beneficial to your studies. It will enable you to meet staff and classmates, have a coffee in The Hub, use the library and to make use of other facilities. The University has now deemed that hybrid teaching will no longer be the expected mode of delivery during the forthcoming academic year. 

If you have any questions at any point please reach out via e-mail and I will do my best to answer these. You are most welcome to visit my office at Paisley campus, Gardner building, room G311 (third floor). Before doing so, however, do check my daily availability here.

Students of the School of BCI arriving in September should note that for migration purposes (visitor visa, if applicable) it is necessary to retain a scanned copy of their flight to Scotland. If sending me any documentation in advnace of your arrival, do note that Learning Agreements and Arrival Certificates can only be dealt with in .docx format, unfortunately I cannot enter text and graphics in any other format (due to reduced licence of Adobe Acrobat that does not permit e-sign of .pdf files). You should also note that due to a technical problem related to Brexit with the Erasmus Dashboard, I am unable to process an OLA; you should obtain a copy from your home institution in .docx format and e-mail it to me.

Departure Certificates: these will be signed by physically visiting my office from week beginning Monday 9th to Friday 13th December. My availability will be extensive during that period, no appointments are necessary.

Updated Wednesday 21st August 2024

  WELCOME AND INDUCTION EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2024

The welcoming and induction event for the EXCHANGE students of the School of Business & Creative Industries (Business programmes) will take place on Friday 13 September 2024 @ 10:00-12:00 hrs BST . It will be a physical on-campus event and it will take place in Paisley's Gardner Building (Business School) room G108 (ground floor).

For further details...

https://sites.google.com/uws.ac.uk/bci-induction-january/induction-events/programme-inductions/eusa

                                                                                      Please note there is no separate link for postgraduate induction, this is a single event.                                                                                              

 Any documentation sent digitally to me prior to this event (Learning Agreements, Arrival Certificates and Pre-loading of your modules and subsequent enrolment), will be attended either on the day or by visiting my office. Do consult my diary for availability, as there are many other commitments. Please do note, however, that I will return to Glasgow in the evening of Thursday 12 September. 

If you arrive to Paisley before the induction day, you may want to attend an all-School welcoming session on Monday 9 September @ 10:00hrs BST in Gardner Building room G240 (second floor).                                                                               

                          Pre-loading and Module registration for new students will take place during the induction day.

Welcoming events have been organised by central departments, such as the Students Union. Please check your in-box, details have been e-mailed to all students in the last few days. If any events are shown here, they will apply exclusively to the Paisley campus.

Welcome to Scotland...Scotland Visitor Guide with National Map on www.welcometoscotland.com

Bienvenue en Ecosse...Guide pour les Visiteurs avec Carte Nationale sur www.bienvenueenecosse.com 

Willkommen in Schottland...Tourismus-fuhrer mit Landkarte von Schottland auf www.willkommenschotland.com          

Benvenuti in Scozia...Guida Turistica con Mappa Nazionale sopra www.welcometoscotland.com 

Bienvenidos a Escocia...Guia de Visitantes con Mappa Ncioanal en www.welcometoscotland.com     

You will also find additional information on www.visitscotland.com           

Union[s] Européennes: a mural in Montparnasse station in Paris celebrates couples who met through an Erasmus programme!

See below an article in the France Ireland chamber of commerce about the expo. A reunion of these first 18 European alumni took place at the Paisley campus of the University on Friday 23rd June 2017

 http://www.franceireland.ie/single-news/n/unions-europeennes-a-mural-in-montparnasse-station-in-paris-celebrates-couples-who-met-through-an-erasmus-programme/