News and Events
Mental Health Nursing Research Conference 20 April 2012
December 2011
Universities and research networks across Scotland have come together to develop the first national research conference for mental health nurses in Scotland. We hope this will be the first in a long line of national annual celebrations of mental health nurse research.
The inaugural Scottish Mental Health Nursing Conference will take place at UWS’s new Ayr Campus on the banks of the River Doon in Ayr.
UWS Conference - Reducing Harm, Improving Healthcare: Making a Difference
13 October 2011
1 in 10 patients admitted to Scottish NHS hospitals will be unintentionally harmed and around 50% of these events could have been avoided if lessons from previous incidents had been learned. A conference will take place on Friday 11th November 2011 at Hamilton Campus.
UWS UNICEF AWARD A SCOTTISH FIRST
23 August 2011
University of the West of Scotland has received a UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) Baby Friendly award for its commitment to ensuring that its Public Health Nursing students are equipped with the knowledge and skills to advise and support breastfeeding mothers.
UWS LAUNCHES SCOTLAND’S FIRST INTEGRATED PUBLIC SERVICE DEGREE
06 July 2011
UWS is introducing an exciting new BA Integrated Public Service degree which gets underway this September at its new £70 million Ayr Campus.
UWS CHAIR OF MENTAL HEALTH PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON BEHAVIOUR, FOOD AND NUTRITION
14 June 2011
Professor Colin Martin, University of the West of Scotland’s Chair of Mental Health, is making a major contribution to the current debate on people’s relationship with food in his new publication, the Handbook of Behaviour, Food and Nutrition.
UWS HOSTS NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION CONFERENCE
10 May 2011
University of the West of Scotland (UWS) hosted a national mental health and education conference at the Stirling Management Centre on 7 May 2011
DIRECTOR OF SCOTLAND’S FIRST INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION ANNOUNCED
12 April 2011
Dr Bob Masterton, one of the country’s leading experts in infection prevention and control, has been appointed Director of the newly created Institute of Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) – Policy and Practice.