Broaden your horizons
flexible part-time study
Whatever your interests, our unrivalledrange of part-time courses means you can broaden your horizons
through day, evening, weekend or online study. With hundreds of options to choose from you can learn
more about a subject you’re already interested in or take up something completely 
new.
Here are just a few examples from our exciting and extensive subject range:
- Introductory Study
- Personal Finance
- Scots LawForensic Science
- Web Design
- Languages & Culture
- Local History
- Quality
- Psychology
- Digital Photography
- Film & TV
Visit the part-time courses section to seearch for a course and download the pt prospectus as a pdf, and find out about our flexible, part-time study programmes available across our four campuses.
Extra funding support for travel, learning materials & childcare
UWS can now offer help with the costs of travel, learning materials and childcare to support part-time study. You may be eligible if you meet the criteria for:
- Government Fee Waiver (you are on Job Seeker’s Allowance or other benefit)
- Individual Learning Account (your personal income is £22,000 a year or less)
- Students outwith these criteria may still be eligible for support with childcare costs, contact Funding and Advice on your campus for more details.
We’ve also a range of funding initiatives to help with your part-time course fees. Call us for an information pack and to find out more about our funding offers on 0141 848 3193 or email lifelonglearning@uws.ac.uk
career focused
Jennifer Henderson, Training and Development at T-Mobile.
“The basic language course, delivered on-site by the University, proved really popular with lots of our staff as many of them liaise on a daily basis with European colleagues. The tutor was fantastic and really brought the language alive by making it both fun and interesting to learn.”