June 2018 – WEST | Alumni Blog

A very happy retirement to Professor Malcolm Crowe, who has retired after 46 years service at University of the West of Scotland (UWS). Malcolm, who has a degree in Mathematics from Trinity College, Dublin and a DPhil from the University of Oxford, joined the then Paisley College of Technology in 1972 (now UWS Paisley Campus) as a Lecturer Grade II in the Department of Mathematics & Computing, becoming first Associate Head and then Professor of the Department of Computing. As a Head of Department, he pursued the addition of soft skills to Computing, with the development of undergraduate and Masters courses in Business Information Technology, Software Engineering, and Information Systems at the University. He has been awarded Emeritus Professor in the School of Computing, E...

A Leading Scottish music composer received an honorary doctorate from UWS. Patrick Doyle was awarded his Honorary Doctorate from UWS at its graduation ceremony on Friday, June 29 at Troon Concert Hall. Mr Doyle is a classically trained composer who studied at RSAMD, now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, of which he was made a Fellow in 2001. He began his career as an actor and musical director, notably in 1978 playing Hector in the original cast of John Byrne’s iconic Scottish play, The Slab Boys. He joined Kenneth Branagh’s Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987 as his musical director. This was the beginning of a career-long friendship and professional association during which time Doyle composed theatre music and subsequently the scores for 12 Branagh films including Henry V (1...

Month: June 2018

Professor Malcolm Crowe Retires

Award Winning Composer Receives Honorary Award from UWS