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Journalist Kirsty Wark Receives Honorary Doctorate

25Oct

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Journalist Kirsty Wark Receives Honorary Doctorate

One of Britain’s most experienced television journalists, Kirsty Wark, has received an Honorary Doctorate from UWS at a graduation ceremony at Crichton Memorial Church, Dumfries. Kirsty has presented a range of television programmes over the past thirty years, from the ground breaking Late Show to Election night specials. She has fronted the BBC’s flagship current affairs show, Newsnight, since 1993. Kirsty said: “I feel very privileged to receive this Honorary Doctorate from an institution which offers so much to local students. It’s also an area with which I feel a great affinity which made the day extra special.”

Top Artist Receives Honorary Doctorate

One of Scotland's leading landscape painters received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the West of Scotland at its graduation ceremony on Thursday 20 November 2008 at Coats Memorial Baptist Church, Paisley. John said: "I am extremely proud to be awarded this Honorary Doctorate - it is not something one strives for in life, or even expects to get, but it's smashing when it comes along, especially for a boy from Maryhill!" John Lowrie Morrison, better known as Jolomo, was born in Glasgow in 1948 and educated at Hyndland Secondary School, before studying at the Glasgow School of Art from 1967 -1971. During his career John Lowrie Morrison has made a significant contribution to education in Scotland, holding a number of teaching posts as well as being involved in Standa...

Ceremony Marks Formal Inauguration of the University of the West of Scotland

The University of the West of Scotland will honour leading individuals from Scotland and overseas at a Special Ceremony on Friday 7 December 2007. They will be first to receive awards from the newly renamed University. The event, which is part of ongoing celebrations to commemorate the University’s merger with Bell College on 1 August this year, will mark the formal inauguration of the University of the West of Scotland. The University of Paisley became known as University of the West of Scotland (UWS) on 30 November 2007, in a move which acknowledged the University’s recent development and its ambitious plans for the future. The University’s merger with Bell College earlier in the year created a four-campus, regional University with campuses in Ayr, Dumfries, Hamilton and Paisley. I...