By MARTIN TIGHE UNIVERSITY of the West of Scotland student Jack McComish has been selected to represent Great Britain at next year’s Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey. Jack has been involved in the […]
UWS Newsroom
Student Journalism output from BA and MA students at UWS
UWS students say never say never to Nap Pods
By Christopher Duffy “Nap pods” for students at UWS? According to one student president: ‘Never say never’. Students at Edinburgh University have recently called for nap pods to be installed at two […]
Operatic performance as Campbell strike Gold at Ayr
By RYAN McDOUGALL Winners of the first three Ayr races today are Stephen Mulqueen with Progress drive, Brian Hughes with Daytripper and Callum Bewley with Lochalsh. With the event now well underway, […]
Blatter ban upheld, banished from football for six years
By ADA ADAMCZAK SEPP BLATTER, the former FIFA president, has lost his appeal against his six-year ban from football. After originally banned for eight years on December 2015, he has now lost […]
It’ll be lonely this Christmas…
By Ross Clark and Connor Park ALMOST 65,000 Scots aged 60 and over feel lonelier during the festive period according to Age Scotland. A number of reasons have been cited for this […]
AYR at Christmas – What’s on!
By Olivia Ogilvie. AT Christmas time there is always something you can do whether it be going to see panto, going to a Christmas party, seeing a show or visiting a Christmas market. […]
City need a return against Rovers
By KEVIN CRAIGENS BRECHIN CITY aim to keep the pressure on the top two in Scottish League One when they take on Albion Rovers at Glebe Park tomorrow night. With a game […]
Can Journalism Survive The Click-Bait Epidemic?
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) THINK about every article you’ve ever seen pop up on your Facebook or Twitter timeline. Chances are that said article is the spawn of some sort of click-bait conglomerate, […]
UWS Radio Dec 6th 2016
Lewis Kemp, Callum Kerr and Jonny Clark present UWS radio at 2.30 from our Ayr studios https://soundcloud.com/james-p-mahon/uws-radio-dec-5th-2016
Should diabetics be more independent with their healthcare?
By Matt Bryan After criticism from MPs, the healthcare of diabetes in the UK is being closely examined and this raises the question of how independent the patient should be. Too many people […]


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