I manage GCU’s Soup Kitchen, a team of volunteers who help support homeless people in Glasgow. We prepare hot drinks and distribute them in Cadogan Street in partnership with Feed…
Read More Kayleigh Van Dongen, BSc (Hons) Forensic Investigation
Published April 19, 2017 by lynnmcgarry
Published March 15, 2017 by lynnmcgarry
The Graduettes, my sit-com, has just launched online. It focuses on three female graduates, their lesser halves and the crazy situations they get into. It’s loosely inspired by a situation…
Published March 7, 2017 by lynnmcgarry
I’m passionate about giving people a voice in local health care and I’m in my second year of a PhD that looks at how innovative communities across rural Scotland are…
Read More Kylie Fagan, PhD student and Magnusson Award winner
Published January 31, 2017 by lynnmcgarry
I wasn’t even sure exactly where Sri Lanka was when I spotted an amazing volunteering opportunity there. I joined Sri Lanka Volunteers Global for five weeks. It’s a newish organisation…
Published December 6, 2016 by lynnmcgarry
I was thrilled to be named 2016’s Student of the Year by contact-lens manufacturer CooperVision. I was awarded the title at the National Student Summit at the company’s HQ after…
Published November 23, 2016 by davidedgar
My day job is at GCU as the Senior Executive PA to the Principal and I’ve just graduated with an MSc in Human Resource Management. I was apprehensive, but after…
Published November 23, 2016 by davidedgar
I had been working as a freelance journalist for two years, but wanted to improve and crucially, get a good job. The course helped me with both. The lecturers were…
Read More Charlotte Ryan, MA Multimedia Journalism with Distinction
Published November 22, 2016 by lynnmcgarry
I’m being awarded the Best BEng (Hons) Computer Aided Mechanical Engineering Student Award at graduation – which is sponsored by Thales, the company I’m now working for – as well…
Read More Oliver Stewart, BEng Computer Aided Mechanical Engineering
Published November 20, 2016 by davidedgar
I’m delighted to be graduating with the Victoria Infirmary Glasgow Nurses League Prize for Best Student in Practice, and as a runner up for the academic achievement award. I feel…
Read More Corrinne Taylor, BSC Nursing (Learning Disabilities)
Published November 3, 2016 by lynnmcgarry
I balance my studies with my job as a member of the Campus Life team, organising events for international and home students such as the Freshers and Welcome programmes. As…
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