Funding support

University of the West of Scotland (UWS) prides itself on providing flexible short courses to support upskilling and reskilling.

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The workplace continues to change significantly and at pace, leaving many organisations and people with a very real need for lifelong learning – to gain new knowledge and skills, and seek opportunities to innovate and grow.

UWS is the local university for over 40% of Scotland’s population, so we are uniquely placed to understand the specific challenges facing our communities – both urban and remote rural – and their key industry sectors in the years ahead.

We work closely with public, private and third sector partners to understand the needs of the workforce and we are committed to supporting economic recovery in the UK and beyond in a rapidly evolving world.

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Skills Scholarships

To access UWS modules via the CPD route, individuals must meet the following residence requirement:

• be ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for the three years immediately before the relevant date, and
• have ‘settled status’ in the UK (as set out in the Immigration Act 1971) on the relevant date, and
• be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date.

Ordinarily resident means that a person must have made their home in Scotland intending to stay and live here. If just in Scotland to study, but otherwise you would be living elsewhere, you are not ordinarily resident in Scotland.

A Skills Scholarship is available to those who meet the above residence requirement and are enrolling for the first time at UWS. A fee waiver will be applied for one module only.

Note that Skills Scholarships are available across a selection of CPD modules.

Please confirm that you wish to be considered for a Skills Scholarship and that you meet the eligibility criteria when applying. The CPD Centre will notify you of the outcome ahead of supporting enrolment.

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Alumni & Staff Discount

We are delighted to announce that we currently have an exclusive offer available to UWS alumni and staff!

UWS alumni and staff can benefit from a 20% discount off the course fee across the following CPD options:

APM Project Fundamentals Qualification

APM Project Management Qualification

Certified Lean Six Sigma - Yellow Belt

Certified Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt

IMPORTANT: When applying for your chosen CPD course from the above list, please include a note of your UWS student ID / UWS email address and state that you wish to be considered for the UWS Alumni / Staff Discount under the Additional information section of the online form.

If you have any questions, please contact us at cpd@uws.ac.uk

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Upskilling Fund

Please note that the Upskilling Fund will no longer be available from Academic Year 2024/25.