College in your 40s…go for it!

Caroline Greer from the Marketing Team interviewed and then spent a morning in class with Angela Leishman a HNC Administration and IT student to find out what it’s like to return to college as a mature student in her 40’s and what were her concerns, fears and highlights. Angela has also gained work experience through …

Maggie Morrison – My Career in Tech

This week we celebrate Scottish Apprenticeship Week and International Women's Day. Ayrshire College is marking these with a programme of employer events, social media activity, celebrations of work-based learning, and case studies of inspiring women. Vice principal Jackie Galbraith invited Maggie Morrison to kick off our week by sharing her career in technology. Maggie is Vice …

Why study for a career in Admin and IT?

Jade Blair, from Kilbirnie, started at Ayrshire College, studying HND Admin and IT.  She has recently graduated with a first class honours degree in Information Technology at the University of the West of Scotland, gaining the highest grade in her year. We asked her more about her learner journey. “I’d been to college before, studying …

ADAmant that we will attract more women into STEM!

It's Ada Lovelace Day and Ayrshire College is ADAmant that we will attract more girls and women into science, engineering, technology and maths (STEM). This is a key priority for us and we are working with schools, employers and national organisations to raise awareness of opportunities for women in STEM sectors, encourage take-up of STEM courses …

Spotlight on women in computing – Claire Beattie

Claire Beattie works as a service desk analyst for brightsolid, an award winning company which provides data centre and cloud services. In this article, Claire shares her passion for computing and hopes it will inspire other young women into the digital sector. In school I really enjoyed Computing and Technology Studies, however, as no girls took these …