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Winners of the Best Community Support Initiative in Scotland’s Dementia Awards 2018
On the 20th of September, the day before World Alzheimer’s Day 2018, Bridging the Gap Between Acute and Community Care, a joint initiative involving NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Alzheimer Scotland and our school here at UWS, achieved success by winning Scotland’s Dementia Award for the Best Community Support Initiative, 2018.
This initiative was developed with the aim of establishing a referral process which would enable people living with dementia and their families and carers to have access to individualised dementia specific support and advice from an Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Advisor. By working in partnership with acute care staff the initiative has enabled people living witn dementia and their families to feel supported in making decisions about their care and has facilitated many successful discharges home directly from hospital.
Fantastic work team!
Corinne Hutton Prepares for Kilimanjaro at UWS Lanarkshire
UWS Honorary Doctor, Corinne Hutton, is using our Lanarkshire Campus’s new Extreme Environments Laboratory to prepare for an 11-day hike to the summit of Kilimanjaro, which will see her raise money to reduce social isolation for amputees.
The Great Scot award winner and founder of the Finding Your Feet charity – who lost both her hands and legs below the knee after suffering from acute pneumonia and septicaemia – will use the cutting-edge facility at our new Lanarkshire Campus to test her physical fitness and help inform her during her final period of altitude training. Corinne will begin her 90km trip in Tanzania on September 29 and aims to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro on October 6, fundraising for her charity, Finding Your Feet, which supports families affected by amputation or limb difference through a range of sporting initiatives and social inclusion projects.
Our Extreme Environments Laboratory houses one of only two such high-specification environmental chambers in Scotland – and is the only one in the West of Scotland. The chamber replicates environmental extremes, from walking in the desert to standing on one of the world’s highest mountains and can be used by athletes to improve physical performance in the run-up to large sporting events, such as the Olympics in 2020 and the World Cup in 2022. The chamber is an important asset for the University, enhancing students’ experience and enabling us to forge research partnerships and collaborations within industry and academia. Businesses and the public will also be able to access the chamber and take part in altitude training sessions.
Professor Craig Mahoney said:
“Corinne Hutton is an inspiration to many of us, and it’s truly amazing that she’s going to climb Africa’s tallest mountain for her charity, Finding Your Feet. We will be supporting Corinne all the way, and we hope that our new laboratory will help her prepare for the challenge ahead, and that she’ll be the first of many to use our new, state-of-the-art facility. From students and staff at UWS, we wish Corinne the very best of luck.”
Corinne Hutton said:
“Following an infection in 2017 I had the majority of one of my lungs removed, so dealing with the altitude on Kilimanjaro has been a worry for both me and my family. The fact that UWS can offer this fantastic, state-of-the-art facility to help me get an understanding of how I’ll deal with the conditions is just incredible. UWS has been a great supporter of Finding Your Feet, and I’m delighted the University can be a part of my trek up the mountain. I’m honoured to be an ambassador for UWS and delighted that they’re so helpful in our goal of reducing isolation within the amputee community and helping those who have been through limb loss to realise their full potential.”
Could You be Student Nurse of the Year?
The Student Nursing Times Awards are now seeking nominations for this it’s 8th Year. They have been re-launched with a new look which you can go and see by Clicking on THIS LINK
The Ceremony takes place on Friday the 26th of April 2019 at the Grosvenor House Hotel and we would like to see our students there as potential prize-winners.
The Awards bring together the nursing community to shine a light on the newest talent starting out their careers in this great profession. Whether you are a student or have recently graduated, know a mentor who goes the extra mile or know a University that puts experience first, like ours! There are 20 categories designed to showcase the professions bright future.
Please take a look at the categories. LISTED HERE. You can either nominate yourself or you can nominate an individual or organisation whom you feel deserves recognition.
If you want some help preparing a nomination or nominations then please let one of the teaching staff at your Campus know and help will be offered gladly.
What are you waiting for? Let’s get nominating!
Police Scotland Student Safety Campaign Launched
Police Scotland’s Student Safety Campaign has been launched recently, and over the coming weeks staff and students should expect to hear their important messages about staying safe at University across of media platforms
The campaign will seek to raise awareness amongst students of the types of crimes that they could fall victim to while in further education and provide preventative advice on how to prevent falling victim to these crimes.
The student safety campaign seeks to pre-arm students with essential safety advice they should consider for the future in terms of home, personal, online, and party safety.
You can watch the video and go and find out more here .
#UWSLanarkshire Campus Opens to Students
It’s the day we’ve been waiting for – Our new UWS Lanarkshire is here! The new £110 million campus has opened its doors to all students today in what is a momentous occasion in our University’s history.
Take a look at the video by clicking the link below to see the amazing journey we’ve been on to create Scotland’s brand-new, ultra-modern university campus. Good Luck to all students starting their first day at the new campus, we hope you love it!
https://www.uws.ac.uk/universi…/campuses/lanarkshire-campus/
The event also made the national news and television. Here is ITV’s report.
http://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-03/uws-lanarkshire-campus-opens-to-students-after-110m-project/
Claire’s Volunteering Story
While undertaking her BSc in Adult Nursing at Hamilton Campus one of our students Claire Cram also volunteered to work with an organisation called Volunteer Eco Students Abroad, otherwise known as VESA (UK). VESA is an organisation which allows individuals to become involved in humanitarian projects all over the world.
In July 2017 Claire travelled to Laos, officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic which is country bordering Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. While there Claire worked at an elephant sanctuary learning about conservation and responsible tourism. Her trip also involved organising and participating in enrichment and socialisation activities for the elephants. While staying at the Elephant Conservation Centre her team also carried out construction work to build the male elephant a new watering hole. VESA are also involved in working with the local communities so during this trip she also carried out construction work in the local school which involved painting the classrooms. The volunteers also spent time with the children teaching them English and assisting with their learning.
This year during July 2018 she volunteered with VESA again this time travelling to South Africa to carry out more construction, education and conservation work. VESA has been working on a project in Khula Village a small rural settlement next to the Dukuduku Forest on the fringes of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park in Zululand. While there Claire was able to assist with the construction of a home for one of the pooerer families living there, mixing cement, rendering walls and also painting. VESA were very proud to say that this construction was the first wheelchair-friendly home they have built!
Also in Khula Village, she volunteered to help in a daycare centre for children. The centre is usually run by one lady. She cares for many children, some of whom are orphans. Mama Doris as she is known provides the children with food, water and a safe place to stay. While volunteering at the daycare centre we helped prepare lunches for the children, taught them English and maths and spent time playing games with them and getting to know them.
The conservation work this time consisted of working with the Emdoneni Cheetah Project which assists in breeding and release programmes for the big cats at the centre. While at the cheetah centre we helped to prepare the cheetahs meals which just happened to be zebra!
We also volunteered in the St Lucia Crocodile Centre which monitors the crocodile population in the nearby area, as well as the rehabilitation and release of crocodiles. While here we created a pool for the crocs and built a snake enclosure.
Not what you might expect for a Student Nurse’s Busman’s Holiday!
Many thanks to Claire for sharing her story and the pictures.
BSc Nursing Students Final Day on Campus
This week saw the final days “On Campus” for all of our 2015 cohort graduands. They at all off to start their careers as nurses and we wish all them our best wishes for future success and look forward to welcoming many of them back in future as they begin to engage in professional development activities.
In the meantime go off and celebrate and then make your mark on our profession. Congratulations to every one of you – and see you all back here in November for graduation!
UWS Nursing Society Launches
The UWS Nursing Society has arrived for all student adult and mental health nurses across the University,
You can find the society on Facebook, at UWS Nursing Society, where you can become a member and have your say on what you want from your student Society.
We’re looking for people to come and join the Executive Committee too which will give you invaluable experience and will be a great addition to your CV! So ‘pop in’ on our facebook page and join your fellow nurses in shaping the Society into what our student nurses need. Nobody knows what it’s like to experience contemporary nurse training better than you do those alongside those on the journey with you so get involved
For those students who do not wish to join through Facebook, please email Claire Stevenson (b00153155@studentmail.uws.ac.uk) for further information on how to join and/or stand for a committee place.
Great Results for @uwshealth in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2017-18.
At UWS, we’re committed to delivering an excellent student experience, so we’re over the moon to reveal that according to the latest National Student Survey (NSS) results, we are outperforming the Scottish Univerity average in student satisfaction with our overall rates increasing to 84.9% this year!. As a School we have some good results, with some huge improvements on last year and one of programmes scored 100% in student satisfaction- well done to UWS Undergraduate Midwifery on this achievement.
The Overall University position is as follows
- Overall satisfaction at UWS was 84.9% in 2018 – 2.0 percentage points higher than in 2018 (when it was 82.9%).
- Overall satisfaction was above our benchmark and the Scottish average at 83%.
- UWS achieved an improved score in every main category of the NSS compared to last year, with the biggest improvement was in Organisation and Management (Up 6.0 percentage points).
- Compared to 2017, satisfaction increased in 24 out of 27 of the NSS questions, We remained the same in one question and decreased in the remaining two questions (by less than 1 percentage points).
Find out more about what the NSS results mean here: https://www.uws.ac.uk/…/students-give-uws-a-positive-report/
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