Gordon Muir, Head Chef for Sodexo at Perth College UHI, shares his delicious tablet recipe!

Work-based training allows you to work towards a vocational qualification relevant to your employment, so you can learn while you earn and gain a recognised qualification. Louise Fenwick started her SVQ Level 2 Hairdressing with Perth College UHI in 2017, and has been working at the Bob and Cloche salon at Gleneagles Hotel ever since

During the COVID-19 pandemic, beauticians were up there with one of the most missed things from our life. With the news of salons being able to re-open, we caught up with Suzanne Miller from the Beauty Therapy and Wellbeing team for this month’s Department Focus.

There is an increasingly strong demand for computing professionals and job opportunities are growing each year. Perth College UHI is supporting this growth by helping students gain the right qualification, skills and expertise to succeed in this ever-changing field. On the blog this week, our Computing department talk you through our NQ Computer Technologies (SCQF level 5) course.

For this week’s staff spotlight, we catch up with a member of the Business Team - to find out more about her, and to see how she is getting on during lockdown.

As we look to the future after COVID-19, we spoke to Mandy MacDonald, Academy of Sport and Wellbeing (ASW) Gym and Fitness Manager.

If you’re thinking about a career in Computing, but want to know more about what is like to study this subject at Perth College UHI, then hear from Derek Summers (Subject Leader in Computing) and Gillian Douglas (Lecturer in Computing).

If you’ve been thinking about studying Music Business - but wanted to hear first-hand what the Perth College UHI experience is like - then continue reading to meet three of our students.

We love hearing about the inspirational stories of our students. This week, we meet Fiona - one of our talented Hairdressing students. She tells us about her journey getting to college, and explains her crowdfunding campaign – where she wants to serve her local community.

Rob Boyd - Subject Network Leader in Science - talks us through his visit last month, when he went back to the campus gardens at Perth College UHI. He also answers some questions, so that we can get to know him a bit better 😊

We caught up with Music student, Chloe Maidment, to find out a bit more about her - and to see how she is getting on in lockdown.

For this week’s staff spotlight, we get to know one of our multi-talented support staff.

We caught up with Creative Industries student, Daisy Taylor, to find out a bit more about her - and to see how she is getting on in lockdown.

Whilst we are all adapting to home learning/working, we thought that we would catch up with some of our staff members to find out more about them - and see what they have been up to during lockdown! This week, we catch up with our Sodexo Head Chef

Try out this really simple and delicious cookie recipe, you can try all sorts of chocolate or other sweets but Galaxy chocolate chunks are the best if you ask me :)

Whilst we are all adapting to home learning/working, we thought that we would catch up with some of our staff members to find out more about them - and see what they have been up to during lockdown! This week, we catch up one of our support staff.

You might have seen his infectious smile around the college, so we caught up with HND Professional Cookery student - Dener Pereira - to find out more about him, and his course.

For many, we are now in the second month of trying to navigate studying/working from home for the first time. We know it can be really difficult and unsettling, so we’ve put together some tips on how to successfully manage this change.

Whilst we are all adapting to home learning/working, we thought that we would catch up with some of our staff members to find out more about them - and see what they have been up to during lockdown! This week, we catch up with a familiar face from around campus.

Claire Nelson, Perth College UHI Student Support Worker and Associate Student Counsellor, shares her advice and tips on surviving COVID-19.