Student Spotlight - Geraldine McLean

Studying at Perth College UHI gives you the perfect opportunity towards securing a successful future. In addition to full and part-time courses, we offer online, short, and professional development courses to help you gain additional skills or reskill towards a new career. With her children now teenagers, Geraldine decided it was time to take the first step back to working, by undertaking a course in counselling.

Student Spotlight - Kayleigh Brown

The Social and Vocational Studies Department at Perth College UHI are a dedicated, qualified and specialist team with extensive experience teaching and supporting students who benefit from additional support for their learning. In this week’s blog, we meet Kayleigh - who is in her first year of ‘New Skills’.

Student Spotlight - Cameron Mathers

There is a strong demand for business and administrative professionals in Perth and Kinross – with support, clerical and administrative positions being in the ‘Top 20’ employing occupations. Perth College UHI is supporting this growth by helping students gain the right qualifications, skills, and expertise to succeed in this field. In this week’s blog, we meet a student who is studying on his first course after leaving high school.

A day in the life of an HND Beauty Therapy Student - Evie Simpson

With the growing worldwide demand for beauty therapy services, and an ever-growing emphasis being placed on wellbeing, our courses will help you achieve the skills and knowledge necessary for a successful career in this sector. To see what a typical day at college is like for a beauty therapy student, we asked Evie to give us the lowdown.

Alumni Spotlight - Magdalena Mazurkiewicz

Studying for a Hospitality Management qualification at Perth College UHI will give you the knowledge and hands-on skills to succeed in a managerial position in the growing hospitality industry. Now successfully managing a hotel near Aviemore, Magdalena chats to us about the impact studying at Perth College UHI had on her career.

Alumni Spotlight - Adie Shepherd

If you’re looking to gain a recognised qualification in Social Services, without studying full time, our SVQ3 Social Services (Children and Young People) allows you to do this with on-the-job training. Having recently completed the qualification, Adie chats to us about his experience.

Alumni Spotlight - Wojciech Czujko

Perth College UHI is a vibrant and welcoming place to improve your English skills - for work, study, or everyday life. International student, Woody is proof of this, as he is now successfully working as a chef. He shares his story.

Alumni Spotlight - Jakki Jackson

Having always had an interest in Science, Jakki joined Perth College UHI on a Gateway course six years ago. After successfully graduating with a degree in 2021, she chats to us about her journey to get there.

Heart Health

Look after your heart this #ValentinesDay with Rhonda Noone - Food, Nutrition and Contemporary Issues Lecturer at Perth College UHI.

Top tips for looking after your skin

Our skin is the body’s largest organ and one of the hardest working. How many of you have gone to bed without cleaning your face or taking make-up off? Most of us are guilty of this from time to time. Cleansing, alongside a couple of other key steps, helps to achieve and maintain healthy skin. Fiona Stewart from our Beauty Therapy and Wellbeing department shares her tips.