CITY CROWNED TOP PERFORMING COLLEGE IN SCOTLAND AT WORLDSKILLS UK NATIONAL FINALS

The WorldSkills UK National Finals results were announced by Steph McGovern live from the Channel 4 Packed Lunch Studio on Friday.  We were delighted to have 24 of our students and apprentices competing in the finals at six different venues across the UK at the start of November.  Getting to this stage is a huge accolade in itself as all of the finalists were amongst the top performers in the UK in their chosen disciplines following a series of regional qualifiers.

When the results were announced, City of Glasgow College underlined its position as the top performing college in Scotland with 28 medal points, including five golds - the highest number of golds in the UK. Our students also picked up a further silver and two bronze medals along with a ‘Highly Commended' award.

The medals were awarded in Digital Media Production, Web Development, Creative Media Makeup, Commercial Makeup, Network Infrastructure Technician, 3D Digital Game Art, Restaurant Service and Plastering. This shows the impressive breadth and depth of talent on display from our students. The full list of awards is below:

GOLD

• Commercial Make-Up - Courtney Jane McGuire.
• Digital Media Production Team - Fraser Morgan, Cameron Lees, Jordan Russell,  Alessio De Martino.
• Plastering - Jordan McQuilan. 
• Restaurant Service - Sharon Fiori.
• Web Development - Lidia Modlinska.

SILVER

• Network Infrastructure Technician-  Blair Denis Kinsella.

BRONZE

• Creative Media Make Up - Anna Pyziolek.
• Network Infrastructure Technician - Kacper Socha.

HIGHLY COMMENDED

• 3D Digital Game Art - Scott Milne.

We were delighted to be named among the top performing organisations in the WorldSkills UK national finals which is a fantastic achievement and recognises the high level of teaching standards at the college. To have excelled in such a difficult year shows that their skills and dedication are truly first-rate.

Well done to all our incredible finalists and congratulations to our medallists, trainers and coaches.