From Russia with love...and tartan
Graduating students celebrate the Paisley connection
14.07.2017 A group of Russian students said‘spasiba’ – which means ‘thank you’ – to Paisley by donning tartan for their graduation ceremony.
The men and women wore kilts and sashes for the grand event at the town’s Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church.
As part of a partnership between University of the West of Scotland and Siberian State Transport University (SSTU), nine Russian students graduated.
UWS’s MSc International Management programme is delivered at SSTU as part of a transnational education agreement.
Many of those who successfully undertook this course are managers, sponsored and fully supported by Russian Railways.
Ron Livingstone, assistant dean ( international) of the school of business and enterprise, said: “The university has had partnership links with SSTU for over 10 years and we are delighted to see our second cohort from SSTU to graduate with a Masters degree from UWS.”
The university says the International Management programme has been designed to build students’ careers and equip them with the theoretical knowledge and conceptual skills to work in environment s requiring high levels of international manageri a l competence.
The programme, which is professionally accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management, develops global perspectives of business and management, based on a sound understanding of the wider cultural and national contexts in which organisations exist, university bosses said.
UWS added it was delighted to welcome the Russian Consul General in Edinburgh, Andrey Pritsepov, to celebrate the students’ achievement.