UWS is here to help firms

The University of the West of Scotland is open for business.

Paisley’s uni says it has state-of-theart technical and scientific equipment and facilities as well as academic expertise close at hand.

And they can be used by businesses when they need them.

Whether you are seeking a specific piece of kit or a laboratory environment, UWS bosses can help.

They say the University of the West of Scotland continually invests in and develops technology and equipment to maintain its leading position in research.

And this equipment can also be accessed by its partners in business and industry.

For instance, in the fields of engineering and computing UWS has an extensive range of equipment and facilities which are available to hire, from compression testing to 5-axis CNC machining, co-ordinate measuring machines, rapid prototyping to plastic injection moulding machines and multi-sensor UAVs.

UWS is big in media and culture, and through its Creative Media Academy it offer a wide range of professional TV, sound and magazine design facilities, editing suites, sound studios, two fully-equipped TV studios and other facilities for hire across its campuses.

On offer too is a soundproofed TV studio with three cameras, linked to a Tricaster system for mixing and recording. Two of the cameras are fitted with autocue and there is a complete set of Kinoflow lights.

And in Science, Sport and Health, there is an extensive range of equipment and facilities which are available to hire from liquid nitrogen freezer, autoclaves, to biological class II cabinets, to Gas and Ion Chromatography Systems and refrigerated benchtop centrifuge.