Company awards scholarships

ONE of Dundee’s oldest companies has awarded new familybased scholarships to students at Abertay University.

Performance materials company Low & Bonar has created a scholarship and student prize for Abertay students, aimed at those who are the first in their family to attend university or who come from a low-income background.

Alyson McGinlay, 21, a fourth year marketing and business undergraduate, was selected to receive the i naugural Bonar Yarns Scholarship, worth £1,250, and Kevin Kopsieker, 21, a third year undergraduate studying the same course, was awarded the introductory Bonar Yarns prize, worth £150.

The pair visited the factory to meet some of the staff and build on the strong links between the company and the university.

Alyson said: “I was delighted to hear the news that I had been awarded the scholarship.

“It was lovely to meet some of the staff at Low & Bonar.

“It is one of the oldest firms in the city but it adopts very modern techniques in the way it is run, which is similar to the way we are taught at Abertay.

Kevin added: “The prize means a lot to me. It goes to show that hard work really does pay off, and it’s not a myth drilled into you as you are growing up.”

Raymond Denyer, general manager of Low & Bonar Dundee Ltd, said: ‘‘Supporting a local university and its students is very important to Low & Bonar, and we’re delighted to be able to continue supporting Abertay for the 2017-18 academic year.”