Mhairi - Employability Advisor

24/07/2026

Staff and students at Learner Development have been quietly working hard this year, securing and participating in a wide range of work placements and site visits to improve employability and opportunities of young people in our community. We have continued to work with employers already keen to support our students, including Xcite Activity Play Centre, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Ardgowan Hospice, Holiday Inn Express Greenock, Inverclyde Leisure, Cardwell Garden Centre. We have also been fortunate to be able to welcome some new employers on board including Little Paws & Pawtique, The Salvation Army Donation Centre, The Beacon Arts Centre, The Cottage Cafe Bistro, Greenock, Merino Care Home, American Candy, Coaching with Michelle. I'd like to send a huge thanks to everyone who has invested their time, skills and experience into our students. You really are helping make a positive difference to many people's lives.

04/09/2025

Here at Learner Development, West College Scotland (Greenock Campus), we support young adults who have often been discounted due to negative experiences in their education related to disabilities, caring responsibilities, care experience, and financial hardship. Most struggle with confidence or lack access to the right training and guidance. What they all have in common is potential - untapped, waiting for someone to believe in them.

That’s where we can make a difference. We offer a variety of courses helping young people get back on track. We work to give disadvantaged young people the skills, mentoring, and opportunities they need to take that crucial first step into work. But we can’t do it alone. We need the support and experience of employers to give students a view into opportunities within their community which can involve college visits from employers, site visits to businesses, unpaid work placements, mock interviews etc. These opportunities give students a genuine experience of the workplace and can help them make decisions about the direction of their futures. We understand time and resources are stretched for many of us, and appreciate any input you can offer. I'd love to discuss any potential scope to link in with employers to support our students. Please reach out to me at [email protected]
The Tontine Hotel Greenock Greenock Telegraph Inverclyde Leisure NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Inverclyde Pets at Home Greenock Inverclyde Jobs CalMac Ferries Inverclyde Chamber RIG Arts ScotRail Oak Mall Greenock Morton in the Community The Albany Peak Scientific Elev8 Inverclyde Café Balfé Kano's Cafe McGill's Buses Cardwell Garden Centre West Station Café Waterfront Cinema - Greenock

04/09/2025

Here at Learner Development, West College Scotland (Greenock Campus), we support young adults who have often been discounted due to negative experiences in their education related to disabilities, caring responsibilities, care experience, and financial hardship. Most struggle with confidence or lack access to the right training and guidance. What they all have in common is potential - untapped, waiting for someone to believe in them.

That’s where we can make a difference. We offer a variety of courses helping young people get back on track. We work to give disadvantaged young people the skills, mentoring, and opportunities they need to take that crucial first step into work. But we can’t do it alone. We need the support and experience of employers to give students a view into opportunities within their community which can involve college visits from employers, site visits to businesses, unpaid work placements, mock interviews etc. These opportunities give students a genuine experience of the workplace and can help them make decisions about the direction of their futures. We understand time and resources are stretched for many of us, and appreciate any input you can offer. I'd love to discuss any potential scope to link in with employers to support our students.

Please reach out to me at [email protected]

24/08/2023

14/06/2023

Here at Xcite we pride ourselves in being an inclusive Play Centre and employer, and just to give you an insight into neurodiversity over the next few weeks we will giving you some information on some Neurodevelopmental conditions 🧠 For more info on any of these please go to the NHS website.

14/06/2023

As another academic year comes to an end I'd like to thank the fantastic support we've had from local businesses who are as eager to help our students into employment as we are. Huge thank you's to Shirley, David and the team at Xcite Activity Play Centre, Katrina, Heather and Viktoriia at Ardgowan Hospice, Ray and Alan at the CPU NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Nicola at Amethyst Hair And Beauty, Waterfront Leisure Complex, Carys and co at Waterfront Cinema - Greenock, Inverclyde Leisure, Craigmarloch School, Lisa and the team at Battery Park Nursery, Inverclyde Libraries and Mark and Graham at Inverclyde Community Learning and Development - CLD. We already have a great group of students ready to get to work with us in August, as well as plans for new projects. We're looking forward to another positive year working with local businesses and supporting more people into employment. As always if any local businesses are interested in coming on board with us please feel free to get in touch with me for more information. :)

05/06/2023

05/06/2023

Remember to put your name down to perform at our Talent Show! You don't have to be Neurodiverse to take part all kids with amazing talents, dancers, singers, comedians, magicians are welcome to come and showcase all for a great cause in aid of Ardgowan Hospice, tickets are on sale now in Reception 🎤

18/05/2023

Team work makes the dream work 😁

A WORLD leading catering service run from Inverclyde Royal is joining forces with West College Scotland to create a pioneering academy for students…

04/05/2023

We've got a fantastic relationship with the team at Xcite Activity Play Centre and love getting the opportunity to work together