Ukrainian student who fled war-torn homeland enjoys success at Lanarkshire college
dailyrecord.co.ukA student who fled the war in Ukraine has found success in her course at South Lanarkshire College.Vladyslava, originally from the capital Kyiv, joined South Lanarkshire College based in East Kilbride in December 2022 to study National 4 English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).She has now applied, and been successful, in gaining a place to study a degree in dance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in August.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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The course looked brilliant and the opportunities from this really appealed to me as a pathway to progressing to a degree at university."I have now applied and been accepted to
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