News / Award-winning graduate Rowan can’t put a foot wrong
A GRADUATE from Scalloway has won two top podiatry awards at a recent Queen Margaret University (QMU) graduation ceremony in Edinburgh.
Twenty three year old Rowan Nicolson was presented with the prestigious Canonbury Award for academic excellence (top final year student) and the OSGO Healthcare Award for clinical audit. Canonbury and OSGO are two of the UK’s leading podiatry product specialists.
Rowan, who attended the Anderson High School in Lerwick prior to university, graduated from QMU with a first class honours degree in podiatry earlier this month.
She said: “I was absolutely delighted to have gained a first class degree and then being awarded with both academic prizes was just the icing on the cake. I still can’t believe it!
“I can’t thank the wonderful podiatry staff at QMU enough. Their constant guidance and support throughout the past four years has been integral to these achievements.”
Rowan said she had “truly loved” her time at QMU: “The lecturers are brilliant, ensuring that graduates are fully equipped with the skills and confidence to enter the workplace. I’d wholeheartedly recommend this course to all prospective students who are interested in a career in healthcare.”
Since graduating, she has secured a graduate position with Podiatry Shetland in Lerwick, where she is providing general and cosmetic care. The company will relocate to new premises in Gulberwick in August.
Podiatry Shetland is run by a fellow QMU podiatry graduate, Bruce McCulloch, who set up the business in 2010. He also has a first class honours degree, as well as a master’s, in podiatry.
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