Students are being offered free breakfasts to help them with their studies in a new initiative. 

Launching today, Better Breakfast Day is fuelling hard-working students from the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) with free breakfast meals twice a week.

The offer is in place from 8.30am to 9.30am. 

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As well as giving students a healthy start to their day, UWS Interim Principal and Vice-Chancellor Dr Lucy Meredith hopes the initiative will help as rising costs continue to impact people's finances. 

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She said: "At UWS, we are here for our students, and this is another example of how we are supporting them during their studies.

"With costs increasing in many areas of life, we are hopeful that this will make a small difference in ensuring our students are fuelled up for the day ahead.

“Not only will they have a healthy kick-start to their day, but breakfast is known to positively impact learning and general health.

"Research shows the impact skipping breakfast can have on learning and this initiative demonstrates our commitment to the mental and physical well-being of our students.

“It’s fantastic to be back together on our campuses again and eating with others has proven benefits.

"I would like to thank our catering staff and everyone involved in supporting us with the Breakfast Club.”

Rebecca Grant, President of the Students’ Union at UWS, added: “We are delighted to see the Breakfast Club launching at the University to support our students.

"It will bring so many benefits and it’s a great opportunity to catch up with classmates and students from the wider UWS community.”

For more information on UWS’s Breakfast Club, click here.