The University of the West of Scotland centre will tackle stalking (Victoria Jones/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The University of the West of Scotland is to establish a centre to focus on the prevention of stalking. The project will conduct research into the issue as well as studying coercion and control on children and young people, the motivations of perpetrators and cyber-stalking. It will be run in partnership with charity Action Against Stalking (AAS).