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| Partnership with The Open University opens up local learning routes |
The college has launched a partnership with the Open University in Scotland to The partnership links the college’s suite of higher education qualifications to The Open University’s extensive range of courses and qualifications to create progression routes between the two learning providers. This means local people will be able to benefit from multi-optional learning programmes that offer a range of ways to develop skills at the different stages in their lives. ... |
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| City of Glasgow College’s Merger and Partnership Research Centre |
Cabinet Secretary endorses launchToday sees the official launch of City of Glasgow College’s new Merger and Partnership Research Centre. Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, has lent his support for the college’s latest innovation, acknowledging the pathfinder status of the new merger. The centre has been created following the resounding success of Scotland’s first ever three-way college merger that formed City of Glasgow College on September 1, 2010. Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning... |
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| Scots first as college joins parents' council |
City of Glasgow College has became the first further education institution to join the Scottish Parent Teacher Council. Scotland’s largest college signed an agreement with the national body for parents’ groups in schools to build awareness of the opportunities available at the college and ensure parents and guardians understand the support available for their children. The announcement is now set to pave the way for other colleges to join the SPTC. Patricia Beattie, a curriculum support manager at the college, negotiated the historic first and said it would give... |
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| College awards fellowships |
City of Glasgow College has appointed three Honorary Fellowships for outstanding contribution and inspirational strategic leadership. Eric Tottman-Trayner, Captain Nigel John Palmer OBE and Peter Finch were recognised for helping establish Scotland’s largest college. The three men were previously chairmen of the Boards of Management for Central, Nautical and Metropolitan colleges respectively before joining to form a shadow board for the new merged college. Mr Tottman-Trayner was the first ever chairman of the City of Glasgow College board and held the... |
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| Major milestone for City of Glasgow College new campus project |
A major milestone has been reached in the procurement process for the design and construction of a new multi-million pound campus for City of Glasgow College. More than 100 representatives from over 30 internationally renowned businesses attended a ‘Bidders Day’ event at the college. The event is designed to provide firms with essential information required before they consider submitting bids and proposals to take forward the £200 million project. Principal of City of Glasgow College and Project Owner, Paul Little, said: “I’m... |
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| Student guidelines for severe weather or during other unusual circumstances |
The safety of our students and staff is of paramount importance to us.The College will endeavour to stay open if at all possible and will only close if weather conditions are severe enough that the campuses cannot be made safe and/or if public transport routes to/from the College are, or are likely to be, very seriously disrupted. This will usually be due to exceptionally heavy snow. Getting InformationMembers of the Executive Leadership Team will monitor weather conditions closely and will decide whether to remain open or not when conditions... |
| Raffle, Pool Competition and X-Box Tournament |
Vouchers and Prizes GaloreOur NC Computing Technical Support students from North Hanover Street Campus will be staging events, at the end of January and beginning of February in the Millenium Cafe (North Hanover Street) to raise funds for the Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) Charity. Mountain Warehouse have kindly donated £100 worth of vouchers (4 x £25) for all your camping and festival needs! ... |
| Language Courses Starting in December Book online |
Fresh Start language courses avaialable to start in December choose from French Italian and Spanish Begining the 6th and 7th of December. Develop confidence in every day situations in your language choice, you can even achieve an SQA unit at Level 3. Courses run untill March 2012 with the option of continuing into block 3 taking you to June. or ... |