Facilities

Charles Oakley Campus

Reflections

Our hair and beauty salon, is on the first floor of the Charles Oakley Campus. Throughout the academic term (Aug – Jun), a selection of treatments are on offer, such as:

• Hair styling
• Cutting and colouring
• Waxing
• Facials
• Nail treatments
• Eye treatments
• Body treatments
• Epilation and body electrical.

These treatments are carried out by our learners who are taught to the highest standards by our lecturing staff, who have vast experience from owning and working in hair and beauty salons.

To book, visit our first floor reception or email reflections@central-glasgow.ac.uk

Riverside Campus

Riverside Campus offers a wide range of highly professional sport and beauty therapy treatments. As a student, you enjoy reduced rates for day and evening sessions.

To find out more, visit the clinic reception area in the basement or call 0141 565 2830.

Students can use the sports facilities in all campuses free of charge.

The Fit Club

Located on the seventh floor of the Charles Oakley Campus, offers a range of state-of-the-art fitness equipment including computerised aerobic machines and resistance stations. Staff are on hand to provide help and give tailored exercise advice.

The Fit Club offers a range of classes (a minimal fee may be required for individual classes) and houses a sauna and punch bag as well as facilities for badminton, basketball, table tennis and volleyball. Learners and staff can also take advantage of the fantastic offer of free personal training provided as part of the sports learners’ course.

CityFit

At the Cathedral Street campus contains a wide range of cardiovascular and resistance machines. Advice is available on all aspects of personal fitness, programme development, specific sports training and healthy lifestyle options.

The Fitness Suite opened on Tuesday 27th September to all members of staff and students. All members will have to complete a medical questionnaire & undertake a formal induction on all the equipment. Induction & membership can be arranged at the ‘Fitness Suite’ during opening hours.

Members are required to wear appropriate sportswear during all activity in ‘CityFit’ including induction.

Membership cards & student cards must be shown before admittance.

Activities can also be organised on request, and currently include 11 a-side football leagues, yoga, self-defence and martial arts training. Further information is available at the gym.

Swimming Pool

Riverside Campus has a 20 metre swimming pool, a fully equipped gymnasium and a comprehensive fitness suite – these are used extensively by those on sports-related courses.

Facilities are available to students for general use at specific times throughout the day – check with reception for details.

Library and Study Facilities

There are library and study facilities available in four City of Glasgow College campuses:

City Campus Allan Glen’s Building

City Campus North Hanover Street

City Campus Townhead Buidling

Riverside Campus

Please note that all PC's close down 15 minutes before closing time.

Library Catalogue

The library catalogue allows you to search our book, journals, DVD, multimedia and e-book collections. You can also renew and reserve books online via the catalogue and access reading lists to support your course.

For more information on accessing each site library catalogue and for a list of campus-specific eResources please consult the Site Details section below. Please note Library members who use Athens to access library eResources can still do so via the Athens website. If you don’t have an Athens account (or have forgotten your password), please contact library staff at any of our libraries and we’ll be delighted to help you. The digital library is available 24/7 and can be accessed both on campus and from home.

All our libraries offer a mix of exciting environments in which to learn, including group, individual and quiet study areas. You can access books, periodicals, DVDs, videos and online resources which complement the courses offered by the college. Membership is automatic to all full-time and part-time students at all campuses. We have excellent IT facilities running advanced software but you can also bring your own computer and study using our wireless network.

We provide access to printing and photocopying facilities and you can purchase stationery at competitive prices.

You will receive a full induction to library services, but we also offer a wide range of workshops to help you make the most of our resources and your time in college.
Our friendly and knowledgeable staff are always happy to help. For more information on services, opening hours and links to electronic resources, please get in touch with your campus library.

Email: library@cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk

Access the Library website

Access the Library Catalogue

During your time at college you will have access to state-of-the-art computing facilities. All the resources available to you provide high speed access to the internet with a variety of hardware platforms including Apple Mac, Windows PCs and powerful wireless laptops.
 
Once you’ve enrolled, you’ll get a unique network login account – this gives you access to a number of facilities, including:

• Private network folder for storing course work.
• Shared course network area.
• Printing facilities.
• Fast and reliable internet access.
• Email accounts.
• Online course materials from the virtual learning environment.
• Network software.
• Access to specialised audio and video equipment.

Whatever your computing needs, you will find specialist computers equipped with the latest word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database, and browsing packages. Pre-paid printing facilities are also available in the open-access areas like our modern libraries, the Learning Curve and Cafe Central. A wireless network is available in various locations throughout the College – while many of our Learning Resource Facilities (including the Thistle Resource Centre) have wireless laptops you can book.
 
Those of you staying in the Hall of Residence can use your own laptop to connect to our wireless network for internet access.
 
For the security of all students, the use of technical equipment within the College is subject to rules published in our acceptable use policy. The conditions of use are available in the student handbook, the college intranet and are available and displayed when students login to the network.