City of Glasgow College

City of Glasgow College
Former names
 Central College, Glasgow
Glasgow Metropolitan College
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies
Type Further Education
Established November 15, 2010
Chairman Alisdair Barron
Principal Paul Little
Students 32,500[1]
Location Glasgow, Scotland
Nickname COGC
Website www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk

Coordinates: 55°51′47″N 4°14′38″W / 55.863°N 4.244°W / 55.863; -4.244


City of Glasgow College (Scottish Gaelic: Colaiste Baile Ghlaschu) is a further education college in Glasgow, Scotland. The new college was created from the merger of three Glasgow colleges, Central College, Glasgow Metropolitan College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies. The colleges agreed to merge in March 2009 and signed up to a merger Road Map in September 2009. The new college officially launched on 15 November 2010.

Present

The opening day of the college had been planned for 1 August 2010 but this was postponed. Ministers from the Scottish Government deferred the decision on whether to approve the merger until 1 September 2010 in order to examine the proposals more carefully, and the merger was eventually approved.[2]The College also maintains an international exchange programme with Jacksonville University.

New campus

Two new campuses are being built for the college at a cost of £228 million. Building work has been completed on a new Marine Skills Centre on the banks of the River Clyde near Thistle Street. The main building work was completed on the Riverside campus in August 2015, with an official opening by the First Minister later that year. A state of the art campus on Cathedral Street will be completed in August 2016. The new college has the support of Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Funding Council.

Marine skills centre

The centre facilitates a variety of maritime training such as Deck Officer Trainee and Marine Operations[3]

Student association

The City of Glasgow College Students Association is commonly known as CitySA has one Sabbatical president with part-time Vice Presidents of Activities and Learning & Teaching. They are currently affiliated with the National Union of Students Scotland where they have had a considerable impact in campaigns such as "Our Future, Our Fight", they have also been national recognized by winning the "College Student Association of the Year Award" in 2012 from NUS Scotland.[4]

Although the student association had several reforms in its first year including winning an award from NUS Scotland, re-branding, starting the development of a website it has been covered in controversy with its new constitution being forced through by College management[5] along with controversy of withholding election results.[6]

Issues with equality and liberation have also arisen in CitySA's second year with the President ignoring calls from students lobbying for better liberation representation.[7][8]

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