City of Glasgow College

City of Glasgow College
Former names
 Central College, Glasgow
Glasgow Metropolitan College
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies
Established 1 September 2010
Type Further Education
Chairman Henry McLeish
Principal Paul Little
Administrative staff
 1,500
Students 12,000[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

Allan Glen Building, City of Glasgow College.
Riverside Building (old Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, viewed from the north bank of the Clyde)

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

When originally created 50,000 students, it was the largest further education college in Scotland, and one of the largest in the UK. 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. (Decision deferred)

New campus

Two new campuses are being built for the college at a cost of £300 million. Building work has started on a Marine Skills Centre on the banks of the River Clyde near Thistle Street. The main building work began in late 2010 and work is expected to be completed in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. 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:[2]

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.[3]

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[4] along with controversy of withholding election results.[5]

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.[6][7]

Student association presidents

The full list of past presidents are as follows:

Presidents
Years of office Name
2014-15 Sanjay Lago
2013-14 Gavin Quinn
2012-13 Mark Farmer[8]
2011-12 Emma Iwanow

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