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The Free Church Training College was an educational institution in Glasgow, Scotland. It was established by the Free Church of Scotland in 1845 as a college for teacher training . In 1836, David Stow had established a normal school in Glasgow but, following the Disruption of 1843 , a legal ruling of 1845 compelled adherents of the Free Church ...
John Wheatley College was founded in 1989 and had its main campuses in Shettleston, Easterhouse and Haghill in Glasgow.. The college originally opened in 1989 within the former main building of Eastbank Academy (which had moved to a brand new building in 1986) supporting learning throughout the communities of east Glasgow, working in partnership with Glasgow City Council's community planning ...
Its roots lie in several organisations. Officially founded in 1847 by Moses Provan [6] as part of the Glasgow Athenaeum, from an earlier Educational Association grouping, music and arts were provided alongside courses in commercial skills, literature, languages, sciences and mathematics. Courses were open and affordable, including day classes ...
The college was named after David Stow, whose primary teaching seminary was founded close to the college at Dundasvale.The first purpose-built Further Education college in Glasgow, it celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2009.
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC; Scottish Gaelic: Colaiste Dhùthchail na h-Alba) is a public land based research institution focused on agriculture and life sciences.Its history stretches back to 1899 with the establishment of the West of Scotland Agricultural College and its current organisation came into being through a merger of smaller institutions.
The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals; Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Ghlaschu [7]) is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland.Founded by papal bull in 1451 [O.S. 1450], [8] it is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities.
Glasgow Metropolitan College was a further education college located in Glasgow, Scotland.The College was created on 7 February 2005 by the merger of the Glasgow College of Building & Printing and Glasgow College of Food Technology and itself merged with Central College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies in 2010.
The college operated in two main campuses and in over 80 community based venues spanning much of the South side of Glasgow, including at Rutherglen, [1] [2] Govanhill, Castlemilk and Toryglen. [3] Phase 1 of a newly built main campus was opened in May 2009 while Phase 2, incorporating new sport, music and drama facilities, opened in August 2010.