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The City of Glasgow College (Scottish Gaelic: Colaiste Baile Glaschu) is a further and higher education college in the city of Glasgow. It was founded in 2010 when the Central College, Glasgow Metropolitan College, and the Glasgow College of Nautical Studies merged. [1] It is the largest college and technical institution in Scotland. [2]
City of Glasgow College: Glasgow: 2010: Merger of Central College (previously Central College of Commerce, Glasgow College of Nautical Studies and Glasgow Metropolitan College — itself a merger of Glasgow College of Building and Printing and Glasgow College of Food Technology) Dumfries and Galloway College: Dumfries and Stranraer: 1973
In May 2009, the college secured £5.6 million to replace the shed and construct a new marine college campus. [2] Much of the funding came from the Scottish Funding Council. [2] In September 2009, the college was partially evacuated due to a chemical incident. [5] In 2010, the college became part of the City of Glasgow College. [3]
The College had five campuses within the city the largest being in the city centre at North Hanover Street. The Glasgow College of Building had a presence on this site since 1927 although its iconic high rise tower building (later known as the Met Tower ) was constructed in 1961-64.
City of Glasgow College [210] Glasgow Clyde College [232] Glasgow Kelvin College [233] West College Scotland [234] In 2011 Glasgow had 53,470 full-time students aged 18–74 resident in the city during term time, more than any other city in Scotland and the fifth-highest number in the United Kingdom outside London. [235]
The Glasgow Colleges' Regional Board (GCRB) is a regional strategic body for colleges in Glasgow, Scotland, established in May 2014 under the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act. [1] The colleges assigned to it are City of Glasgow College, Glasgow Clyde College, and Glasgow Kelvin College. [2]
Central College merged with two other city centre colleges – Metropolitan, and Nautical – to form a "super college" that is the biggest in Scotland and one of the largest in the UK. The Central College Board and staff had originally opposed the plan, but after much negotiation among the three Colleges, the merger was agreed. [5]
Glasgow Caledonian University, informally GCU, Caledonian or Caley, is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland.It was formed in 1993 by the merger of The Queen's College, Glasgow (founded in 1875) and Glasgow Polytechnic (originally Glasgow College of Technology (GCT), founded in 1971).