ISSUE 1 - DECEMBER 2006

Awards Fever
Catherine Taylor and Robert Paterson along with representatives of Reflex Blue (Glasgow Design Company) attended the FE First Marketing awards at the Warwick Hilton on Monday 27 November. FE First is a national marketing network for Further Education. Langside were shortlisted for the part time prospectus award; our entry was the Evening and Lifestyle guide 2006/07. The College were delighted to receive a ‘ highly commended’ award in this very competitive category.

SFEU Annual Conference and Awards evening
This important Conference was attended by Chris Thomson and Brian Keegan (Chairman of the Board Development Committee). On Wednesday 29 November staff from the College attended the Award Dinner where the College were presented with Highly Commended Awards in two categories – Student Learning (Castlemilk Vocational Access Programme) and Professional Learning and Enhancement, for our College CPD programme.

Its ‘Show Time’
This years College pantomime is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Look out for the posters in College for details of performance dates and times. Bring your kids to enjoy one of the highlights of the College year.

What will Fiona be wearing this year!?
The annual Christmas Fayre (organised by Food Studies lecturers and the SVQ Level 1 Catering and Hospitality students ) will take place on Wednesday 13 December at 10.00am in Room L4. The usual wide range of Christmas ‘goodies’ will be available. Tickets priced £1 will be available from Food Studies Section from early December. A raffle will be held and Xmas goodies will be on sale. All proceeds from this event will go to the Coronary Care Unit at the Western Infirmary.

Bat Boy
David Cooke, lecturer in ECS, put in a tremendous performance as Ned in Bat Boy, the Musical staged at Gilmorehill G12 last week. The ending message from the musical is ‘not to keep cows on a mountain’, a message that should resonate with Langside staff.

Children in Need – what an effort!
Following a fun filled week of fundraising activities staff and students of Langside College raised an amazing £1714.00 for Children In Need.

Many thanks to all who walked, waxed, gunged, partied (in pyjamas!) and otherwise contributed to this fantastic total. A massive thank you also to all who donated/sponsored money and to finance for all their help.

Nicola Young from Fernhill, a student in the Section for Continuing and Inclusive Learning (formerly Special Programmes section) raised over £300 during a sponsored silence.

SVQ Catering and Hospitality students raised £160 at Cake and Coffee events in the concourse.

Childcare students raised £245 at a raffle for staff and students.

Many thanks to all staff who assisted with these events.

New Estate Update
Stage 1 of the enabling works for the new estate is now complete. This is a low cost refurbishment to enable the Valeview buildings to be cleared off site to allow Phase 1 of the major new build to take place. Well done to John Pugh and David Cooper for the completion of the College work included in the refurbishment. Thanks are also due to John McAdams and the Facilities Team for all their hard work over the past few weeks, with special thanks to Tom Hosie (electrician) and Steven McGuire (apprentice) for the electrical and data installation and Bernie McGowan (joiner). Did you know that Steven is serving a Modern Apprenticeship in Electrical Installation? He attends Cardonald College on a part time basis and was recently awarded the George Watson prize for being the outstanding apprentice of his year. A real bright spark!



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