ISSUE16 - 30 APRIL 2007

NOT THE LANGSIDE BLOG

( or it is at langsidecollege.blogspot.com )



SHAW Gold Award
On Friday 23rd March 2007, Jan Watson and Ian Peden attended the 'Scotland's Health at Work' Awards Ceremony in the Destiny Centre Shawlands. 25 Bronze,22 Silver and 13 Gold Awards were presented including the Gold awarded to Langside College. It has been three years since the Silver Award, and the working group of Ian Peden, Jan Watson, Bryan Riddell, John Pugh and Isobel Campbell have prepared 2 volumes of evidence under the guidance of our SHAW co-ordinator.
Well done to all concerned for their support and especially to Ian who worked so hard to make this award achievable.

New Recruits!
In response to a request from officials at the most recent meeting
of EIS-FELA branch members, Colin McGregor and Alan Lee have agreed to share the staff representation duties (along with Declan Fallon) on the new college estate Project Steering Group. They will attend the monthly meetings of the group which includes the Project Sponsor, Project Manager, Architect (representing the Design Team), Estates Manager, Health and Safety Coordinator and representatives from the Strategic Management Team. It has been agreed that the Project Steering Group minutes will, with immediate effect, be posted on the Intranet after each meeting. It is hoped that all staff will wish to follow not only the progress of the build but will be interested in the what, why, how of the whole process and this increased representation and communication pathway will enable staff to input and/ or question the new estate build as appropriate.

Dragon Boat Race
To raise the wider profile of Langside College in this, our 60th year, a Langside College team will be participating in the annual Bobath Scotland Dragon Boat race to be held in Balloch Country Park on 9th June 2007.
We are looking for members of staff to volunteer as members of the rowing team (no experience or training necessary - it's a fun event!). If you've always fancied being in charge of a Dragon Boat or just want to get your hands on a Langside College t-shirt please sign up by emailing lcsa@langside.ac.uk or by contacting Erin Cameron, Events Officer LCSA on extn 3639. Team members will be asked to assist with fundraising through sponsorship and other activities.

Budding Writers/Poets
A small group consisting of John Mumford, Kim Turkington and Robert Paterson has been set up under the umbrella of the 60th Anniversary Committee to organise the Langside College 60th Anniversary Literary Award. ( the Committee are very grateful to Lecturer Richard McIntyre for the idea) Full details will be available before the end of term but it is envisaged that the competition will be open to all staff and students (past and present) and will invite entries under the following categories; short story (fiction and non fiction) poem and short drama script. At this time the rules are being drawn up and a judging panel sought. It is hoped that we can attract a well known figure in the literary world to chair our panel of judges.
Watch the Blog for further details.

Historical Anecdotes!
The 60th Anniversary Committee would like to appeal to all staff for humorous stories, anecdotes etc from staff about staff and students past and present (anonymous – if necessary) to use in events planned for this year. Please take the time to pass on your stories to Robert Paterson.

It Is A Small World!
Further to the article 'Student Escapes the Winter Blues' 19th Feb 2007, I was sitting on a plane that had come from New Zealand, on my way back from visiting my family in Melbourne at Easter when the Captain announced that we were honoured to have on board the Elite Scottish Women's Bowling Team and that the Captain wished to congratulate them on their recent win in New Zealand. I just thought to myself; you cannot get away from Langside College!
Congratulations to Joyce Miller, a student on the HNC Sports Coaching with Development of Sport course for her team's success.
(Jan Watson)

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