NOT THE LANGSIDE BLOG
(or it is at langsidecollege.blogspot.com )
Six months and going strong!
The Blog is six months old in June, having published 23 issues. The original purpose behind the Blog was to disseminate to all staff items of information and general College interest. I hope that staff feels it has been worthwhile. Each edition requires input and support from staff and I would wish to record my appreciation to all staff who have contributed. I hope that the Blog can go from strength to strength and even more staff will make use of this important communication channel in session 2007/2008. (R Paterson)
Access to Success
As the year draws to a close it is clear that this year has been another incredibly successful year for the Access to Humanities Course. This year a remarkable 22 students have won university places: some of them in the most competitive degrees in Scotland. 10 Access students will be taking up places on the B.Ed. Primary Teaching Degree (a Langside record); 5 will be doing Social Work and 2 Social Science degrees. These are the 3 conventional routes of the Access course. However, this has also been an astonishing year of firsts for the Access programme with one student securing a place in the Journalism and Creative Writing degree at Strathclyde; 3 progressing to Theology at Glasgow University( ! ); 3 taking on Maths degrees (!!); and 1 more, Pamela Beshaj, landing a place on Strathclyde University’s Law degree (!!!). Given that all Access students must have few or no qualifications and many are returning from a 20 year gap in formal education, this is really all the more commendable. Well done to all students and the course team. (J Rafferty)
College Estate
An updated position on the College estate will be sent to all staff next week highlighting the crucial aspects of the new build which will need to be addressed in the next few months.
New Roadway
The new roadway into the College is almost complete. This week will see the road lined, traffic signs erected and the street lighting connected and tested. All staff and students are to be congratulated on their patience and understanding during the construction of the road. Some staff have been asking about the two roads leading towards the present Valeview buildings. The first road on the right (as you enter the College) is the road into the new car park which will sit it front of the new 3/4 storey main teaching building. The second road on the right is the road into the new service courtyard for deliveries to the stores/refectory etc. It is not, as some wag suggested, the road to nowhere.
Bon Voyage!
Clare Grant, who currently works in Student Services as a Student Advisor, leaves for pastures new on 10 August. Clare has successfully gained a place on the Post Graduate Diploma Secondary Teacher (PgDip Ed) course at the University of Glasgow. Clare was a Learning Information Specialist at Scottish University for Industry (SUfI) before joining the team in Student Services as an Advisor in January 2005. Clare also previously worked for the Marketing Department and the Schools & College Liaison Service at the University of Strathclyde prior to this.
Declan and Allison have tried, on numerous occasions, to talk her out of leaving but Clare is not having any of it!
I am sure you will join Declan, Allison and team in wishing Clare all the very best in her new undertaking and we are sure she will excel in her new career! Who knows, perhaps one day she will rejoin Langside College in a different capacity. (D Fallon)
Have a Great Summer!
This will be the last edition of the Blog prior to the summer holidays and it is an ideal opportunity to express the wish that all staff have a restful and peaceful break before returning the educational maelstrom in August. The Blog will be back with edition number 24 on Monday 20th August 2007.
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