ISSUE 30 - 8 OCTOBER 2007

NOT THE LANGSIDE BLOG

( or it is at langsidecollege.blogspot.com )


They train…… we gain!
All our Faculties have been working closely with the Business Development Unit to successfully provide training to a wide range of organisations. Catherine Taylor and Fiona Weir, Senior Lecturer Food Studies, have been travelling far and wide to deliver the REHIS Food Hygiene Programme to various groups including Childcare and After School Care providers in the South Lanarkshire Council area.
Teamwork between the BDU and Faculties/Development Units is evident throughout the College and without it we would not have been able to deliver the following successful programmes:

• British Sign Language course to Strathclyde Police and South Lanarkshire Council
• First Aid Courses in response to demand from clients
• SAGE Accounts for CEDA (Castlemilk Economic Development Agency)
• Assertiveness Training for Gartnavel Hospital and the Passport Office
• Diploma in Training and Development for the Department for International Development
• SVQs in Horticulture for North Lanarkshire Council

These programmes provide vital income for the college. Well done to all involved!

High flying!
In edition 26 of the Blog we highlighted the advent of wireless technology in the College and the difference this had made to the service we can supply to students and staff. Langside staff are to be commended for the way in which they have embraced the use of the new technology after its introduction led by Fraser Organ and Phil McGurk. We have come a long way from the time the technology was introduced including the many hair raising installations which found Phil, ably assisted by Tom Hosie, the College electrician, harnessing themselves to safety wires at the top of the residences and local high flats to relay the signal to all College areas!
The foresight shown by Phil, in not only recommending the technology to the College, but in then playing a significant leading role in its implementation is one for which we should be grateful. Well done Phil.

Estates Update
In last week’s edition of The Blog it was indicated that a number of pictorial views of the new College buildings had been commissioned. Robert Paterson will be holding a series of events to showcase the graphics and answer questions on the new estate week commencing 5th November. Full details will be announced in the Blog – edition 31 published on Monday 29th October.

World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
SVQ Hospitality students would like to thank everyone who joined in the fun by taking part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday 28th September raising a fantastic £160 for Macmillan Cancer Support. The money raised will go towards providing practical, medical, emotional and financial support to people living with cancer. The College would like to acknowledge the superb work and tremendous effort put in by Fiona Weir and her team consisting of Katie Brown, Margaret Coom and Donna McLintock.

Welcome Aboard!
The Langside led Pollokshaws Adult Literacies Team is back up to its full strength of two members of staff, with the appointment of Seema Sood as Project assistant. Seema's position is a mixture of administration responsibilities for the project and assisting Clare Malloy, project leader, in supporting learners' literacies needs. Seema has generously given of her time as a volunteer with the project for quite a while, as well as working as a literacies tutor in a similar project the college leads on in Castlemilk. This, along with her previous experience in community education, will be a great asset to the project.

There will be no issues of The Blog on 15th & 22nd October but we will be back on Monday 29th.

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