ISSUE 35 - 26 NOVEMBER 2007

NOT THE LANGSIDE BLOG

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Knowledge Transfer
Willie Paterson and Elaine Proudfoot attended a recent Scottish Funding Council conference on Knowledge Transfer. This was the second KT Conference and was aimed at exploring further with College managers how the KT dimension could be developed in Scotland’s Colleges.
The term Knowledge Transfer has caused confusion since its initial introduction to College activity. There now appears to be a widespread acceptance that the term refers to the transformational impact that a College has on businesses following its input. In simpler terms this could be illustrated by the change a College could make to a business by providing a staff training course: increase business productivity, increase its product range, enhance staff effectiveness, efficiency and job security and also allow College staff to interact directly with the business community. There are many instances in Langside where we can clearly make a difference to business and ultimately to Scotland’s economy by the provision of staff training. Not only does this KT activity enhance the economy, it also makes an essential contribution to College revenue generation, without which the College would be unable to sustain current levels of activity including its investment in its communities. (Elaine Proudfoot)

Christmas Show
HND Acting and Performance students will be performing Dorothy’s Wonderful Visit to Oz in the Conference Theatre . NQ Acting and Performance students will be both the chorus and the stage crew of the show directed by David Lee Michael with Alan Craig as Musical Director and David Winter the Technical Director. Performances are on Fri 7 Dec 7.30pm; Sat 8 Dec 2.00 pm and 7.30pm;
Thurs 13 Dec 7.30pm & Fri 14 Dec 7.30pm.
Tickets can be booked through Linda Law Room 105 Extension 3771 or llaw@langside.ac.uk at Adult £8; Conc £5; Family £24; Family (Matinee) £22 . Every year the Christmas Show is a magical extravaganza where you can see the stars of tomorrow today!


ESOL Recipe Book
ESOL Students would like to thank staff and students who bought their ‘ESOL Recipe Book’ raising over £170 for Children in Need. The booklet resulted from project work in ESOL Pre-Intermediate Reading and Writing workshops. It contained 21 international recipes and to encourage buyers, students brought in samples of food to try. For those who tried these and were wondering about the strange combination of flavours, the plates contained both main courses and puddings. Robin Ashton

60th Anniversary Quiz
The 60th Anniversary Quiz entry forms will be available at Reception from Wednesday 28th November. The final date for return of completed entry forms to Reception is Monday 14th December. LATE ENTRIES CANNOT BE ACCEPTED. The quiz is open to all staff who may wish to participate as a single entry or enter as a team of three (maximum). The single entry fee is £2.00 with a fee of £5.00 for team efforts. ALL the money raised will go to the ‘charity of choice’ of the winning entry. The quiz is a series of cryptic clues. The answers will be the names of Scottish towns. It should be fun but testing! Prizes of champagne, exclusive Langside College whisky and vodka and a specially designed Christmas flower decoration have also been provided. The winners will be announced and prizes will be presented at the ‘Farewell to the 60thAnniversay Year’ Reception on 20th December. Please enter and enjoy while knowing that you are supporting a worthwhile charity.

College AIDS Awareness Event:
As you may be aware the 1st of December is World AIDS Day which falls on a Saturday this year. In the past the College has held similar events to raise awareness of AIDS to staff and students here at Langside College. The event will this year be held in the concourse on Thursday the 29th of November with a variety of Information Stands and Health Professionals on hand to discuss matters surrounding AIDS as well as other related areas.
The Health Promotion Working Group have been working together on a variety of Health-Related Issues as well as AIDS and the group hope you can get down to the event at some point throughout the day. This event also ties in with work the College undertakes towards our Gold Award from SHAW and the newer Health Working Lives initiative. The Health professionals will be in attendance from approx. 12-2.30pm although information and staff from the Health Promotion Group will be available throughout the day. Please feel free to wear the Red Ribbon on the day. Thanks for your support! (Health Promotion Group)
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