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The City of Glasgow College (Scottish Gaelic: Colaiste Baile Glaschu) is a further and higher education college in the city of Glasgow. It was founded in 2010 when the Central College, Glasgow Metropolitan College, and the Glasgow College of Nautical Studies merged. [1] It is the largest college and technical institution in Scotland. [2]
This is a list of current further education and higher education colleges in Scotland. Most colleges provide both levels of qualification. Further education colleges offer courses for people over the age of sixteen, involving school-level qualifications such as Higher Grade exams, as well as work-based learning.
Central College merged with two other city centre colleges – Metropolitan, and Nautical – to form a "super college" that is the biggest in Scotland and one of the largest in the UK. The Central College Board and staff had originally opposed the plan, but after much negotiation among the three Colleges, the merger was agreed. [5]
C39 City of Glasgow College (CGC) C55 University of Chester (CHSTR) C56 Chesterfield College (CHEST) C57 Chichester College (CHCOL) C58 University of Chichester (CHICH) C60 City University London (CITY) C64 City College Coventry (CCC) C65 City and Islington College (CIC) C69 City of Sunderland College (CSUND) C71 Cleveland College of Art and ...
The city centre is also home to four of Glasgow's higher education institutions: the University of Strathclyde, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow Caledonian University, and to the largest college in Britain – the City of Glasgow College in Cathedral Street.
In May 2009, the college secured £5.6 million to replace the shed and construct a new marine college campus. [2] Much of the funding came from the Scottish Funding Council. [2] In September 2009, the college was partially evacuated due to a chemical incident. [5] In 2010, the college became part of the City of Glasgow College. [3]
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The Glasgow Colleges' Regional Board (GCRB) is a regional strategic body for colleges in Glasgow, Scotland, established in May 2014 under the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act. [1] The colleges assigned to it are City of Glasgow College, Glasgow Clyde College, and Glasgow Kelvin College. [2]