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Glasgow Caledonian University

Motto For the common weal
Tagline Where Careers Come First
Established 1993
Type public university
Staff 1,500
Students 17,045 [1]
Undergraduates 13,670 [1]
Postgraduates 3,375 [1]
Location Glasgow, Scotland
Affiliations EUA
WHO
Website http://www.gcal.ac.uk/

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Glasgow Caledonian began in 1875 as a small college with 110 students. Since then it has grown and diversified into one of the largest universities in Scotland with over 16,000 students as of 2007. Glasgow Caledonian University was constituted by an Act of Parliament on 1 April 1993 as a result of a merger between Glasgow Polytechnic and The Queen's College, Glasgow. College (Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... Educational oversight Minister for Education and Young People Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Scottish Executive Peter Peacock   Nicol Stephen National education budget £4. ... An Act of Parliament or Act is law enacted by the parliament (see legislation). ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...


The current Principal and Vice Chancellor is Professor Pamela Gillies, who has been in post since March 2006. Professor Pamela Gillies BSc PGCE Med MMedSci PhD FRSA FFPH AcSS Hon FRCPS (born 1953) was appointed as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in March 2006. ...


Magnus Magnusson was University Chancellor up until his death in January 2007. Baron Macdonald of Tradeston was installed as his successor in October 2007. Magnús Magnússon KBE (IPA: , (12 October 1929 – 7 January 2007) was a Scottish television presenter, journalist, translator and writer, of Icelandic origin. ... Angus John Gus Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston, CBE , PC (born 20 August 1940 in Larkhall, Scotland), is a British Labour politician. ...

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History

The Queen's College, Glasgow

The origins of The Queen's College, Glasgow date back as far as 1875 when the Glasgow School of Cookery was established. In 1908, the Glasgow School of Cookery merged with the West End School of Cookery, which had been established in 1878, to form the Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science.


Glasgow Polytechnic

Glasgow Polytechnic was originally two separate colleges: the College of Science and Technology and the College of Commerce. These colleges merged, and in 1971 the newly formed College of Technology opened to students as a Central Institution, offering Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA) degree courses. Scottish Central Institutions Central Institutions were a range of higher education institutes in 20th Century Scotland responsible for providing degree-level education but emphasising teaching rather than research. ... The Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA) was a degree awarding authority, from the 1965, in the United Kingdom until 1992. ... A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ...


The formal opening of the College took place in 1972. The College was under the governance of Glasgow Corporation until 1975 when the newly created Starthclyde Regional Council became the funding body and a new constitution was put in place. In 1985, ownership passed from the Regional Council to an independent board of governors who received their funds directly from the Scottish Education Department. In subsequent years, the instituition changed its name three times for promotional purposes: Glasgow College (1987); 'Glasgow College - A Scottish Polytechnic; and Glasgow Polytechnic (1991). The City of Glasgow Council (Mòr-bhaile Ghlaschu in Gaelic) is one of the 32 Scottish unitary authorities, formerly Glasgow District Council and Glasgow Corporation in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic) was one of the regional council areas of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Research funding. ... A board of governors is usually the governing board of a public entity. ... The Scottish Education Department (SED) was the body responsible for schooling in Scotland, founded in 1872, when education was made compulsory. ...


Glasgow Caledonian University

In 1992, The Secretary of State for Scotland approved the merger of Glasgow Polytechnic and The Queen's College, Glasgow to form Glasgow Caledonian University, which opened on 1 April 1993. The Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office (formerly The Scottish Office). ... The phrase mergers and acquisitions or M&A refers to the aspect of corporate finance strategy and management dealing with the merging and acquiring of different companies as well as assets. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...


The aim of the new university was to offer non-elitist, high quality education and training to a wide and diverse range of students. It sought to collaborate with commercial and industrial organisations and other providers of education. The university initially offered more than 140 undergraduate and postgraduate courses within 3 faculties and 22 departments. Elitism is a belief or attitude that an elite — a selected group of persons whose personal abilities, specialized training or other attributes place them at the top of any field (see below) — are the people whose views on a matter are to be taken most seriously, or who are alone... Training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relates to specific useful skills. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Quaternary education or postgraduate education is the fourth-stage educational level which follows the completion of an undergraduate degree at a college or university. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ...

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GCU logo prior to re-branding

The original 3 faculty structure was made up of:

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  • The School of Built and Natural Environment
  • Caledonian Business School, the largest business school in Scotland
  • The School of Engineering and Computing. As of summer 2007 the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and the School of Engineering, Science and Design merged into one school. The school has an affiliated college in Oman; the Caledonian College of Engineering [1]. The School is made up of four divisions.[2]
  • The School of Health and Social Care consists of five divisions; Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Radiography and Social Work
  • The School of Life Sciences has three departments; Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Psychology and Vision Sciences. The Department of Vision Sciences is the home of the only Optometry and Dispensing Optics programme in Scotland [2]
  • The School of Law and Social Sciences offers a variety programmes including the LLB, and is home to a number of research centres such as the Scottish Poverty Information Unit, Caledonian Heritage Futures Network and the Centre for Equality and Diversity.
  • The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health is one of the largest nursing education providers in Scotland, and is currently the designated Secretariat of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Development.

Glasgow Caledonian University offers programmes in all of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) funding groups except medicine, dentistry and teacher education. In May 2002, it launched the first Scottish Centre for Work Based Learning. A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. ... Occupational therapy refers to the use of meaningful occupation to assist people who have difficulty in achieving healthy and balanced life; and to enable an inclusive society so that all people can participate to their potential in daily occupations of life. ... Physical therapy can help restore lost functionality in many people. ... Podiatry, more appropriately podiatric medicine is a field of healthcare devoted to the study and treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle, and sometimes knee, leg and hip (collectively known as the lower extremity). ... A radiograph of a right elbow-joint Radiography is the use of certain types of electromagnetic radiation—usually ionizing—to view objects. ... Social Workers are concerned with social problems, their causes, their solutions and their human impacts. ... Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology (from Greek: βίος, bio, life; and λόγος, logos, knowledge), also referred to as the biological sciences, is the study of living organisms utilizing the scientific method. ... Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. ... Psychological science redirects here. ... Optometry (Greek: optos meaning seen or visible and metria meaning measurement) is a health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, vision, visual system and vision information processing in humans. ... The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in the majority of common law countries other than the United States, where it has been replaced by the Juris Doctor degree. ... This article is about the concept. ... A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows what he found. ... Egalitarianism (derived from the French word égal, meaning equal or level) is a political doctrine that holds that all people should be treated as equals from birth. ... The term multiculturalism generally refers to a state of both cultural and ethnic diversity within the demographics of a particular social space. ... Secretariat may refer to: A racehorse who won the Triple Crown in 1973, see Secretariat (horse) In a Communist Party, a Secretariat is a key body that controls the central administration of the party, and if it is a ruling party, the country. ... WHO redirects here. ... Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining optimal health and functioning. ... // Midwifery is the term traditionally used to describe the art of assisting a woman through childbirth. ... For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... This article is about the dental profession. ... For university teachers, see professor. ...


Currently the university has approximately 15,000 students, 1,500 staff, 25% of students studying part-time, 66% of students over the age of 21, and more than 700 international students from over 70 countries. (Source:Glasgow Caledonian University)


Campus

Glasgow Caledonian is located on a single campus site in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow. The university used to have three campuses: Park Campus located in Glasgow's West End, Southbrae Campus leased from and adjacent to Jordanhill College of Education, and the current City Campus. However, Park Campus was sold to the University of Glasgow in January 2001 and Southbrae was given back to Jordanhill after the lease had expired. The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... Cowcaddens is an area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. ... The West End of Glasgow is an area in Glasgow. ... Jordanhill College was the location of the Scottish School of Physical Education, the centre for the training of male specialist physical education teachers in Scotland from 1931 to 1987. ... Master of Theology (MTh) Dentistry Nursing Affiliations Russell Group Universitas 21 Website http://www. ...


Saltire Centre

The Saltire Centre is a £23m learning centre, situated in the heart of the university's campus. The futuristic award-winning[3] building was opened in January 2006 aiming to integrate all learning and students services. It contains 1800 study places, 600 computers across four floors. The centre houses the university's library collection, a learning café, and the students' support services[4]. The arms of St Albans: Azure, a saltire Or (a gold saltire on a blue field) For The Saltire (proper noun) see Flag of Scotland. ...


Notable staff and alumni

Staff

  • Gordon Brown - Current UK PM 2007 - , lecturer in politics at the Glasgow College of Technology, (1976-1980)
  • John McKendrick lecturer in Geography and SPL Referee
  • James Smith Senior Lecturer in Politics

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Alumni

Jim Delahunt Jim Delahunt is a sports television presenter currently with Setanta Sports. ... Cathy Jamieson, (Born 3 November 1956) is the Minister for Justice in the Scottish Executive, Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley. ... Andy Kerr (born 17 March 1962, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire) is a Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride constituency, a seat which he has held since 1999. ... Lewis in a scene from Samuel Becketts What Where Gary Lewis, born 1958 in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, is a Scottish actor. ... Brian McCotter (born 1984 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish professional basketball player and currently plays for the Newcastle Eagles in the British Basketball League. ... Rhona Martin is a Scottish curler who has skipped the Scotland womens team at both the European and World Championships, but is most famous as the skip of the unified Great Britain team that claimed the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002. ... Patrick Kevin Francis Michael Pat Nevin (born 6 September 1963 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former footballer. ...

References

  1. ^ a b c Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06. Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
  2. ^ url=http://www.gcal.ac.uk/the-university/schools/index.html
  3. ^ The Lighting Design Awards 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-01.
  4. ^ The Guardian: It's a university, but not as we know it. Retrieved on 2007-05-01.

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