Anniesland College was a small, local
further education
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college in
Glasgow
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, Scotland, established in 1964.
The college had seven schools, offering a range of courses and levels of study, full-time, part-time or flexibly. This new building is at Hatfield Drive, with a three-storey classroom block, two-storey workshops, a multimedia library and nursery. Anniesland College offered many outreach courses in community centres and schools, and had links with other colleges, universities and local industry including shipbuilding.
Notable students
Kenny Dalglish
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, the Scottish international
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was briefly a student, as an
apprentice
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joiner, in the late 1960s.
Alex Kapranos
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(Huntley) was a part-time lecturer in IT for a couple of years until June 2003, when ''
Franz Ferdinand
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Fr ...
'', the Glasgow
indie rock
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band, of which he was lead singer/guitarist, signed a recording contract with
Domino Recording Company.
Mergers
On 17 November 2011,
Cardonald College announced it had entered merger talks with Anniesland College and on 28 March 2012 it was announced by Cardonald College principal, Susan Walsh, that a merger with Cardonald College, Anniesland College and
Langside College was "highly likely."
On 30 July 2012, the colleges agreed to push ahead with merger plans and named
The Guardian
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reporter and Cardonald College journalism lecturer, Kirsty Scott, the Merger Communications Manager.
On 28 August 2012, a formal consultation was launched and ran until 16 November 2012.
On 14 December 2012, Cardonald College principal Susan Walsh was appointed principal of the new college.
On 1 August 2013, Anniesland College, along with Cardonald College and Langside College, were absorbed to form
Glasgow Clyde College
Glasgow Clyde College is a further and higher education college, located in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It was created following the mergers of Anniesland College, Cardonald College and Langside College in August 2013.
Merger timeline
On 17 N ...
. As a result of the merger, Anniesland College became Glasgow Clyde College Anniesland Campus.
See also
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Glasgow Clyde College
Glasgow Clyde College is a further and higher education college, located in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It was created following the mergers of Anniesland College, Cardonald College and Langside College in August 2013.
Merger timeline
On 17 N ...
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List of further and higher education colleges in Scotland
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 qualif ...
References
External links
(Will redirect to Glasgow Clyde College website).
Further education colleges in Glasgow
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