23 Jan 14, 2010 02:33 PM In order to satisfy the curriculum, investment will require to be made in key areas for equipment,
resources, accommodation and time, in order to fuli ll the promise of excellence. The requirements of
the marine courses have changed and extended greatly over the years while teaching time has reduced
and practical time for certain subjects has been abolished. Assimilation time is most important and it
would be a positive move to accomodate this in future.
24 Jan 15, 2010 12:37 PM The Quality section makes specii c reference to quality systems such as EFQM, IIP and Chartermark.
What is the future for the ISO9001:2008 quality management system in place at GCNS ?
25 Jan 15, 2010 01:25 PM Section 6 identii es 14 areas of study. However the main list has omitted Science and Health!
Hairdressing, beauty and complementary therapies: Beauty benei ts identify more modern
techniques, this is obviously addressed via course team evaluations and group award reviews. Indeed
developments are ongoing and are not dependent on a new building but awareness of the team. It is
worth appreciating that all GCNS clinics have just been modernised 2009. Over 9 years have been spent
developing commercial clinics at this site.
Sport:
Within the disciplines , Sports Coaching has been completely omitted, whilst this is a popular
and successful course, both at GCNS and Metropolitan. The curriculum benei ts identii ed are not
dependent on a new build but are in relation to the Commonwealth Games. Whilst there is a need for
improvements to facilities to cope with the increase in demand anticipated for sports courses, this will
require a larger footprint than that being discussed at present.
26 Jan 15, 2010 04:31 PM These are issues for the Lecturing/Teaching Trade Unions.
27 Jan 17, 2010 08:41 PM Room utilisation expected in merged college is unrealistic and therefore must adversely af ect learners.
E learning is not the answer for all.
28 Jan 17, 2010 08:51 PM This is a dii cult section to comment upon as it seems as there are uncertain and conl icting objectives.
There is reference to "more choices more chances ", "16 -19 " provision, "inclusiveness" while delivering
high quality specialist, FE, HE and community courses BUT being dif erent from a Community College ?
How if the "NEW College" is to be dif erent will it have "valued partnerships.…" with other Glasgow Colleges?
The new STEM faculty/grouping is a worry. For this to function for technicians and future graduates,
there will require to be considerable investment in laboratories, which are surely already available in the
adjacent Universities. This is an area where the sharing of assets requires closer scrutiny.
29 Jan 18, 2010 8:16 AM It is a little scary that the curriculum is stated as being virtually what we have at present. The only real
proposed changes are not mentioned in this document but are stated elsewhere. These changes mean
that parts of the curriculum currently delivered at Thistle Street will be moved to Cathedral Street. With
so much time and money having been spent on merger issues, the lack of vision for the curriculum is
staggering.
30 Jan 18, 2010 12:13 PM Citizenship is not mentioned and this is a key government priority.
There is talk about "exceeding the needs of learners" which doesn't make sense to us. You should aspire
to meet needs and exceed expectations. There is no point in giving a hungry person two meals when
they only need and can eat one!
We were unclear about what was meant by a "single staf development programme" and took it to
mean all 3 colleges delivering a varied programme jointly which we would support. This programme
needs to address curriculum needs but also business needs which are not explicit.
The potentially negative impact on learners while new build goes on clearly needs to be minimised.
Students however, have a short-term investment in the College while staf are in for the longer haul and
their views must be heard. ( see below).
31 Jan 18, 2010 01:32 PM I am not clear from the Consultation Document what curriculum will be of ered after the merger that is
dif erent and distinct from the current 3 College's provision.
The curriculum provision of the 3 Colleges is mainly specialist and distinct from each other. What are the
benei ts of combining all these distinctive curriculum areas together under one College?
32 Jan 18, 2010 02:29 PM Feedback previously provided via the Merger Proposal Curriculum Document (Discussed at
Communication & Media SMT meeting).
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