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7 Conclusions and Key Messages
7.1 The proposals of Glasgow's three city-centre colleges to co-locate on a new, purpose
built campus in the heart of the city represents a bold statement on the value Glasgow places
on learning. The new campus has the potential to establish Glasgow's reputation as a
learning city, and raise the profile of all its educational institutions on a global scale.
The Benefits of NCG
7.2 The aim of this report has been to identify the full range of potential benefits of New
Campus Glasgow. The report takes the proposed model of 'enthusiastic co-location' as given,
and identifies the potential impacts of this model over and above the status quo - i.e. three
individual colleges working within their own separate estates.
7.3 The approach has involved desk research and consultation with stakeholders.
Stakeholders recognised that the new campus can act as a catalyst for the realisation of a
number of significant impacts across a range of areas, although most of these benefits will not
occur as an automatic result of the new campus, but are also dependent upon the attitudes
and approach of the colleges to learning approaches and collaboration.
Learner experience
7.4 The new campus will improve the quality of the learner experience by:
• Responding to the new learning paradigm, and providing learners with spaces to
enable group learning, peer-to-peer learning, reflective learning and learning by
doing;
• Providing state of the art facilities for vocational and academic learning, including
interactive whiteboards and digital projection facilities, networking laboratories,
etc.
• Providing learners with a range of better equipped service areas in which they can
gain practical learning experiences - and embed entrepreneurial skills;
• Providing space for learners to exhibit and showcase their work;
• Providing a broader, more holistic range of student support services in learning,
careers and lifestyle.
• Offering a broader range of curriculum provision, while strengthening and
deepening areas of specialism.
• Offering provision at a broader range of times to suit learner requirements.
• Responding more flexibly over the long-term to changes in learning styles and
learner demands, by incorporating flexibility in building design.
Engagement, progression and inclusion
7.5 The new campus will improve opportunities for engagement of vulnerable learners by:
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