Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) is launching a groundbreaking articulation agreement with James Watt College, Anniesland College and Cardonald College of Glasgow which enables students to enter the second year of a new nursing degree.
The partnership, first initiated in September 2010 with the three further education colleges, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Educational Partnership and Greater Glasgow Articulation Partnership (GGAP), provides students on the HNC Care and Administrative Practice with an articulation pathway to the Bachelor of Nursing programme at GCU without repetition of level.
GCU’s new Bachelor of Nursing programme was approved in August and work to map the HNC to the new degree programme started in September last year.
A launch event, which takes place on Friday 27 April from 11am to 1pm in the university’s CPD wing, will be attended by representatives from Higher and Further education, NHS, Scottish Funding Council, Scotland’s Colleges and students from the HNC programmes.
It will feature presentations by representatives from across the education sector, as well as student speakers who will discuss their experience of the course to date.
Twelve students from the HNC courses at our three partner colleges will articulate to year two of the new nursing programme in September.
Dr Wendy Mayne, Programme Leader, Bachelor of Nursing, GCU, said: “This articulation pathway has been designed creatively to facilitate flexible articulation to year two of the Bachelor of Nursing degree programme.
“This initiative is an example of true partnership working between Scotland’s Colleges and Higher Education. The HNC programme has equipped the students with the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding required as they enter nurse education. The students demonstrate enthusiasm, commitment and motivation, and the university is delighted to welcome them into year two of the Bachelor of Nursing Programme.”
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Glasgow Caledonian University is an international university delivering excellence, with a strong commitment to the common good. With 17,000 students at its main Glasgow campus and outreach campuses in London, China, Bangladesh and Oman, the university offers a modern environment for learning, teaching and applied research.
The university has particular applied research strengths in the fields of health and the environment and is rated among the top 10 in the UK for its allied health research and in the top 20 in research in the built and natural environment.
Glasgow Caledonian University’s mission is to provide a high quality, accessible, inclusive and flexible learning and teaching environment enhanced by curiosity driven research. It applies its knowledge and skills for the social and economic benefit of the communities it serves in Scotland and around the world.
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) is using its share of profits from the hugely successful centenary edition of the Glasgow Cookery Book to promote healthy eating among families in Drumchapel.
Parents of children attending Cloan Nursery will visit the GCU campus each Thursday in May to take part in the Caledonian Club’s Cook And Eat project, under the expert guidance of GCU’s staff, students from Human Nutrition and Dietetics and student mentors.
Thanks to impressive sales of the iconic recipe book, plus donations from alumni and friends of GCU, nearly £10,000 was raised to support community-related university programmes and student initiatives.
The Caledonian Club, GCU’s award-winning widening participation and community engagement initiative, received £4,000 to develop a hands-on healthy eating and nutrition programme.
Parents will take part in workshops relating to food hygiene, budgeting, nutrition and healthy lunchbox/school snacks. There will also be cookery classes after which parents will dish up healthy, homemade meals such as spaghetti bolognaise and vegetable soups, as well as healthy, tempting treats for the kids, for example, fruit smoothies and fruit faces. The children will be invited along to enjoy the final cookery class with their parents.
Rachel Hyslop, Development Officer at the Caledonian Club, said: “By offering the Cook and Eat project to parents, we can reinforce the importance of cooking for health and wellbeing and engage parents in the Caledonian Club.”
Headteacher at Cloan Nursery, Anne O’Grady, said: “We continue to be delighted working in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University.
“This latest project allows us to continue our journey of aspiration to university life. It will enhance the health and well being of our families as well as being great fun.
The Caledonian Club works with children and their families from nursery through to the end of secondary school in communities where applications to university and college are lower than the Glasgow and Scottish average. The Club aims to raise aspirations, build key life skills and help people make informed choices about their futures.
A number of students at GCU are former Caledonian Club members, while others have gone on to college or other universities.
The Queens College and Glasgow Polytechnic merged in 1993 to form GCU, and the Queens College fund was established to support community-related university programmes and student initiatives.
