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The Civil Engineering team welcomed Sabine MacLean - Membership Development Officer for the Institution of Civil Engineers - for a guest lecture at Springburn campus this week.
She spoke to the Year 1 HN students about the benefits of becoming students members of ICE, and about professional development in general.
It was a very informative session, and thanks to the lecturers who gave up some class time (and a class room) to help make this lunch-time session happen
Our Volunteering Award group are involved with The Orchard Project to create an orchard in the green area outside the College.
This area will consist of around 24 fruit trees including apple, plum and pear trees. We are wanting to make this exciting event open to everyone, to help with planting.
The Orchard Project will supply the tools needed to plant but we need as many people as we can get to help out. If you can please spread the word and and if you have time yourself to help out, it would be appreciated.
This is a fantastic legacy for the College as it will supply free fruit for everyone including foodbanks, local care homes, College restaurants etc, once the trees have matured. The orchard will also be a place to encourage wildlife to blossom and an area to be enjoyed by all.
On Friday the 15th of February our HND Professional Dance students participated in the Scottish Sports Futures Annual Awards.
SSF (Scottish Sports Futures) is a charity aimed at working with deprived areas of Glasgow (East End) and developing the futures of youngsters through sport/dance.
The event took place at the Radisson Blu in the City and was attended by circa. 500 people.
The dancers opened the show.
As part of the Level Two Personal Achievement Award Learners have been working towards their SQA Community Award and the John Muir Award by helping to develop the College Garden Area around the GK Velocity Cycling Hub.
Learners within this class have been working with Glasgow City Council Countryside Rangers learning about Wild Flowers (See Glasgows FlowerPower Programme) and the Health Benefits attached to being active outdoors. In the attached images some of the class can be seen constructing a a small rope fence around the Wild Flower Garden at Springburn. In addition to the fence they have also been erecting a beautiful 'Wild Flower Garden Sign'.
This has been a joint effort with Iain Gordon and staff from Estates have helped with the project. In the images we can see Chris (Estates Team) talking to the learners about the type of concrete they will use when installing the posts for the rope fence and sign. The Wild Flower Garden Sign was created by Olly (Joiner from the Estates Team). Olly also helped to shape the small posts that were sourced for free and painted by our learners.
It is anticipated that the Wild Flower Garden will act as a platform for future projects around the college and foster further departments working together towards a common goal.
