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Anniesland College

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Established
  
1964

Location
  
Glasgow, Scotland

Colours
  
Pink, silver and white

Founded
  
1964

Principal
  
Linda McTavish

Campus
  
Glasgow

Phone
  
+44 141 272 9000

Ceased operations
  
August 2013

Type
  
College of Further Education

Address
  
Glasgow Clyde College, 19 Hatfield Dr, Glasgow G12 0YE, UK

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Anniesland College was a small, local further education college in Glasgow, Scotland, established in 1964.

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The college had 7 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 -3 storey classroom block, 2 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.

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Notable students

Kenny Dalglish, the Scottish international football player was briefly a student, as an apprentice joiner, in the 1970s.

Alex Kapranos (Huntley) was a part-time lecturer in IT for a couple of years until June 2003, when Franz Ferdinand, the Glasgow indie rock band, of which he was lead singer/guitarist, signed a recording contract with Domino Records.

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 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. As a result of the merger, Anniesland College became Glasgow Clyde College Anniesland Campus.

References

Anniesland College Wikipedia