New Campus Glasgow

Government Approves Historic 3 College Merger

The merger of Central College, Metropolitan College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies was today given approval to proceed by the Scottish Government. On September 1, the colleges will merge to become the City of Glasgow College, the first-ever merger of three colleges.

Paul Little, Principal Designate of City of Glasgow College, said; "We are delighted by the announcement that the Scottish Government has today approved the unique three way merger of Glasgow Metropolitan College, Central College, and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies to create the City of Glasgow College. This is great news for students, for staff, for the city of Glasgow and for Scotland.

Minister For Skills And Lifelong Learning Opens Marine Skills Centre

Keith Brown, Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning,  officially opened the new 5.6 million Marine Skills Centre, the first building to be completed for the new City of Glasgow College, on Monday 21 June.

The Minister was greeted by the Principal Designate and some of the uniformed cadets who will be using the Marine Skills Centre to gain their maritime qualifications. Keith Brown, Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning, commented: "I was delighted to be able to celebrate the opening of this terrific, state-of-the-art asset for Glasgow and indeed for Scotland.

New Campus Glasgow Maintains Momentum

New Campus Glasgow, the visionary project to deliver an inspiring, flexible and sustainable estate for the new City of Glasgow College, has submitted its Proposal of Application Notice to Glasgow City Council and adjacent Community Councils.

The team behind New Campus Glasgow has now launched its formal pre-application public consultation programme which will give members of the public another opportunity to view exciting proposals for the City of Glasgow College’s new estate, as well as give their opinions on the proposals. The project team has already developed strong and enthusiastic relationships with community groups and stakeholders by conducting an extensive engagement prior to this pre-planning stage.

New Campus Glasgow reaches first planning milestone

New Campus Glasgow recently reached a major milestone in the planning process when its Development Framework was accepted by Glasgow City Council’s Business and Economic Policy Committee.

The Framework, produced by New Campus Glasgow, Atkins and GVA Grimley, outlines the masterplan and development strategy for the twin-campus project, which is an integral part of the visionary new City of Glasgow College. The project will create high-quality, sustainable learning environments for the new super college, which will be formed through the merger of Glasgow’s Central, Metropolitan and Nautical Colleges. The new college will be located across two campuses; the City campus at Cathedral Street and the Riverside campus at Thistle Street.

get on board the green travel plan

New Campus Glasgow is aiming to be a flagship development for sustainable design and management. As part of these ambitions, we will be implementing a green travel plan – an integrated set of measures designed to promote and improve accessibility to the sites for public transport, bikes and pedestrians.

The new campus will have significantly less car parking spaces due to town planning policies and regulations. Glasgow City Council is responsible for determining the number of parking spaces available. Being in the city centre, both the city and the riverside campus will be subject to the strictest parking controls and therefore, for many, car parking will no longer exist.

our website is changing!

You might have noticed our website is being improved to deliver more up to date and detailed information to everyone interested in the project as we move forward. Changes to the structure of the site will allow us to upload information on a more regular basis to keep everyone up to speed on all aspects of the project, from design issues through to consultation events and parking information.

The ‘question and answer’ section has been expanded to include more details, and visitors can now access Board minutes, take a consultation survey, and download the latest images of the new campus designs. The aim is to make the website a highly interactive one-stop shop for all information about New Campus Glasgow.

Landmark Marine Skills Centre completes on time, on budget

It’s official! Construction work on the Marine Skills Centre – the first landmark in the New Campus Glasgow supercampus for City of Glasgow College – is now complete. And we’re happy to report that the project has been delivered on time and on budget.

Our contractor, C Spencer Ltd, completed the construction work for the end of April as planned. Over the next couple of weeks, they will clear the site of all the supporting materials, structures and buildings to reveal this beautiful new addition to the Clyde waterfront in all its glory.

Commander in Chief fleet visits Marine Skills Centre

The Commander-in-Chief-Fleet of the Royal Navy visited Glasgow College of Nautical Studies and New Campus Glasgow's state of the art Marine Skills Centre on the River Clyde this week, and was impressed by the facilities which students will start using in the autumn.

As Commander-in-Chief-Fleet, Admiral Sir Trevor Soar is responsible for providing ships, submarines, aircraft and Royal Marine units ready in all respects for any operations that the UK Government requires. He is also a NATO Commander and is tasked to ensure NATO maritime forces are ready to engage in joint and combined operations as required by the North Atlantic Council.  He was invited to the College by Janet Okten, Principal of Glasgow College of Nautical Studies.

New Campus Glasgow reveals masterplan at public exhibitions

New Campus Glasgow is set to unveil the first public exhibition of its masterplan for the Glasgow super campus at two events in March, which are open to the public. The events are being held on Thursday 4 March at the Premier Inn on Ballater Street in Glasgow, and on Thursday 11 March in Buchanan Galleries.

New Campus Glasgow is a visionary project to create high-quality, sustainable learning environments for the new super college, which will be formed through the merger of Glasgow's Central, Metropolitan and Nautical Colleges. The new college will be located across two campuses; the City campus at Cathedral Street and the Riverside campus at Thistle Street.

New Campus Glasgow selects design team

New Campus Glasgow, the company set up to deliver a new campus for Glasgow's three merging city centre colleges, today (Fri Sep 11) announced Atkins as the design team for the landmark project.

Five world class companies, Archial, BDP, Hopkins (with Bennetts) RMJM (with Frank Gehry) and Atkins Ltd, had previously been shortlisted for the design of the campus which will be the new home of Central College Glasgow, Glasgow Metropolitan College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies.

Marine Skills Centre plans are ship shape

Funding has been approved for a new £5.6 million Marine Skills Centre at Glasgow College of Nautical Studies. This is the first building to be constructed as part of the New Campus Glasgow project that aims to create a £300 million estate for Glasgow's city centre colleges -Central, Metropolitan and Nautical. Work is due to begin in June and take around a year to complete.

The new Centre on the banks of the River Clyde is supported with a £5.2 million grant from the Scottish Funding Council (SFC). It will include a new state-of-the-art teaching facility, the refurbishment of existing classrooms to be used as a workshop, and a new pontoon with free-fall lifeboat.

development expert on board at New Campus Glasgow

Graham Black, development and project management expert, has been signed up as an independent Director to the Board of New Campus Glasgow (NCG), the team charged with delivering a £300 million estate for Glasgow's city centre colleges: Central, Metropolitan and Nautical.

"Graham brings just the right mix of skills and expertise to help us fulfill our goal - to deliver a world class campus: on budget, on time and to brief," said Vic Emery, Chair of the NCG Board.  "Development and project management on a grand scale is what New Campus Glasgow is all about and Graham's background is a perfect fit. His knowledge and experience will be invaluable as we go forward."

supercampus team welcomes merger

The Board of New Campus Glasgow, the team set up to deliver a city centre supercampus for the college sector, has welcomed the merger of their client group, Glasgow's city centre colleges, Central, Metropolitan and Nautical.

"This is an exciting advance for New Campus Glasgow, as we pull plans together for the estates project that will deliver the supercampus," said Chair, Vic Emery. "We are very optimistic that this discussion will bring further focus and energy to the realistion of our vision and help us to deliver the supercampus which Glasgow deserves on time and on budget. This bodes well for the success of the project and will to lead to a great outcome for learners, staff and the college sector as a whole."

architect-led design teams on shortlist

New Campus Glasgow Ltd has finalised the shortlist of 5 architect-led design teams to develop a £300 million integrated campus over 2 sites for the 50,000 students and 2,000 staff of Glasgow's 4 city centre colleges - Central, Metropolitan, Nautical and Stow.

Still in the running - and down from a long-list of almost 50 teams who submitted pre-qualification questionnaires- are the following:

• Archial (formerly SMC Group)
• Atkins (with Michael Laird Partnership)
• BDP
• Hopkins (with Bennetts)
• RMJM (with Frank Gehry)

vic emery sails into New Campus Glasgow

Former Clyde shipyard chief executive, Vic Emery, has been appointed Chair of the New Glasgow Campus project.

Mr Emery takes the lead role in the £300+ million project to create a supercampus for the 50,000 students and 2,000 staff of Central, Metropolitan, Nautical and Stow Colleges.

supercampus benefits to be measured

Scotland's top researchers are being invited by New Campus Glasgow (NCG) to come up with proposals to measure the educational and economic benefits of the ambitious project to develop a multi-million pound supercampus in the city centre for Glasgow's 4 specialist colleges - Central, Metropolitan, Nautical and Stow.

"We have been charged with developing a world class learning quarter right in the heart of the city," said NCG Project Director, Iain Marley, "so we want clear measures attached to our various proposals to ensure that our strategy will deliver the best possible outcome for the 50,000 students and 2,000 staff. We also want to ensure that we recognise the benefits to the local and national economy."

communications team in place for glasgow supercampus project

New Campus Glasgow Ltd - the company set up to deliver one of Europe's most ambitious education projects - has appointed a range of communications specialists to support the development.

The eight year project will deliver a multi-million pound world class learning facility for the 50,000 students and 2,000 staff of Glasgow's four specialist city centre colleges: Central College, Metropolitan College, Stow College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies.

former bbc head leads glasgow supercampus project

The architect of BBC Scotland's move to Pacific Quay has been handed the job of delivering one of Europe's most ambitious education projects, New Campus Glasgow.

A multi-million pound build in the centre of Glasgow, it is the biggest construction project in the sector, with building due to start in 2011.

property team appointed to lead glasgow supercampus project

A property development team is now in place to deliver one of Europe's most ambitions education projects, New Campus Glasgow.

The New Campus Glasgow project will deliver a new world class learning facility for the 50,000 students and 2,000 staff of Glasgow's four specialist city centre colleges: Central College, Metropolitan College, Stow College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies.

supremos sought for new glasgow supercampus

New Campus Glasgow Ltd - the company set up to deliver one of Europe's most ambitious development projects - is on the look out for a Chair and two Directors to further strengthen its Board.

New Campus Glasgow Ltd is charged with developing a world class learning facility for the 50,000 students and 2,000 staff of Glasgow's four specialist city centre colleges: Central College, Metropolitan College, Stow College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies. The project will co-locate the four colleges on a shared campus over 2 sites - City Campus at Cathedral Street (home of Central and Metropolitan Colleges) and Riverside Campus at Thistle Street (home of Nautical College).

design team sought for New Campus Glasgow

New Campus Glasgow Ltd - the company set up to deliver one of Europe's most ambitious development projects has issued the tender for the architect/design team for Glasgow's new city centre learning quarter. The team will design one campus across 2 sites for the 50,000 learners and 2,000 staff of the 4 city centre colleges - Central, Metropolitan, Nautical and Stow.

The integrated campus will be located at 2 sites: City Campus on Cathedral Street (currently home to Central and Metropolitan colleges) and Riverside Campus at Thistle Street (currently home to Nautical College).

advisers on board at New Campus Glasgow

New Campus Glasgow Ltd has appointed the first tranche of specialist advisers to help develop the supercampus project in Glasgow's city centre. New Campus Glasgow is the ambitious multi-million pound plan hatched by Glasgow's 4 specialist city centre colleges - Central College, Glasgow Metropolitan College, Glasgow College of Nautical Studies and Stow College - to develop a world class shared campus on 2 sites in the heart of the Glasgow -city centre Cathedral Street and Clyde-side Thistle Street. The vision is to create a 21st century, technology rich, people friendly campus for 50,000 students and 2,000 staff by 2016. The successful companies are:

New Campus Glasgow established

The Principals and Chairs of Central College, Stow College, Glasgow Metropolitan College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies have signed a unique memorandum agreement to establish New Campus Glasgow, a specialist company that will now advance the procurement of a £300 million supercampus in the heart of Glasgow city centre.

In a joint statement the four Principals have said: "We are committed to making the city centre super campus a reality. This will be the largest and most ambitious College development project to have ever taken place in the UK and will be one of the largest in Europe. It will offer world class learning and teaching in world class cutting-edge facilities. Working in partnership over the next few years we will achieve our shared goal of providing the very best learning opportunities possible for the citizens and the businesses of Glasgow. We are confident that we now have the expertise, energy and dedication needed to make this fantastic development happen for the people of Glasgow on time and on budget."