AWARD WINNERS LEGACY BROCHURE DELIVERED BY: SUPPORTED BY: 1 WELCOME Angela Constance MSP Cabinet Secretary for Education & Lifelong Learning “This Game Changer Award “I am proud, as Cabinet Secretary Winners Legacy Brochure provides for Education & Lifelong Learning, another welcome opportunity of the colleges and universities to reflect on and celebrate the celebrated here, and the wide legacy of last year’s inspiring range of innovative projects Commonwealth Games, and and initiatives which continue to the on-going success stories have an impact on individuals, of the Game Changer Award communities and sport across winners. I would like to add Scotland, not to mention the my own congratulations to impact across a diverse range of those of my predecessor who other sectors from broadcasting presented the awards last year. to smart phone technology. “The success stories outlined here give me the assurance that the legacy of the Commonwealth Games in and through our colleges and universities will be both meaningful and lasting.” Professor Alice Brown Chair of the Scottish Funding Council “The Glasgow Commonwealth and even in research. The Game Games was an amazing success, Changer Awards were a fantastic with its vibrancy felt across example of the sectors working Scotland. Our colleges and together and celebrating the universities played a big part in many contributions that staff that, not just with their talented and students made to help athletes, but by making significant ensure Glasgow 2014 was a contributions in their communities huge success. I am confident through sport initiatives, in that the legacy of that work will broadcasting and creative media be felt for years to come.” 2 SPORTING STUDENT LEARNING CONTRIBUTION ACHIEVEMENT & SKILLS Winning projects that Student-led projects Projects that made a significant that were inspired developed skills and difference in sport, by Glasgow 2014 capabilities, inspired activity levels and by the legacy goals sporting performance 6 10 14 CREATIVE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION IMPACT Winning projects Projects that used Significant research with a creative the opportunity of projects of direct or cultural focus Glasgow 2014 as a relevance to springboard for closer Glasgow 2014 international engagement 18 22 24 3 45 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 30 AWARD-WINNING PROJECTS 1 LASTING LEGACY FROM GLASGOW 2014 For twelve days last summer Glasgow 2014 In some cases the legacy is a greater was a fantastic sporting event that captivated connectedness within communities: the country and the Commonwealth. ■ Stirling and Bridge of Allan now have a university Its legacy will be a lasting one; effecting changes and community multi-sport club for disabled that will last for years, for a lifetime. users. This has grown from the success of the Disability Tennis Programme, launched The legacy Glasgow 2014 aspired to was one of by students at Stirling University who wanted ambitious transformation. Scotland’s colleges to open up tennis to the local community. and universities couldn’t wait to get behind this because they understand transformative ■ In Aberdeenshire where over 4,500 primary change. Those of us working in colleges and and secondary school pupils now get together universities see the way that further and higher with around 200 university student volunteers education transforms people’s lives every day. from Robert Gordon University to take part in the Aberdeen Youth Games. 40 primary Sport was the primary reason for Glasgow 2014 schools and all 12 secondary schools now work but the XX Commonwealth Games was so much together in this very inclusive programme. more than that. It was also about culture and the arts. It was about the 71 nations and territories of ■ In Ayrshire where college lecturers and students the Commonwealth and Scotland’s relationship have teamed up with the NHS to receive training with them. Most importantly it was about people. and will now roll out a three-month weight The legacy goals for Glasgow 2014 reflected this management programme which will benefit and were set widely across four broad themes. staff, students and the wider community. In the months before, during and after the Games, ■ In the Highlands where the West Highland projects have taken place in colleges and universities Adventure Trail expedition has provided across Scotland that were inspired by Glasgow 2014. opportunities for the communities surrounding the The Game Changer Awards shone a light on these ten college centres that make up West Highland activities and recognised the best of them. Over College UHI to be more closely connected. This has 100 different projects from colleges and universities contributed to much closer working relationships were judged on how closely they embodied the within the organisation, as well as inspiring young Glasgow 2014 legacy themes of connected, people of the community areas to create artwork flourishing, sustainable and active. Thirty different and poetry to raise awareness of the opportunities projects took home gold, silver or bronze medals. for adventure connecting the West Highlands. Returning to the award-winners a year on, with legacy very much still in our minds, it In other cases, the legacy impact is felt by is clear how these projects have made a individuals. Individuals who have flourished difference and how they continue to do so. because of their involvement: ■ For Joanna Warwick who now has a career as a sports coach at Aberdeen Sports Village, having volunteered in the Aberdeen Sports Tour “ Colleges and universities as a student at the University of Aberdeen. couldn’t wait to get ■ For Alexis Moss who is now a stylist with Toni behind Glasgow 2014 & Guy following her experience of working in because they understand the Athletes’ Village salon at the Games. transformative change.” 4 Whether the positive impact the students and staff involved Stirling, won gold and bronze is on a grand-scale or simply in the Game Changer Awards medals in swimming. Kimberley affects a big change in one told us that it made them feel Renicks, a HND Sports Coaching person’s life, both are examples more involved in the special and Development of Sport of legacy, both are important. event that was Glasgow 2014. graduate from City of Glasgow College was the first athlete to We are delighted to present a Beyond the Game Changer win gold for Team Scotland in round-up of some of the legacy Awards Scotland’s colleges Judo. If this group of students stories emerging from the and universities made another and alumni had competed as a winning projects at the Game important contribution to the country they would have finished success of Glasgow 2014. Changer Awards. Many of them 11th in the medals table, above Twenty-five of the gold, silver are told from the perspective Singapore and Malaysia. of those taking part. or bronze medals won by Team Scotland were won by 21 students Returning to the legacy stories The Commonwealth Games and graduates of Scottish colleges told here, many of the projects is known internationally as and universities. Colleges and continue to grow in scale and the ‘Friendly Games’. As host, universities have an important role ambition, benefiting greater Scotland took the approach to play in supporting elite athletes. numbers of people. Inspired by that the Glasgow 2014 Games We offer coaching, top-class Glasgow 2014 and fuelled by a should be as inclusive as possible facilities, sports scholarships and shared sense of being part of with as many opportunities for the support and flexibility needed it, the legacy of Glasgow 2014 engagement and participation when it comes to studies, so that lives on in these Game Changer as could be created, so that neither the sport nor studies are projects, as it does in so many the positive impact reached compromised. Glasgow 2014 different ways across Scotland. into every community and medal winners included Stephanie Professor Gerry McCormac corner of Scotland. The Game Inglis who won silver in Judo and Principal of the University of Stirling Changer Awards helped Glasgow was studying towards an MSc in 2014 to reach further into International Business at Heriot- Shona Struthers colleges and universities across Watt University. Ross Murdoch, Chief Executive of Colleges Scotland Scotland. Ninety per cent of a student at the University of 5 SPORTING CONTRIBUTION - Higher Education Institutions SPORTING CONTRIBUTION Higher Education Institutions ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY – GOLD Aberdeen Youth Games The Aberdeen Youth Games is going from In 2014 the Youth Games deliberately reflected strength to strength, reaching out to growing the spirit of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth numbers of the city’s young people. Games by taking on aspects of culture and internationalism as well as sport. In 2015 the The final event of the Youth Games in 2014 involved focus has broadened to include other important around 1,500 school pupils from 36 schools including aspects of large sporting events including all 12 of Aberdeen’s secondary schools. This has nutrition, sport science, design and marketing, trebled in size to over 4,500 pupils in 2015 from 40 communications and event management. This schools as well as around 200 of Robert Gordon widens the appeal to young participants and allows University’s students as coaches; up from 35. more students at the University to get involved as coaches and role models for school pupils. New to this year’s Games was a competition to design the medal for the festival of sport. “Zahra is a much more Zahra Magaji from Middleton Park School won confident child because the competition. Her design has been digitally of her experience with the replicated with help from Gray’s School of Art at Aberdeen Youth Games.” the University and will be made into 1,200 medals. 6 THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART – SILVER The Glasgow School of Art Sports Association The students at Glasgow School average of 15 different activities of Art founded their own Sports a week.