12 GRADUATIONS ANALYSIS, INSIGHT, OPINION Monday November 26, 2018 Scotland’s Super College Graduates in the Limelight our Number One ranking at the much about universities and a skilled workforce is and our focus is laser-like on We are more than just a college graduates leave us from COMMENT UK’s largest and most needing to do more to welcome essential for longer-term the individual. for Glasgow or Scotland; City of ceremonies like today’s for PAUL prestigious skills competition students from disadvantaged economic growth. It’s laser-like on their Glasgow College has well over direct employment or more LITTLE with a record medal haul of four backgrounds, it is worth noting The appeal and effectiveness employability. It’s laser-like on 100 international partners, with advanced study. We continue to gold, four silver and six bronze that 90 per cent of the growth in of City of Glasgow College is their prosperity. It’s laser-like on relationships in almost every grow that important talent medals with three Highly Scottish Higher Education over that it is a technical skills providing life chances and it’s continent. pipeline and close the skills Commended plus a further two the past 10 years has been college for our times. laser-like on improving their We are delivering in countries gap, which is vital to revitalise THIS has been another year of gold medals and one silver for through colleges. The working relationship our social mobility. globally, in China, Singapore the Scottish economy. outstanding success for City of inclusive skills. It is also worth remembering college has forged with We are the largest college in and Africa, with students I am proud to say we are Glasgow College culminating in Our College continues its that colleges are already industry, through our unique Scotland offering up to 2,000 coming from 130 different changing lives and shaping some 3,000 students being pioneering role in bringing embracing, encouraging and Industry Academy model, technical and professional nationalities. futures, and above all else, we awarded their well-deserved about a new future for college supporting those very students benefits both students and programmes, with a twin site City of Glasgow College is let learning flourish. Degrees, Diplomas and education and in boosting the to go on to get a job, keep a job industry partners. Flagship super campus designed for up very much a centre of Certificates during today’s three economy and delivering for and indeed get a better job. colleges like ours provide to 40,000 students and we excellence, acting as a Paul Little is the Principal and winter graduation ceremonies. Scotland. Our focus is very much on multiple pathways for our deliver £1.5 billion into the pathfinder for the tertiary sector Chief Executive, City of Glasgow Just last week we retained While national news reports ensuring our students prosper, students into the world of work Scottish economy each year. in Scotland. Annually our College.