Annual Review
2012 - 2013
96.2% of GCU graduates go on
to employment or further study
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GCU boosts Scotland’s economy
by £444million
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10,000 jobs are supported by GCU
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£30million Glasgow campus
transformation under way
1st Scottish university to open in London
1st UK university to launch in New York
17,000 students in Glasgow
from more than 100 countries
More than 120,000 graduates
in 123 countries
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Contents
04 Introduction from the Principal and Vice-Chancellor
06 Chancellor Yunus’s ‘Inspirational’ year
08 Student Achievement
09 Glasgow School for Business and Society
10 School of Engineering and Built Environment
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School of Health and Life Sciences
12 University builds on research excellence
14 Honoured by GCU
16 GCU London
17 Working with Business
18 The Common Good
19 Working in Partnership
20 Bold vision for global graduates
22 Highlights of 2012-13
24 University Court and Executive
25 Campus Futures
26 GCU Friends offer valuable support
27 Lasting relationships
Published by: Communications and Public Affairs, Glasgow Caledonian University.
Designed and printed by: Print Design Services, Glasgow Caledonian University.
Photography by: Peter Devlin, Guy Hinks, Paul Hampton.
Cover picture: Chancellor Yunus at the Glasgow 2013 graduations.
© Glasgow Caledonian University 2013.
Source: 1. DLHE Survey 2012 2. BiGGAR Economics 2012.
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ANNUAL REVIEW 2012-2013
Introduction from the Principal
and Vice-Chancellor
Last year was a historic one for the
University as we formally installed
Nobel Laureate, Presidential Medal of
Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal
Winner, Professor Muhammad Yunus,
as our Chancellor.
In his inaugural address, the Chancellor enthralled
our distinguished national and international guests,
and he challenged and uplifted our students by
reminding them they were leaders in our society
right now, not “future leaders”.
Chancellor Yunus also launched the Grameen
UK initiative based at the University which brings
his unique form of micro-credit to the city to help local
women in the main, establish social
businesses, creating jobs and alleviating
the inequality, poverty and welfare
dependency that has challenged many
in the city of Glasgow for generations.
Committed to enriching communities in
our city and region as part of our social
mission, the University also set up an
Advanced Higher Hub, with support
from the Scottish Funding Council.
The Hub delivers courses to students
from Glasgow schools to help prepare
young learners for the demands of an
HE environment. It is built upon the success of our
Caledonian Club which worked with over 2,000 new
members last year and recruited 160 new student
mentors. This ground-breaking initiative has now in total,
worked with over 7,000 pupils, aged 3 to 18 years,
and with nearly 2,500 of their parents from the most
difficult of backgrounds.
The Club forms a core part of our offering to widen
access in each of our three campuses. With our home
campus in Glasgow, we also have a thriving postgraduate
campus in London and last year we announced plans
to become the first UK University to open a campus in
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New York. This gives GCU a foothold in one of the most
buoyant higher education markets in the world, in a city
of considerable intellectual and cultural power and
influence. GCU NY will provide a practical base as
we deliver on our University mission, to work for the
common good, in yet another of the great cities of
the world.
Last year we also developed a number of significant
relationships in the United States with Stony Brook,
NYU, Parsons and Pace Universities in New York and
UMass in Boston, which, alongside MOUs signed in
China and Malaysia, have strengthened our international
partnerships and global network.
GCU London continues to thrive, with further increases
in applications and student numbers, particularly
those from overseas. Our relationships with leading
figures in business, and particularly in
the fashion business, were frequently
showcased. ASOS founder Nick
Robertson delivered a masterclass,
and Ted Baker founder, Ray Kelvin CBE,
and Arcadia Group Chief Executive Ian
Grabiner were presented with Business
Lifetime Achievement Awards. All three
became Honorary Professors of the
University, shining examples of the way
in which the University works with
world-leading business professionals to
co-create and co-deliver relevant
education, supported by internships giving our students
invaluable experience and making them “work ready”
on graduation.
We continued to collaborate closely with industry
in research and development. Among a range of
partnerships, one in particular with the multi-national
electrical engineering company, Doble, resulted in
a £1.2 million Innovation Centre to develop new
ways to improve the reliability of power stations.
We also appointed Professor Lesley Sawers as our new
Vice-Principal for Business Development, Enterprise and
Innovation. Professor Sawers will have a transformational
impact on how we identify and develop
new research and training opportunities to
support business.
In delivering for the public and voluntary
sectors, we launched, in conjunction
with the Scottish Council for Voluntary
Organisations (SCVO), a Service Users
and Carers Strategy which will allow all
of those involved in the provision of care,
the opportunity to influence the work of
our School of Health and Life Sciences.
Our hugely significant impact on the
private, public and voluntary sectors is
captured in the social benefit we deliver
through our applied research, patient care
enhancement and the quality of
professional training offered to our
graduates as well as the upskilling of
those already in the professions.
This social benefit is complemented by our
contribution to the economy of the City of
Glasgow and to the Scottish economy.
Independent research valued this in 2012
at £444million, a 10 per cent increase
since 2010.
Our students continue to impress us all
with their achievements and success.
Students like Haris Ansari who received
a National Sports Scholarship to support his
weightlifting training as a Commonwealth
Games hopeful and Anna Sloan who won
Gold in the World Curling championships.
Delivering eyecare in Zambia, nursing in
India, and providing prosthetics in
Cambodia were just a few examples of the
inspirational work our Magnusson scholars
engaged in to make a positive impact
around the world. Finally, a highlight of a
great year for our Students’ Association
was being recognised for its sector-leading
work in promoting equality and diversity
at the NUS Awards. Our students and our
staff are rightly proud of everything they
have achieved in the last year and I hope
you enjoy this review of a hugely positive
academic year for our University.
GCU’s latest graduates celebrate outside the Clyde Auditorium ‘Armadillo’ building at the SECC
in Glasgow where the University’s degree ceremonies were held for the first time in July this year.
Professor Pamela Gillies CBE
BSc PGCE MEd MMedSci PhD FRSA FFPH AcSS Hon FRCPS (Glasg)
Principal and Vice-Chancellor
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Chancellor inspires
GCU’s ‘supermen
and superwomen’
In his first year as GCU Chancellor, Professor Muhammad
Yunus continued to attract international recognition for his
pioneering work but also found time to inspire students at his
first graduations.
The installation of Nobel Laureate and
international anti-poverty campaigner,
Professor Yunus as Chancellor in October
2012 was the prelude to an eventful year
which culminated in the Chancellor
presiding over his first GCU graduation
ceremonies in Glasgow in July.
The installation itself, on 26 October,
was a day of celebration enjoyed by
students, staff and guests from around the
world. The Glasgow campus was brought
to a standstill as the academic parade,
which included university chancellors
from across the UK and overseas,
GCU academics and honorary graduates,
made its way to the Saltire Centre for
the ceremony attended by 300 guests.
Professor Yunus succeeded Lord Gus
Macdonald of Tradeston, who stepped
down as University Chancellor in June 2012
after five years of distinguished service.
His tremendous contribution to GCU was
recognised with the unveiling of a portrait
in his robes, which now hangs in the Saltire
Centre.
Professor Yunus’s appointment marked the
latest development in the relationship
between the University and the world
thought leader in social business. Professor
Yunus first visited GCU in 2008 to receive
an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters
and to deliver the inaugural Magnusson
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Lecture. The University immediately invited
Professor Yunus to collaborate on a number
of projects, including the establishment of
GCU’s Yunus Centre for Social Business
and Health, which was launched in 2010,
and later that year, the founding of the
Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing
(GCCN) in Bangladesh to help raise nursing
and midwifery training to an international
standard.
One of Professor Yunus’s first official duties
as Chancellor came in March this year
when he returned to Dhaka to celebrate
GCCN’s inaugural graduation ceremony,
at which 38 students were presented with
a Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery.
GCU Principal and Vice-Chancellor
Professor Pamela Gillies CBE announced
the establishment of Principal’s
Scholarships for the top three graduates.
Weeks after the GCCN graduation,
representatives from GCU, including
Professor Gillies, travelled to Washington
DC to join Professor Yunus as he was
presented with the US Congressional Gold
Medal. The award was made in recognition
of his 30-year contribution to the alleviation
of poverty worldwide. Known around the
world as the “banker to the poor”,
Professor Yunus established the Grameen
Bank in 1983 to provide small business
start-up loans for impoverished women in
Bangladesh. Grameen is now a global
movement – more than 40 countries have
adopted his exact model and variations
of the micro-lending system are used in
60 others.
In March 2012, Scotland became the first
country in the UK to embrace the Grameen
system, which provides low-cost business
loans and encourages responsible
citizenship through a social contract with
borrowers. Professor Yunus announced at
GCU the creation of the Grameen Scotland
Foundation, which facilitated the launch of
Grameen in the UK. With the aid of Tesco
Bank, the Scottish Government and private
individuals, the Foundation has reached its
£1million loan funding target and is now
preparing to make its first loans in some of
Scotland’s most disadvantaged
communities.
In June, GCU academics travelled to
Bangladesh to join Professor Yunus at the
World Social Business Day. In early July
Professor Yunus participated in his first
GCU graduation ceremonies with 2000
graduands at the SECC’s Clyde Auditorium.
In his address, he described the graduands
as “supermen and superwomen”. He urged
them to use their knowledge and skills to
change the world for the better, telling
them: “Graduation is one of the most
memorable occasions in everybody’s lives.
I must remind you all that you are the most
powerful generation in human history. You
have the most amazing technology at your
command and the ability to build a better
world.”
During the ceremonies, Professor Yunus
conferred doctorates on honorary
graduates including Chief Scientific
Advisor to the President of the European
Commission Professor Anne Glover,
internationally renowned games designer
Professor Richard Lemarchand, actress and
writer Phyllida Law, and social entrepreneur,
model and actress Lily Cole.
Photos: Professor Muhammad Yunus was installed
as Chancellor of GCU, received the US Congressional
Gold Medal and carried out his first degree “capping”
ceremony in Glasgow during an eventful year. He is
pictured with Honorary Graduate Professor Anne Glover.
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Student achievement
Glasgow Caledonian University students and alumni have
recorded another year of remarkable achievement, excelling
in their chosen fields across a diverse range of disciplines.
Following the Olympics success of alumna
Laura Bartlett last year, sport is once again
on the agenda with the 2014 Glasgow
Commonwealth Games firmly in the sights
of biomedical student and champion
weightlifter Haris Ansari.
Within the Glasgow School for Business
and Society, graduate Graham MacKay,
now employed by Morgan Stanley, was one
of four top financial services students
recognised by Glasgow’s International
Financial Services District (IFSD).
Haris enjoyed a highly successful year,
winning national and regional competitions,
as he continued to balance his studies
with ambitions of qualifying for Glasgow
2014. Haris is also benefiting from GCU’s
Talented Athlete Support Programme
which helps elite athletes develop their
potential while studying at GCU.
BA Fashion Business students, Clare Carroll,
Eilidh McMillan, Anya Herley and Rebecca
Lee, travelled to China to showcase their
designs. Meanwhile, Students’ Association
President Carla Fyfe represented Scotland
at the European Parliament and also rubbed
shoulders with world figures including
GCU’s Chancellor, Professor Muhammad
Yunus, former Secretary General of the UN
Kofi Annan, former US president Bill
Clinton, and Bob Geldof at the One Young
World summit in Pittsburgh.
Also in international sport, Anna Sloan,
a Sport and Active Lifestyle Promotion
graduate, clinched the Curling World
Championship title in the Latvian capital,
Riga. Meanwhile, first year social work
student, Jade Konkel, became the youngest
squad member to represent Scotland in
the Women’s RBS Six Nations rugby.
In the field of science, PhD medical
microbiology student Kirsty Skinner was
awarded an internship by the Society for
General Microbiology in Houston, Texas,
and third year podiatry student Sarah
Laverty won the Cosyfeet Podiatry Award
2013. First-year mental health nursing
student Lisa Pollock was selected as a
future leader and will join an elite UK
government-sponsored training group.
Seven students of the School of Health and
Life Sciences were awarded this year’s
coveted Magnusson Awards, supporting
life-changing projects, including palliative
care in Kerala, health education in Malawi
and prosthetic services in Cambodia.
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Student of the Year, PhD graduate Haroon
Farooq, who excelled in the field of
Electrical Engineering, was commended
for pursuing the University’s commitment
to the common good. His contribution to
the student experience included setting
up the Explore Pakistan Society. Also
making headlines was a team of final year
BA Multimedia Journalism students who
triumphed at the industry-backed Scottish
Student Media Awards, winning the
investigative journalism award and taking a
further seven honours.
Director of Student Experience Jackie Main
said: “This has been a triumphant year for
our students and alumni and we take great
pleasure in celebrating their achievements.”
Photos: Haris Ansari is aiming for the Commonwealth
Games; GCU’s Magnusson Awards winners; and Student
of the Year Haroon Farooq with the Principal.
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Glasgow School for
Business and Society
It has been a positive and rewarding year for the Glasgow School
for Business and Society which delivered on its strategic priorities
and embarked on sector-leading initiatives that will continue to
drive the School forward in 2013/14.
A new postgraduate portfolio in Glasgow,
at GCU London and GCU New York,
complemented by a redesigned
undergraduate portfolio from 2014, is
embracing the principles of responsibility,
entrepreneurship, global citizenship and
employability.
Enhanced external engagement is being
achieved through initiatives including the
School’s contribution to the GCU British
School of Fashion and collaboration with
STV in the launch of the first community
television channel in Glasgow.
Reinforced links with the Further Education
sector, as part of the College Connect
strategy, are contributing to increased
articulation opportunities. The School has
also enhanced its involvement with key
networks, for example, with Glasgow
Chamber of Commerce; Business in the
Community in the UK; and internationally
with the launch of a Sino-UK Centre for
Continuing Professional Development.
Since the University became a signatory
to the United Nations Principles for
Responsible Management Education
(PRME) in 2012, the School is changing the
way business is taught to ensure that the
leaders of tomorrow are better equipped to
manage the complex challenges faced by
business and society in the 21st century.
Innovative teaching and learning
methodologies, which were commended
as part of an Enhancement-Led Internal
Subject Review (ELISR), include best
practice examples of student online
assessment feedback and the transition
programmes provided to support students
who join from colleges.
Flagship programmes, innovative teaching,
student support, impressive graduate
employability statistics and funding for
research are reflected in the increased
application numbers to GSBS programmes
in Glasgow and London. Accreditations
including the Creative Skillset “tick” for the
MA Television Fiction Writing programme,
endorsements from globally recognised
corporations such as Warner Bros,
and relationships with business leaders,
such as Nick Robertson, CEO of ASOS,
and Ray Kelvin, founder of Ted Baker,
are further examples of the School’s
continuing success and external profile.
Executive Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor
Professor John Wilson said: “With the
University’s motto “For the Common Weal”
underlining the School’s ambitions for
students, academics and the community,
our programmes of study and research
engage and influence policy makers.
A determination to strengthen global
relationships has led to collaborations in
countries including, China and Malawi,
which open up new opportunities.”
Photos: The success of multimedia journalism students,
the engagement of leading politicians including Deputy
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and a clear commitment to
PRME have all helped to create a successful year for GSBS.
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School of Engineering
and Built Environment
The School’s robust relationships with industry, underpinned
by a determination to anticipate and adapt to the demands of
the workplace, have inspired the introduction of sector-leading
programmes, the launch of a dedicated research institute and the
vision to develop a portfolio of activities for 2020 and beyond.
An analysis of the undergraduate teaching
portfolio is underway as part of the
commitment to delivering industry-ready
graduates and to increasing global
networks through enhanced student
recruitment and partnerships overseas.
The signing of a £1.2million partnership
agreement with multinational engineering
firm Doble includes a Centre for Innovation
to undertake research and development
work into monitoring systems for high
voltage equipment to improve the reliability
of power stations and distribution networks.
The Institute for Sustainable Engineering
and Technology Research (ISETR) was
launched in March. With its focus on
engineering and energy systems,
interactive communications engineering
and sustainability, the ISETR encourages
interdisciplinary collaborations with
colleagues from, in particular, the Institute
for Applied Health Research.
Opening Scotland’s first centre of expertise
in Building Information Modelling (BIM)
positioned GCU at the forefront of this
speciality. The appointment of visiting
professors David Philp, UK Government
Head of BIM, and Chimnay Anumba,
Pennsylvania State University, added to the
School’s credentials and ability to respond
to changing government legislation.
In response to industry demand, additional
postgraduate degree programmes to
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provide specialist education within the
oil and gas industry were introduced.
The School became the first university
to offer an Information Technology
Management for Business (ITMB) degree,
endorsed by e-skills UK, and at GCU
London, a new MSc in International Project
Management will address increased
demand from companies.
The year drew to a close with a guest
lecture by international games designer
and academic, Professor Richard
Lemarchand. The next day he was
presented with an Honorary Degree of
Doctor of Technology in recognition of his
outstanding contribution to innovation
and development.
The School’s digital media credentials made
the University the perfect choice to host the
highly successful 2013 Scottish Game Jam
and the inaugural BAFTA Play event.
Leading the School, and a team of more
than 200 academics, is Executive Dean
and Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Douglas
Greenhalgh. He said: “The School has
pioneered new research, strengthened and
formed new relationships with industry
and championed its students and their
successes; there is more to come and I look
forward to future exciting developments.”
Photos: Pioneering new research and a programme of
highly-successful Game Jams all contributed to a busy
and productive year for the School of Engineering and
Built Environment.
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School of Health
and Life Sciences
Major investment and student achievement, sector-leading
initiatives and research that empowers communities at home
and overseas are contributing to the ongoing success of the
School of Health and Life Sciences, its graduates and staff.
In recognition of the responsibilities that
come as one of Scotland’s leading providers
of healthcare and life science education,
SHLS has spent £1million on upgrading its
teaching and research laboratories which,
combined with innovative teaching
approaches and clinical placement
opportunities, ensure that students are
equipped with the knowledge and skills
demanded of today’s professionals.
The Inter-Professional Simulation Centre,
completed in 2013, has an optometry clinic,
physiotherapy and occupational therapy
labs, podiatry treatment area, operating
theatre, paramedic skills development
area, nursing skills centre and ward area
with nurses’ station, intensive care suite,
emergency room, paediatric ward and
a community suite. These offer
opportunities to acquire practical
experience and participate in collaborative
working across disciplines.
Access to next generation technology
is complemented by a portfolio that
recognises the opportunities facing health,
life sciences and social care leaders of
tomorrow. In April, GCU became the first
UK university to establish an MSc in
Telehealthcare to equip graduates with
the skills to embrace the e-health model
that is transforming healthcare delivery
across the world.
A determination to make a lasting impact
on society led to a partnership with
the Scottish Council for Voluntary
Organisations (SCVO) to launch the
Service User and Carer Involvement
Initiative. It gives the people of Glasgow
and beyond more involvement in the work
of the School and will help to ensure
healthcare is delivered by a workforce
informed and shaped by the experiences
of service users and their families.
The School has also forged an agreement
with criminal justice agencies, victim and
survivor organisations and public health
workers as part of the government-funded
Alba Project which has been designed to
protect children in families where there is
a risk of domestic abuse. Its launch was
attended by leading parenting expert,
Professor Matt Sanders of the University
of Queensland, who devised the
internationally-recognised Triple P
system (Positive Parenting Programme).
Academics continued to gain recognition
across the world, including biochemist
Professor Kofi Aidoo, who was appointed
to the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee
on Food Additives (JECFA) and Professor
Barbara Parfitt, Director of the Grameen
Caledonian College of Nursing in
Bangladesh, who received the Human
Rights and Nursing award from the
Institute of Human Rights and Nursing
and the SAGE foundation.
Photos: In nursing, podiatry and vision science,
among other fields, the School of Health and Life
Sciences consolidated its position as one of Scotland’s
leading healthcare providers and educators.
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University builds on
research excellence
The launch of the world’s most detailed computer model of the
human foot, prominent new work into water safety and the launch
of a new institute to deliver world-class multi-disciplinary projects
in sustainable engineering and technology, marked a year of
significant progress in research at GCU.
Scientists unveiled the world’s most
detailed computer musculoskeletal foot
model in September 2012. Part of the
European-funded A-Footprint project,
the Glasgow/Maastricht Foot Model
opens up the possibility of a huge range
of applications, including the manufacture
of better and more efficient orthotics,
resulting in quicker recovery times, reduced
symptoms and improved functional ability
for those suffering from conditions which
afflict the foot and lower leg.
A GCU team led a consortium of 12
industrial, university and business partners
in the €3.7million project, which is also
exploring the use of 3D printing technology
to improve the manufacture and design of
orthotic splints and shoe inserts in the
treatment of such conditions.
This £2million OPAL study is being led by
the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health
Professions Research Unit (NMAHP),
funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the
Scottish Government and hosted jointly by
Glasgow Caledonian University and the
University of Stirling.
In diabetes research, scientists received
funding to continue tests on a new
treatment for the condition which could
reduce, or end, the need for patients to
inject insulin or undergo a pancreas
transplantation operation.
Other projects coordinated by GCU’s
Institute for Applied Health Research
include The Prevention of Falls Network for
Dissemination, or ProFouND, which aims
to reduce the number of falls suffered by
older people and contribute to the
European Commission’s objective of
adding two healthy and active years to the
life of the average older person by 2020.
Meanwhile, the launch of the Institute
for Sustainable Engineering and Technology
Research in March – GCU’s third major
research institute – enhanced the
University’s profile in this area of growing
importance. The Institute will continue to
build on GCU’s expertise, including working
with engineering multinational Doble.
The University signed a partnership
agreement with the firm in December,
leading to the creation of a £1.2million
centre for innovation at GCU, which will
build on the University’s reputation for high
voltage condition monitoring research and
development.
Researchers are also investigating the
efficiency of the most common NHS
treatment for female incontinence – to see
how it can better treat the estimated one in
three women who live with the condition.
Doble Vice-President Don Angell travelled
to Scotland to meet with the team and sign
the agreement. He said: “GCU’s research
combined with our extensive knowledge
about electrical infrastructure will enable us
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to advance technologies, products and
measurement methods for high voltage
systems. Doble is committed to the future
of the global electric power industry; by
supporting and collaborating with the team
at GCU, we know the future will be bright.”
Scientists in the Institute received funding
from ScottishPower to map the maze of
abandoned tunnels which exist beneath
Glasgow and identify underground
reservoirs of water which have the potential
to heat homes and to power under-street
heating.
A multi-disciplinary GCU team, including
engineers, social scientists and
technologists, began a £7million study
to raise awareness of the presence of
pharmaceutical residues in waste water
and explore new methods of reducing
them. The noPILLS project will see the GCU
team working with partners across Europe,
including water companies and universities.
Outside of engineering and health,
colleagues continued to conduct research
of considerable value to society. Economists
in the Women in Scotland’s Economy
Research Centre received an Economic
and Social Research Council grant to study
discriminatory public spending decisions.
The team will develop a method of
identifying and ending such discrimination,
focusing on the Scottish Government’s
Modern Apprenticeship Programme.
A campaign to end destitution among
asylum seekers in Scotland was launched
in April by the Scottish Refugee Council,
British Red Cross and the Refugee Survival
Trust after GCU researchers were
commissioned to investigate the problem.
Other important studies included research
into the placement of police officers in
Scotland’s schools, which found that the
scheme had led to a reduction in violence
and other anti-social behaviour and had
helped to create improved educational
experiences for many young people.
Photo: Dr Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez demonstrates his
work on solar concentrators at the launch of the Institute
for Sustainable Engineering and Technology Research.
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Honoured by GCU
The University was delighted to welcome further
creative and civic-minded global citizens into our
distinguished family of honorary graduates.
Winter 2012 Honorary Graduates
Professor Anna Dominiczak OBE
Professor Dominiczak is the Regius
Professor of Medicine at the University of
Glasgow. She received an Honorary Degree
of Doctor of Science for her outstanding
contribution in the fields of cardiovascular
science and medical research.
Laura Bartlett
Olympic bronze medallist and GCU alumna
Laura Bartlett was awarded an Honorary
Degree of Doctor of the University. A former
BA Business Studies student, Laura featured
in Team GB’s women’s hockey success at
the 2012 Olympics.
Kevin Moore OBE
Kevin Moore OBE was the founder of
Scotlab Ltd, one of the country’s most
successful life science businesses. He was
presented with an Honorary Degree of
Doctor of Science for his outstanding
contribution in the field of life sciences.
Professor Lesley Sawers
Professor Lesley Sawers was awarded
an Honorary Degree of Doctor of the
University. The former Chief Executive of
the Scottish Council for Development and
Industry is renowned for her efforts in
promoting Glasgow and Scotland.
Professor Alice Brown
An Emeritus Professor of the University of
Edinburgh, Professor Alice Brown received
an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters in
recognition of her contribution to the field
of public service in Scotland and support
of various GCU research programmes.
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Summer 2013 Honorary Graduates
Lily Cole
Lily Cole, the actress, supermodel,
activist and philanthropist, was recognised
for her outstanding support of
humanitarian and environmental issues
and her dedicated work with children’s
charity Global Angels with an Honorary
Degree of Doctor of Letters.
Katherine Grainger CBE
British rower Katherine Grainger, a London
2012 Olympic Games gold medal winner,
three-time Olympic silver medallist and
six-time World Champion, was awarded
an Honorary Degree of Doctor of the
University for her sporting achievements
and her work with charity.
Professor Richard Lemarchand
A former Lead Game Designer with video
game developer Naughty Dog and a driving
force behind the acclaimed Uncharted series,
Professor Richard Lemarchand was given an
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology
for his contribution to games design and
technology.
Professor Anne Glover CBE
Professor Anne Glover, the Chief Scientific
Advisor to the President of the European
Commission, was recognised for her
outstanding contribution in the field of
Molecular and Cell Biology research with
an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science.
Hugh Brian Duffy
The University honoured Hugh Brian Duffy
with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of
Business Administration for his outstanding
business strategy achievements and
contribution within luxury brand marketing.
Mr Duffy is the former Group President of
Polo Ralph Lauren Europe.
Phyllida Law
Actress and writer Phyllida Law was
awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor
of Letters in recognition of her relationship
with the West of Scotland College of
Domestic Science, or the “Dough School”,
as well her achievements in television,
film and theatre.
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GCU London
Students from across the UK and overseas continue to be
attracted by the industry-focused, accredited Masters
programmes and more than 60 nationalities are now represented
at GCU London, which has reached capacity after just three years.
The ongoing development of its academic
portfolio benefits from the support of
leading names within industry, including
internet retail pioneer and co-founder of
ASOS, Nick Robertson. One of the UK’s
most successful fashion business leaders,
Mr Robertson was appointed Honorary
Professor in Business and delivered his
inaugural professorial lecture in March.
Professor Robertson joins fellow honorary
professors, Ray Kelvin, founder of Ted Baker,
and CEO of Arcadia Group Ian Grabiner,
both of whom were presented with Lifetime
Achievement Awards at GCU London’s
graduation ceremonies.
Business and industry recognition for GCU
London and its students has brought new
scholarship and internship opportunities.
GCU London hosted a two-day Marks &
Spencer fashion conference for 100 senior
managers. The event was opened by
Belinda Earl, the company’s Style Director,
and Marketing Director-designate, Patrick
Bousquet-Chavanne.
In early 2013, Marks & Spencer and GCU
London embarked on talks on how best to
further develop their existing collaboration.
Those discussions ultimately led to a
unique agreement that M&S would open a
studio within the proposed British School of
Fashion at GCU London and a commitment
by M&S to support selected students
through fashion business scholarships.
As part of its commitment to engaging
and supporting the local community,
GCU London has continued to nurture
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young people from neighbouring areas. The
campus welcomed aspiring entrepreneurs
and community leaders to the UpRising
Emerging Leaders event, where they tapped
into the experience of UK influencers in
politics, business and public relations.
The speakers included Tony Blair’s former
chief speech writer, Phil Collins.
Students now travel from all over the globe
to study at GCU London – 84 per cent of
the student community is international,
attracted by niche programmes, strong
links with industry and the range of good
scholarships, a number of which are
industry-backed.
London continues to be highly competitive
in higher education, with a combination of
well-established universities, an increase in
satellite campuses (although GCU is still
the only Scottish one) and private
education providers.
GCU London has a portfolio of accredited
Masters and MBAs that focus on
employability, professional development
and an enriched academic experience.
The University is helping to create leaders
for the future with programmes that
differentiate GCU from the competition.
GCU London is recognised for keeping its
“finger on the pulse” in terms of what is
happening in industry, and students can be
confident they are being taught using the
most relevant and up-to-date content.
Photos: Students travel from all over the world to study
at GCU London which counts leading names from
industry among its honorary professors, including Nick
Robertson the co-founder of ASOS (top).
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Working with business
GCU built on its track record of working with leading businesses
during the year, signing new agreements or deepening existing
relationships with companies such as multinational engineering
firm Doble, utilities giant SSE, and train operator ScotRail.
The University cemented its relationship
with Doble through the signing of a
£1.2million three-year framework contract.
Doble is a leader in diagnostic test
instruments for the electric power industry
and operates in more than 100 countries.
The contract includes the creation of a
Centre for Innovation at GCU’s Glasgow
city centre campus and multiple research
and development activities.
The Scottish Government announced
the creation of two £10million Innovation
Centres, in which GCU is a launch partner.
They are designed to create jobs and
accelerate economic growth in Scotland.
The Digital Health Institute, led by the
University of Edinburgh, includes partners
NHS24, Philips, Vodafone, IBM and
Cisco. The Sensor and Imaging Systems
Innovation Centre, based at Glasgow
University, will bring together Freescale,
Texas Instruments, IBM, Thales Optronics,
BAE Systems, BP and FMC Technologies.
One of the largest UK energy suppliers,
SSE, joined GCU’s successful Business
Academy programme in July. The Business
Academy partnerships incorporate a
work-based learning model and provide
clients with accredited, high quality
professional development progammes
designed to their specific requirements.
Further afield, GCU is working with
Transnet Freight Rail, South Africa’s largest
freight rail company, on a five-year
agreement for a capacity building
programme in operations management.
The new agreement follows a pilot
programme for a BSc in Railway Operations
Management. The work supports a
multi-million pound South African
government investment in infrastructure
and will be carried out in collaboration with
the University of Johannesburg.
In Scotland, a new association between
ScotRail and GCU was announced in May.
A University team will work with the
company to review its maintenance
systems and strategy which will help
further improve the reliability and efficiency
of Scotland’s rail network.
Meanwhile, tourism experts from the
University’s Moffat Centre for Travel and
Tourism Business Development were called
on to assess the feasibility of converting a
historic building into a mountain bike and
sports resource centre. The work is to
ensure there is a lasting legacy from the
2014 Commonwealth Games linked to
the Cathkin Braes mountain bike tracks.
The appointment of former Scottish Council
for Development and Industry Chief
Executive Lesley Sawers in July, will support
the University’s strategy to develop
stronger links with business in Scotland and
internationally. As Vice-Principal and Pro
Vice-Chancellor Business Development,
Enterprise and Innovation, Professor Sawers
will identify and develop new opportunities
to support business.
Photos: New agreements with ScotRail, multi-national
engineering company Doble, and the appointment
of Professor Lesley Sawers have opened up new
opportunities for GCU.
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The Common Good
Underpinning Glasgow Caledonian University’s wide-ranging
activities is its deep-rooted social conscience and commitment
to the “common good” enshrined in its ancient motto “For the
Common Weal”.
The historic phrase may date back to
the late Middle Ages, but its meaning
resonates just as powerfully today with
GCU’s mission and vision as one of Britain’s
most dynamic modern universities.
This commitment to the common good
is manifested through the University’s
community outreach programmes through
its campuses at home and abroad.
These range from small local projects
to major national initiatives such as
facilitating the introduction of the Grameen
Bank micro-lending system to the UK.
The lending scheme, pioneered by GCU’s
Chancellor, Professor Muhammad Yunus,
which has helped lift millions of people
out of poverty worldwide, was launched
at a news conference in the University
last October.
The Grameen Scotland Foundation was
able to announce it had secured loan
capital from Tesco Bank as well as support
from the Scottish Government and key
individuals to set up a new organisation
– Grameen in the UK – which will support
small-scale social entrepreneurs in some
of the poorest parts of the country.
Low-income families in the west of
Scotland will be the first in Europe to
benefit from the initiative.
Meanwhile, the Yunus Centre for Social
Business and Health at GCU Glasgow
is researching the impact such social
businesses have on health improvement
in communities worldwide.
GCU’s commitment to the common
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good also extends to its partnership
activities. In Bangladesh, for example,
the University supported the establishment
of the Grameen Caledonian College of
Nursing to provide educational
opportunities for young rural women
from Grameen families, to raise nursing
standards to international levels and to
help develop local communities through
outreach activities.
GCU is also a signatory to the United
Nations PRME initiative (Principles for
Responsible Management Education)
and is the first Scottish university
to join the UN Global Compact,
the largest voluntary corporate initiative
in the world.
In Scotland, Professor Ailsa McKay,
Director of GCU’s Women in Scotland’s
Economy Research Centre, has been
invited by the Scottish Government to sit
on the Expert Working Group on Welfare,
which is developing recommendations
for a welfare system which could be
introduced in the event of a yes vote in
next year’s independence referendum.
Welfare is currently a power reserved to
the Westminster Government.
On a smaller scale, the University has
also supported a sustainable clothing
initiative “Shwopping”, which involved
working with Marks & Spencer and
Oxfam to promote clothing recycling;
the creation of video games for young
carers; and the use of student placements
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Working in partnership
Glasgow Caledonian University’s dynamic approach to widening
access to higher education is built on the strong relationships it
has forged with schools, colleges, pupils and parents across the
city and the west of Scotland.
At the forefront of that activity is the
pioneering and award-winning Caledonian
Club, which uniquely involves children and
their parents. The Club has a membership
of more than 7,000 children and around
2,500 parents.
With the help of student mentors, the Club
ran a number of campus events in Glasgow
and at GCU London, culminating in “mini-
graduation” ceremonies in both cities,
designed to encourage ambition at the
very beginning of the educational journey.
A determination to inspire young people
through a wider range of educational
choices also led to a unique partnership
with Glasgow City Council and the opening
of Scotland’s first on-campus Advanced
Higher Hub. The initiative, supported by
£952,000 from the Scottish Funding
Council, opened in summer 2013 and
offers seven subjects delivered by
experienced teaching staff to 120 pupils
from 18 secondary schools, many of which
are in neighbourhoods with a lower than
average university uptake.
The Hub was the latest in a string of
successful initiatives launched by
GCU’s UK Recruitment and Outreach
(UKRO) department, which was
established in August 2012. SCETT,
the Schools and Colleges Engagement
Transition Team, and MAPS@GCU,
a mentoring and peer support service
for all new students, joined long-running
projects such as the Caledonian Club and
Routes For All under the UKRO umbrella
during 2012/13.
The impact of the new initiatives became
clear as the academic year drew to a close.
SCETT recorded a significant rise in the
number of applications to GCU as part of
its ongoing interventions with S6 pupils
in its six target schools. By August 2013,
the number of pupils from SCETT partner
schools who had successfully gained a
place at GCU had increased by more than
80 per cent.
Work has also continued to strengthen
GCU’s relationship with the City of
Glasgow College and other colleges
through agreements and partnerships
that will open further opportunities for
college students to articulate into GCU.
Meanwhile, the University’s major public
and community engagement initiatives
were showcased for the first time in a single
event which brought staff, students and
guests from the private, public and third
sectors together to celebrate current
activity and launch a new agenda in this
increasingly important area. Held in April
2013, the “GCU is Getting Engaged” event
focused on the University’s commitment
to the common good and the community.
It was organised by the Community and
Public Engagement Steering Group which
also created a GCU “Engagement Wheel”,
an online tool which guides users through
the six strands of engagement at GCU.
Photos: GCU’s public engagement ranges from minigraduations and community events through to initiatives
such as the Advanced Higher Hub and major projects like
the launch of the Grameen lending system in Scotland,
with the help of Tesco Bank and the Scottish Government.
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Bold vision
for global
graduates
At the heart of the University’s
vision for the future is its new
Internationalisation Strategy
which was officially approved
by Court last December.
By embedding the principles of
internationalisation across all of GCU’s
activities, the University aims to deliver its
long-term objectives as a globally-networked
university, delivering access and excellence
with an overarching commitment to the
common good.
This includes innovative approaches to
developing an international curriculum.
For example, GCU LEAD this year launched
Global Perspectives with three-year pilot
projects in audio engineering, psychology and
allied health sciences, law without frontiers,
and cross-cultural education and fashion
industry knowledge exchange.
The student experience, whether it is in
Glasgow, London or New York, or at one of our
partnerships campuses in Bangladesh or
Oman, is central to our international success.
Our aim is to produce high-quality graduates
with the capability to take their rightful place
in the global market.
They will have benefited from GCU’s
commitment to help develop their full
potential through educational opportunities,
cross-cultural experiences, work placements
and engagement with our common good
philosophy which encourages staff and
students to see beyond the confines of the
University to the needs of the communities
in which they will eventually live and work.
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Professor Barbara Parfitt, Director of the GCCN in Bangladesh, and Chancellor Yunus with Satu Mondal, one of the nursing students
In Bangladesh, for example, where GCU
established the Grameen Caledonian College
of Nursing in collaboration with the Grameen
Healthcare Trust, we were delighted to
celebrate in March the graduation of the first
38 students from the college in Dhaka.
It was the College’s first full graduation
ceremony and the students were awarded
a Bangladesh Nursing Council-approved
Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery by our
Chancellor, Professor Muhammad Yunus,
who worked with us to facilitate the
establishment of the College.
Students graduating from the College will
not just be entrusted with future healthcare
in Bangladesh, but are expected to become
influential champions of their communities,
driving change in a variety of ways.
In another example of this “common good”
commitment, GCU’s Principal and ViceChancellor, Professor Pamela Gillies,
announced at the graduation that the top
three students were to be awarded Principal’s
Scholarships to allow them to continue their
studies at GCU in Glasgow, with students
taking up their places in autumn 2013.
Meanwhile in Oman, where GCU has enjoyed
a strong affiliation with the Caledonian College
of Engineering for 17 years, a GCU delegation
led by the Principal, was delighted to attend
this year’s graduation and the opening of our
partner institution’s new Airport Heights
campus. It was a double cause for celebration
as it followed last year’s major honour for the
in the US, Malaysia, China and Singapore.
In addition, the University is collaborating with
public bodies such as China’s Guanghua
Science and Technology Foundation through
the School of Health and Life Sciences which
is working with Guanghua Nurse Fund (GNF)
to enhance the education and training of staff.
Detailed country plans have also been
developed for India and South America and
a draft plan is in place for Hong Kong.
Professor Karen Stanton, Vice-Principal and
Pro Vice-Chancellor for International and
External Relations, said: “The essential building
blocks are now in place and I am delighted the
first six months of implementation have been
characterised by strong collaboration between
the three Schools and the International Office,
and a commitment to integrated planning
across the central support teams.”
These early trends have been reflected
positively in a number of ways. All forms of
student mobility increased in 2012/13.
Participation in Erasmus and non-EU student
exchanges rose by 22 per cent and GCU has
exceeded its Internationalisation Strategy
target, with six per cent of eligible home
students participating in the Exchange and
Study Abroad programme. The number of staff
travelling with the Erasmus scheme increased
by 35 per cent.
who was awarded a Principal’s Scholarship. GCU New York’s Wooster Street building and Transnet Freight Rail in South Africa.
College when it collected the Asia Award for
the Best Educational Institution in Engineering
from the World Education Congress.
the Institution of Railway Operators,
the programme is being rolled out with
the University of Johannesburg.
GCU also has a unique collaboration with
Oman’s Institute of Health Sciences which
is dedicated to improving healthcare across
the country. This year saw 31 students of
physiotherapy, radiography and medical
laboratory sciences graduating from GCU’s
School of Health and Life Sciences at a
ceremony in the Sultanate.
In Malawi, the Glasgow School for Business
and Society has been working to transform the
country’s fledgling tourism industry. Malawi
Institute of Tourism staff were the first
graduates of the GCU-designed Masters in
International Tourism Enterprise, part of a
£370,000 Scottish Government International
Development Fund-supported project.
In South Africa, the University formalised a
five-year agreement with Transnet Freight
Rail, to offer its BSc Railway Operations
Management to 220 students per year.
Designed by GCU’s Scottish Centre for
Work Based Learning in partnership with
In the first six months of the new
Internationalisation Strategy, the University
has also made significant progress in building
new relationships in other parts of the world.
This includes signing MoUs across China and
Malaysia and laying the foundations for MoAs
GCU also welcomed students and staff from
partner institutions in India, China and the US
during 2012 – 13. Other high-profile visitors
included delegations from Myanmar/Burma
and Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt.
International student satisfaction also remains
encouragingly high, with GCU scoring 84 per
cent in the 2012 International Student
Barometer.
Finally, a significant step forward in our global
ambitions will be taken with the autumn
launch of GCU New York, a satellite campus
modelled on GCU London, which will deliver
executive education courses in the short-term
before developing a portfolio of programmes.
GCU will be the first UK university to open
a campus in NYC which will further
collaborations with US academic and business
institutions and offer opportunities for staff
and students to work and study in the US.
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December
Highlights of
2012-2013
August 2012
GCU co-hosted the 8th World Congress
on Active Ageing. The event brought
together hundreds of international experts,
practitioners and researchers from across
the world.
September
Professor Ailsa McKay (below), co-founder
of the Women in Scotland’s Economy
Research Centre at GCU addressed
Scotland’s first Women’s Employment
Summit. Professor McKay shared the
platform with First Minister Alex Salmond
and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
in addressing the summit’s 150 delegates.
The event was jointly organised by the
Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC)
and the Scottish Government, hosted by
the First Minister Alex Salmond and Youth
Employment Minister Angela Constance.
October
The University installed Nobel Peace Prize
winner Professor Muhammad Yunus as the
Chancellor of GCU in what was described
as a “historic day” by Principal Professor
Pamela Gillies.
The new Caledonian College of Engineering
campus opened in Oman. The Airport
Heights Campus welcomed Professor
Pamela Gillies, Chair of Court Antony Brian,
Professor Karen Stanton and Professor
Douglas Greenhalgh, Executive Dean and
Pro Vice-Chancellor of the School of
Engineering and Built Environment.
November
The University announced it is to open
in New York, the first British higher
education institution to do so, as part
of its international strategy.
Olympic hockey star and GCU alumna
Laura Bartlett was one of five leading
citizens to receive an honorary degree.
Laura, a BA Business Studies graduate,
was recognised for her outstanding
contribution to sport.
Eleven GCU students who joined the
University from its partner secondary
schools in the Glasgow area were rewarded
for their “merit, enthusiasm and potential”
with a Caledonian Club Scholarship.
The awards are made annually to one
new student from each of the schools
which work with the University’s widening
participation and community engagement
initiative.
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Professor Pamela Gillies, Principal and ViceChancellor, was made a CBE in the Queen’s New
Year Honours List in recognition of her services
to education and public health. Professor Gillies is
pictured above during the presentation ceremony
at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh,
which took place in July this year.
In December, it was also announced that a
January 2013
The University was granted nearly £1million
by the Scottish Funding Council to establish
the first on-campus centre for the delivery
of Advanced Highers to pupils from
Glasgow secondary schools.
STV, in partnership with GCU, won the
licence to deliver Glasgow’s first local
television station, which will be broadcast
through Freeview, and will be the first of
a new generation of local broadcasting
services to be awarded in Scotland by
media regulator Ofcom.
February
Researchers began work in Glasgow’s
network of abandoned mines with funding
from ScottishPower. The work could lead to
up to 40 per cent of the city’s heating being
generated from underground water.
May
Two Scottish Government ministers
announced boosts to Scottish jobs during
separate events hosted by the University on
the same day. Deputy First Minister Nicola
Sturgeon unveiled plans for a £1.9million
business development on Skye. Health
Secretary Alex Neil revealed that 150
ambulance technicians were to start
work following a £6.8million investment.
Patrick Grant, award-winning Savile
Row designer, was appointed Honorary
Professor in Business in a move which
further cemented GCU’s fashion business
credentials.
June
Dr Hassan Rouhani was elected President
of Iran. Dr Rouhani studied at GCU in the
1990s and was awarded a PhD in 1999.
March
The Grameen Caledonian College of
Nursing celebrated its first full graduation
ceremony with Chancellor Professor
Muhammad Yunus and Principal Professor
Pamela Gillies.
GCU achieved Gold in the Scottish
Healthy Working Lives Awards following
the introduction of initiatives such as
healthy eating and physical exercise
campaigns, mental wellbeing sessions,
community engagement and
environmental schemes.
April
£1.2million Doble Centre for Innovation will be
opened on campus after the signing of a new
partnership agreement with Doble, the
multinational engineering firm. The agreement
builds on GCU’s reputation for world class research
in the field of sustainable engineering and
technology and reinforces the University’s excellent
track record in working with international business.
GCU Chancellor, Professor Muhammad
Yunus, was presented with the US
Congressional Gold Medal at a ceremony
on Capitol Hill, Washington, in recognition
of his efforts to combat global poverty.
GCU became the first Scottish university to
offer the e-skills UK endorsed Information
Technology Management for Business
(ITMB) degree.
The University held its inaugural Research
Day to showcase its work in applied health,
sustainable engineering and technology
innovation, business, society and social
justice.
July
Higher Education Statistics Agency firgures
revealed that 96.2 per cent of GCU
graduates found work or started a further
programme of study within six months of
graduating, placing the University second
top in Scotland. In UK terms, GCU was in
11th position, placing it well ahead of
universities such as Oxford and Cambridge.
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University Court
and Executive
University Chancellor
The role of Chancellor is ceremonial
Professor Muhammad
Yunus
University Court
Appointed Governors
Mr Alistair Webster
Chair of Court
Mr Antony Brian
Vice Chair of Court
Mrs Hazel Brooke
Chair of Staff Policy
Committee
Mr John Chapman
Ms Laura Gordon
Mr Ian Gracie
Mr Tom Halpin
Professor Stephanie
Young
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The Principal, assisted by the University Executive,
is responsible for the strategic development
and operational management of the University,
its academic schools and professional service
departments. The Principal is an ex-officio member
of the University Court.
Governors Ex Officiis
Principal and
Vice-Chancellor
Professor Pamela Gillies
CBE
President of the
Students’ Association
Ms Carla Fyfe
(to July 2013)
President of the
Students’ Association
Mr Matthew Lamb
(from August 2013)
Staff Governors
Mr Gordon Jack
The University Court has responsibility for the
University’s overall strategic direction.
Dr Douglas Chalmers
(from August 2013)
Dr Rajan Madhok
Chair of Remuneration
Committee
Mrs Tracy Findlay
(to July 2013)
Dr James Miller
Chair of Audit
Committee
Ms Davena Rankin
(from August 2013)
Mr Hugh O’Neill
Chair of Health and
Safety Committee
Mr Graham Scott
(to July 2013)
Mr David Wallace
Chair of Finance and
General Purposes
Committee
Mr Iain Stewart
University Executive
Principal and
Vice-Chancellor
Professor Pamela Gillies
CBE
Executive Dean and
Pro Vice-Chancellor of
the School of Health and
Life Sciences (Acting)
Professor Valerie Webster
Vice-Principal and
Pro Vice-Chancellor
for International
& External Relations
Professor Karen Stanton
Executive Dean and
Pro Vice-Chancellor of
the School of Health
and Life Sciences
Professor Veronica James
(to July 2013)
Vice-Principal and
Pro Vice-Chancellor
Research
Professor Mike Mannion
University Secretary
and Vice-Principal
Governance
Ms Jan Hulme
Executive Dean and
Pro Vice-Chancellor
of Glasgow School for
Business and Society
and Pro Vice-Chancellor
Learning and Teaching
Professor John Wilson
Executive Dean and
Pro Vice-Chancellor of the
School of Engineering
and Built Environment
Professor Douglas A.
Greenhalgh
Vice-Principal and
Pro Vice-Chancellor
Business Development,
Enterprise & Innovation
Professor Lesley Sawers
(from July 2013)
Chief Financial Officer
Vice-Principal Finance
& Planning
Mr Gerry Milne
(from June 2013)
Vice-Principal and
Executive Director
of Finance
Mr David Beeby
(to January 2013)
Gerry Milne was appointed acting Chief
Financial Officer from June 2013 and
substantively from November 2013.
Graham Moorhouse served as Chief
Financial Officer between January and
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Campus Futures
Plans for a £30million campus redevelopment gathered pace in
2013 when Glasgow City Council granted approval for Heart of the
Campus, an exciting vision for the future that will transform the
look and feel of the University estate.
“Heart of the Campus is a transformative
stage in the journey of Glasgow Caledonian
University,” said Jan Hulme, University
Secretary and Vice-Principal Governance.
“We believe in providing an innovative and
inspiring environment in which to study
and work and the Heart of the Campus
will deliver that and much more.
“Not only will it revitalise the look of the
campus with its contemporary design but
it will also create dynamic spaces for
learning and teaching and enhance the
feeling of community on campus.”
Heart of the Campus is a major part of
the University’s Campus Futures project,
a series of innovative developments that
will enhance the experience of everyone
who works and studies at GCU.
Heart of the Campus will change the face
of GCU with the lower floors of two major
buildings, George Moore and Hamish
Wood, being significantly renovated with
better connection routes to the campus
centrepiece, the Saltire Centre.
An official university reception area and
forum – a striking, showcase, glass pavilion
– will be created at the front of the Hamish
Wood building which will also incorporate
the entrance to the Glasgow School for
Business and Society. The Hamish Wood
will acquire a state-of-the-art teaching
and conference facility including a new
500-seat flexible lecture theatre, while the
George Moore building will be home to
a new restaurant space with a wall of
windows overlooking courtyard gardens.
Level one of the George Moore building will
be the setting for a mall of student services
in a “one-stop shop” concept.
Professor Mike Mannion, Vice-Principal
and Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and the
Heart of Campus project sponsor, said:
“This significant investment will lead to
improved academic teaching areas,
services and facilities and will provide
a new space for networking, socialising,
informal learning and frontline service
delivery.”
The Hamish Wood building will be
developed in stages. The first phase is
within the Heart of the Campus project
and represents a £5.5million investment
from an overall budget of £30million.
Internal and external refurbishment works
will be phased over a number of years,
requiring a further £20million investment.
Construction work due to start in June 2014
is expected to be completed by January
2016. Glasgow-based architects, Page\
Park, are behind the design of the project.
Campus Futures also includes the autumn
2013 introduction of a new combined heat
and power system (CHP) and district
heating supply that will reduce GCU’s
carbon footprint. Although the primary
purpose of the CHP is to heat and power
the University, it is also a fully instrumented
system capable of supporting energy
teaching and research.
The £4.9million investment – on top of
the £30million being spent on the Heart of
the Campus – is supporting the delivery of
the University’s carbon management plan.
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GCU friends offer
valuable support
GCU continues to enjoy the on-going and generous support
of alumni and friends, whose philanthropy has helped GCU
students and the University in a wide range of ways.
For example, Santander Universities Global
Network support of over £100,000 enabled
a number of students to study at Masters
level, undertake study visits at other
universities and to learn Spanish.
and House of Fraser whose three-year
donations of £216,000 and £48,000
have supported 20 students to study
international fashion marketing and
luxury brand management.
Santander’s support this year included
a Magnusson Award sponsorship and
internships for eight GCU graduates who
were offered three-month joint-funded
placements at SMEs on a salary of £1,000
a month. This initiative was designed to
promote the benefits of working for an SME
to final-year and newly-graduated students
while injecting the business community
with fresh talent.
Engineering and built environment students
benefited from the third year of Khalid
Abdulrahim Construction Scholarships to
gain valuable insight into the commercial
application of their degrees through visiting
construction companies on study tours to
the UAE, Canada and Finland.
Scholarship support to students continues
to be extremely important and GCU is
indebted to Jamie Moffat and the Moffat
Charitable Trust for the donation to
exceptional students studying travel,
tourism and events management who
received a total of £44,000 this year.
This is in addition to ongoing support for
the Moffat Centre at GCU, the UK’s largest
university-based consultancy and research
centre for tourism and travel market
research and business development.
Similarly, students studying for an MA in
Television Fiction Writing have benefited
from the generous support of Shed Media
Group, Fremantle, MG Alba, ScreenHi and
BBC Scotland, with more than £86,000
worth of scholarships awarded to 10
students demonstrating outstanding talent.
The University is also grateful to AllSaints
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The importance of the University’s common
good mission is an important driver for all
the University’s fundraising initiatives.
This was demonstrated this year in the
support we secured from the Heritage
Lottery Fund and a number of trusts and
foundations to take forward a unique
project “Gathering the Voices”. This will
capture the oral history and memories of a
sector of the Jewish diaspora who escaped
Nazi Germany and settled in Glasgow.
GCU was also delighted to have helped
secure £500,000 loan capital from Tesco
Bank that made it possible to set up
Grameen in the UK, an organisation
which will introduce Chancellor Yunus’s
micro-lending system to some of the
poorest parts of the country.
Photos: Student Helen Curran receives a Santander
Magnusson Award from Sally Magnusson; Consul
Heinrich Schnettger, of the Consulate General of
Germany addresses guests at Gathering the Voices;
event management and tourism students at the annual
Moffat Awards ceremony.
ANNUAL REVIEW 2012-2013
Lasting relationships
Glasgow Caledonian University’s success is achieved together with its stakeholders, partners and
collaborators. We particularly wish to acknowledge with thanks the remarkable support of alumni,
friends, staff, and supporters who wish to remain anonymous, whose contributions have impacted
greatly on our students and the wider university community.
Organisations
Ian Allardice
Dr Katie Jane Currie
Iain Allison
Elizabeth Delaney
Catriona Margaret
Anderson
Bethiah Grace
Dell-Robertson
James Thomas Anderson
Morag Helen Dixon
Marie Louise Anderson
Alison Docherty
Campus Clothing
Andrew Angus
Frances Dodd
Dr Rhona Reid
Charitable Trust
Sogand Azimi
Emma Louise Dolan
Linda Ballantyne
Pauline Mary Donnelly
Endsleigh Insurance
Services Limited
Svetlana Barnett
John Mark Douglas
Dr Stephen Robert Barr
Kamila Doust
Gary Robert Barrass
Laurence Doyle
Nick Barrett
Ann Valerie Dron
Glasgow Social
Enterprise Network
Stuart James Barrowman
Sophia Duncan
Lindsey Anne Becket
Kathryn Eakhurst
Heritage Lottery Fund
Dorothy A Bell
Paula M Eddery
House of Fraser Plc
Emily Black
Allison Jean Ewing
Incorporation of
Bonnetmakers & Dyers
Gerard Paul Blake
Samantha Fascia
Peter J Bleasdale
David Hugh James
Ferguson
AllSaints
Barcapel Foundation Ltd
BBC Scotland
Bishops’ Conference
of Scotland
FremantleMedia UK
Glasgow Jewish
Community Trust
Incorporation
of Cordiners
Elizabeth Boyd
Kaupthing Singer
& Friedlander
Natalie Boyle
Mastermind Club
Michelle Brennan
MBNA
Kristina Brewer
Morgan Stanley & Co
International plc
Andrew Brown
Ralph Slater Foundation
Santander Universities
Alexander Brannigan
Phyllis Brown
David Brown
Connie Hendry-McPhee
Gerry Hepburn
Steven J Hepburn
Amy K Hindley
Dr Ethel G Hofman
June Anne Hogan
Christopher Hogg
Peter Thomas Hughes
Myra Frances Hunter
Alam Hussain
Muhammad Ibraheem
Lorraine Innes
Norman Izzett
Maureen N Jackson
Anthony James
Louise James
Robert Fleming
George Johnstone
Laura Flynn
Kathleen Joliny
Sheila Fraser Whyte
Vari Elizabeth Jones
Alison Frazer
Natascha JorgensenMcAllister
Dr Eileen Gallagher
Emil Chandrakumar
Joseph
John A Gallagher
Arun Georgeyson P
Joseph
Linda Gilmour
Kathleen Mary Kane
Yasmin Glover
Kevin Kavanagh
Martha Cass
Layla M Goodings
Chris Cassidy
Karen J Graham
Teresa Chalmers
The Moffat Charitable
Trust
The Queen’s Park
Charitable Trust
ScreenHI
Shed Media Group Ltd
The Alma & Leslie
Wolfson Charitable Trust
George Bruce
James Vincent Byrne
Andrea Menzies
Carr-MacDonald
Lynne Gibson Mackenzie
Louise Shanks
Frances Macleod
Oscar Mendoza
Iain Ross MacMillan
Gordon Milne
Iain MacPherson
Nazia N Mohammed
Parvase Majeed
Marie Montgomery
Gavin Marley
Alan Moore
Clive Marrison
Derek Moreland
Alison Martin
Adrian Morrall
Eamonn Martin
The Very Reverend
Dr William J Morris
Allyson Elizabeth
Henderson
Hannah Johnston
David Gallagher
Carol Lennox Severn
Margaret-Anne Martha
Melville
Stuart Cameron James
MacIntosh
Daniel John Ferrie
Alan George Gallacher
John Joseph McTaggart
Karin Patricia Maria
Helwig
Clive Alexander Martin
Kenneth Brian Martin
Jordan J Richard
Martindale
Dr Gordon Thomson
Masterton
Amanda J L Matheson
Helen Maxwell
Peter McCabe
Colin McCallum
Sylvia McCandlish
James McConnell
Bernadette McCormick
James J P McDermott
Conor G McErlean
Graeme McFaull
Linda McGarvey
Angela Cara McGhee
Christina Mckay
McGreevy
Edward Morrison
Philip Nicoll Moseley
James Muir
Professor Anne Muir
Dr Haruna Moda Musa
Shyam Muralidhar Nair
Anne Marie Nunn
John O`Shea
Alison Elizabeth Ogilvie
Said O Olatokunbo
Nicola Park
Brian G Park
Mary Kennedy Paterson
Lindsay Caroline Perera
Paul William Phillips
Paula Poots
Thomas J O Prendergast
Cameron Raeburn
Jacqueline Ann Kay
Kenneth James
McGrouther
Catherine Raeside
Naveed Kayani
Kevin J McIlvaney
Joseph Rehberger-Bagley
Cheryl A C Graham
Craig N Kellock
Sharon A McIlwraith
James M Rennie
Edward James Chance
Richard John Grayburn
Peter Kenneally
Ewan McIntyre
Bruce Renton
Richard Simon Charlwood
Anne Greenhow
Claire R McKenna
Jacqueline Chen
Maria Greig
William and Pamela
Kennedy
Sandra Stewart
Richardson
Catherine Dobbie
Chesney
Naga Venkata Earni
Gangadhar Gullipalli
Dr Martin Cheyne
Gavin J Halliday
Gillian Lau
Clare Alison Church
Jack Hamilton
Dr Margaret M Lawrence
David Matthew Clelland
Alasdair S Hamilton
Rachel Lawson
Derek Clelland
Sharon A Hardie
Julie Leonard
John J Cole
Louise Harkins
Claire Letham
George Joseph
McLaughlin
Catherine Connelly
Elaine Harley
Dr Thomas M Lindsay
Margaret McLeish
David Robert Adams
William Stephen Cook
Kevan Harrigan
Daniel Mark Cowley
Janette Haworth
Dr Winifred Logan
Gordon
Angela McLeod
Ben Mark Addison
Iqbal Ahmad
Jonas Cromwell
Michelle Yvonne Healy
Marlyn Mclean Aitken
Mark Cullinane
David Allan
Daniel John Cumming
James S Heatherwick
Porteous
The Esterson Trust
The Federal Republic
of Germany
The R S Macdonald
Charitable Trust
The Robertson Trust
Waverley Books
Individuals
Khalid Mohammed
Abdulrahim
Lynn Elizabeth Heatley
Omar Khalid
Fiona Ruth Langston
Alison McKeown
Rhona Cameron McKerral
Elspeth Lees McKinlay
Marjorie K McLaren
Michelle McLauchlan
Peter McLaughlan
Alan B MacDonald
William Coffield
McMillan
Sheena Macdonald
John Derek McNab
Sheilagh Elizabeth
MacFarlane
Marion McNamara
Dr Neil Gavin McPherson
Lianne Ramage
Michael L Richardson
Carol Rivers
Ian Robb
Andrew Robertson
Cameron Alexander
Robertson
Anne Margaret
Robertson
Linda Shields
David Short
Irene Balfour Sibbald
Henry Simmons
Lorraine Simpson
Alan Sinclair
Douglas Spratt
John Sproul
Professor Karen Stanton
Mark Steele
Alan D Stewart
James Andrew Stewart
Derek Stuart
Ann A Swan
David John Gray Syme
Jackie Taylor
John Taylor
Susan Mary Taylor
Karen Telfer
Janet Thomson
Victoria Louise Tibbitt
Alan Tomlinson
Carol Ann Topping
Robert David Totten
Natasha Christa Tyrrell
Antony Upton
Heather Usher
Gareth Vint
Mary Wales
Kathleen J Walker
Christine Wann
Jillian Watt
Barbara Anne Watt
Adrian Wellesley
Alexander Wells
Reverend Jeanette
Whitecross
Susan Mary Whyte
Caroline Ann Wright
Luck H Yeung
Shahida Zafar
Muhammad K Zaman
Gillian Mary Robson
John Rodgers
Gloria Rogers
Winifred Mary Rutherford
Lynn Scobbie
David Scott
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