The College of Building and Printing itself was formed from the amalgamation of the College of Building and the College of Printing in 1972. The College of Building has had a presence on the College's current site since 1927.
The preceding colleges had a reputation for the provision of courses within the food, hospitality, tourism, construction and the creative industries. The merger and creation of Glasgow Metropolitan College created Glasgow’s biggest college with over 20,000 student enrolments and 500 members of staff.[1]
Former North Hanover Street Campus with the Met Tower featuring prominently
The College had five campuses within the city the largest being in the city centre at North Hanover Street. The Glasgow College of Building had a presence on this site since 1927 although its iconic high rise tower building (later known as the Met Tower) was constructed in 1961-64.[2]
It was announced in 2008 that the College would participate in the creation of a 'super campus' to be built by 2012 and based in Glasgow city centre. This will be the largest college development project ever in the UK and will also be one of the largest in Europe.[3]
The five campuses were all located within the City of Glasgow;
The Cathedral Street campus was chosen as the location for the replacement super campus, and the former Food Technology College and Allan Glen buildings were demolished for its construction. The former College of Building and Printing (Met Tower) and the College of Commerce buildings were protected as Grade B listed structures.
The Met Tower lay unused for several years and was dubbed "the ugliest building in the UK",[4] in part due to its prominent location overlooking George Square being utilised to display a giant pink "People Make Glasgow".[5] It was purchased by a commercial development company (Bruntwood), and as of 2023, is undergoing refurbishment as it is repurposed as an office building.[6]
glasgow, metropolitan, college, merged, into, city, glasgow, college, 2010, further, education, college, located, glasgow, scotland, college, created, february, 2005, merger, glasgow, college, building, printing, glasgow, college, food, technology, itself, mer. Merged into the City of Glasgow College in 2010 Glasgow Metropolitan College was a further education college located in Glasgow Scotland The College was created on 7 February 2005 by the merger of the Glasgow College of Building amp Printing and Glasgow College of Food Technology and itself merged with Central College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies in 2010 Glasgow Metropolitan CollegeTypeCollege of Further EducationActive2005 2010 merged into City of Glasgow CollegePrincipalTom WilsonAdministrative staff500Students20 000LocationGlasgow ScotlandCampusGlasgowAffiliationsGlasgow City Centre CollegesWebsitehttp www glasgowmet ac uk The College of Building and Printing itself was formed from the amalgamation of the College of Building and the College of Printing in 1972 The College of Building has had a presence on the College s current site since 1927 The preceding colleges had a reputation for the provision of courses within the food hospitality tourism construction and the creative industries The merger and creation of Glasgow Metropolitan College created Glasgow s biggest college with over 20 000 student enrolments and 500 members of staff 1 Contents 1 Campuses 2 Schools 3 Notable former students 4 References 5 External linksCampuses edit nbsp Former North Hanover Street Campus with the Met Tower featuring prominently The College had five campuses within the city the largest being in the city centre at North Hanover Street The Glasgow College of Building had a presence on this site since 1927 although its iconic high rise tower building later known as the Met Tower was constructed in 1961 64 2 It was announced in 2008 that the College would participate in the creation of a super campus to be built by 2012 and based in Glasgow city centre This will be the largest college development project ever in the UK and will also be one of the largest in Europe 3 The five campuses were all located within the City of Glasgow North Hanover Street Campus 60 North Hanover Street Glasgow G1 2BP 55 51 45 N 4 14 56 W 55 8626 N 4 2489 W 55 8626 4 2489 Glasgow Metropolitan College North Hanover Street Campus Cathedral Street Campus 230 Cathedral Street Glasgow G1 2TG 55 51 48 N 4 14 47 W 55 8634 N 4 2463 W 55 8634 4 2463 Glasgow Metropolitan College Cathedral Street Campus Rogart Street Campus 4 Rogart Street Glasgow G40 2AA 55 51 04 N 4 13 31 W 55 8512 N 4 2253 W 55 8512 4 2253 Glasgow Metropolitan College Rogart Street Campus Dornoch Street Campus Dornoch Street Glasgow G40 2QT 55 51 05 N 4 13 40 W 55 8515 N 4 2278 W 55 8515 4 2278 Glasgow Metropolitan College Dornoch Street Campus Florence Street Campus 5 Florence Street Glasgow G5 0VX 55 51 05 N 4 14 48 W 55 8514 N 4 2466 W 55 8514 4 2466 Glasgow Metropolitan College Florence Street Campus The Cathedral Street campus was chosen as the location for the replacement super campus and the former Food Technology College and Allan Glen buildings were demolished for its construction The former College of Building and Printing Met Tower and the College of Commerce buildings were protected as Grade B listed structures The Met Tower lay unused for several years and was dubbed the ugliest building in the UK 4 in part due to its prominent location overlooking George Square being utilised to display a giant pink People Make Glasgow 5 It was purchased by a commercial development company Bruntwood and as of 2023 is undergoing refurbishment as it is repurposed as an office building 6 Schools editThe College had four schools School of Built Environment School of Communication and Media School of Design School of Food Hospitality Sport and TourismNotable former students editMartin Docherty Hughes Member of Parliament 7 References edit Glasgow Metropolitan College College History TheGlasgowStory College of Building and Printing Glasgow Set For Supercampus from The Herald Archived 2008 05 31 at the Wayback Machine Sabljak Ema 16 April 2023 Met Tower in Glasgow defies ugliest building label Glasgow Times Herald Williams Craig 5 April 2022 People Make Glasgow Met Tower bought for 16m as transformation plans unveiled Glasgow Live Walker Peter A 19 April 2023 60 million Met Tower transformation plans unveiled Insider co uk Hannah Martin 4 June 2015 Meet your new Scottish MPs 19 Martin Docherty West Dunbartonshire The National Retrieved 20 June 2023 External links editMap all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates College Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Glasgow Metropolitan College amp oldid 1194770665, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
