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Glasgow Times
09-07-2025
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- Glasgow Times
Glasgow's Mackintosh at the Willow offering summer activities
Inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style, the activities include making stained-glass window hangers, mosaic mirrors, and embossed copper badges. Family craft workshops will run across multiple dates in July, with each session set to last 90 minutes and cost £7 per participant. Read more: Glasgow care home hosts free community cafe with home-baked treats Though all ages are welcome, the workshops are particularly aimed at children aged five to 12. All children must be accompanied by an adult, but only adults who wish to make a craft object need to book and pay for a place. Taking inspiration from its famous setting, the tea rooms will also host family baking sessions, where participants can create traditional treats. Family baking sessions will include the chance to bake coconut macaroons on Saturday, July 12, and to create a cranachan on Saturday, August 2. Each baking workshop will last two hours and cost £7 per participant. During these sessions, while the treats are being set, attendees will be guided on a family-friendly tour around the original Willow Tea Rooms building, before getting the chance to take any leftovers home. Read more: Incredible painting by Glasgow artist sells for over £150k (Image: National Trust for Scotland) Oliver Braid, the National Trust for Scotland's creative learning manager at Mackintosh at the Willow, said: "The work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style has been inspiring artists for decades, but it's not just for adults and art lovers. "These workshops are a really great way to engage the next generation in the history of our city in a fun and hands-on way, and they can make something special to take home with them to enjoy for years to come. "Our baking workshops are also a fun and easy way to learn a new skill, and to learn about the Scots kitchen and the role of tea rooms like Mackintosh at the Willow in our social history. "And there's nothing better than a sweet treat during the summer holidays. "We can't wait to welcome everyone this summer." Places for the workshops are limited, and booking is essential. For more information or to book a place, visit the National Trust for Scotland website.
The Herald Scotland
19-06-2025
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
City of Glasgow College graduates highlight proud legacy of innovation
Set against the stunning backdrop of Glasgow Cathedral, today's ceremony celebrates the achievements of students graduating from courses spanning Marine Engineering, Marine Electro-Technology, Marine Operations and Nautical Science. Many have completed a Merchant Navy Cadetship and will now progress into roles at sea or onshore – from Deck Officer to Officer of the Watch, and Chief Mate to Marine Engineer. These students have not only gained high-level technical qualifications; they have benefited from an educational experience shaped by cutting-edge facilities, exceptional teaching, and close industry collaboration. They now leave College not only as graduates, but as future leaders of one of the UK's most vital sectors. As we mark the achievements of today's graduates, we do so in a year of special significance for City of Glasgow College. 2025 marks the 15th anniversary of the College's formation - a bold merger that brought together several legacy institutions to create Scotland's largest college and a global leader in maritime and technological education. But the College's roots stretch far deeper than the past 15 years. Its work builds on a distinguished heritage shaped by institutions such as the Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, each with strong traditions of equipping students with the skills to power industry, drive innovation, and navigate the world. Even further back, the College honours the legacy of Allan Glen's Institute, founded in 1853 on the very site where the City Campus now stands. Established to provide education for the sons of working-class Glaswegians, Allan Glen's helped fuel Scotland's industrial rise - and shaped generations of scientific and engineering talent. Among its most famous former students is Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the celebrated architect and designer. That same pioneering spirit lives on today in the College's Maritime Centre of Excellence and world-class STEM facilities across both campuses. City of Glasgow College is proud to train some 40% of the UK's Merchant Navy Officers and to deliver programmes that are helping to solve real-world challenges – from shipbuilding and sustainability to digital innovation and clean energy. (Image: City of Glasgow College's Riverside Campus, located on the site of the old Nautical College) In 2025, City of Glasgow College reaffirmed its leadership in maritime education by installing a new suite of state-of-the-art shipping bridge simulators - the most advanced and largest of their kind in Europe. This technology allows students to train in hyper-realistic scenarios, replicating conditions across the globe - from busy international ports to open-ocean storms and polar environments. These simulators join other exceptional facilities, including Scotland's first 360-degree ship simulation suite and one of the UK's most advanced working ship engines. These investments ensure that students gain hands-on experience in highly controlled, realistic environments - developing the practical skills, decision-making, and confidence they need to thrive in safety-critical roles. City of Glasgow College's strength lies in its commitment to preparing students for the industries they will shape. The College works closely with leading employers and the world's leading shipping companies - to ensure that its courses are aligned to the most in-demand skills. From industry placements and live projects to guest lectures and commercial training environments, students are immersed in real-world contexts. That's why employers consistently describe City graduates as 'work ready' - equipped not only with technical know-how but the adaptability and professionalism to contribute from day one. The College's Riverside Campus, located on the site of the old Nautical College, is a hub of innovation in maritime education. It also offers Scotland's first women-only engineering and construction classes and is one of only a handful of institutions in the UK capable of training students to Chief Engineer and Master Mariner level. (Image: City of Glasgow College graduates) Meanwhile, City Campus on Cathedral Street features a vast triple-height library, enterprise centre, rooftop gardens, and Scholar's fine dining restaurant, providing students with a rich and inspiring environment in which to study, collaborate and thrive. City of Glasgow College's impact reaches far beyond its campuses. Recently, the College was formally presented with the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher & Further Education - the highest national honour available to a UK college or university. This award recognised the College's transformational research into the dangers of oxygen depletion in enclosed shipboard spaces, a critical issue in the maritime industry. This research is already saving lives across the world's oceans and has influenced new international safety practices. (Image: City of Glasgow College graduates) Part of the UK Honours system, the Queen's Anniversary Prizes are awarded every two years for work judged to be of exceptional quality and benefit to wider society. The award underscores City of Glasgow College's role not just in education, but in shaping policy, improving safety, and supporting global industry. The College's commitment to sectoral leadership is also reflected in the work of Principal Paul Little, who is the outgoing Chair of the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce. At London International Shipping Week, he launched the landmark report 'A Step Change for UK Shipbuilding Skills' — a blueprint for delivering the National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh and ensuring the UK remains competitive in global maritime markets. This forward-thinking approach ensures that students today are not only job-ready, but future-ready. Today's graduates join a proud tradition of City of Glasgow College alumni who have gone on to forge exceptional careers across the maritime, STEM, and built environment sectors. Graduation day is a celebration of personal resilience, professional ambition, and shared achievement. It is also a time to look forward — to the journeys still to come, the challenges still to meet, and the innovations still to lead. As they set out into the world, City of Glasgow College's 2025 graduates do so with world-class training, global recognition, and the full confidence of an institution committed to their success. 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The Herald Scotland
16-06-2025
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- The Herald Scotland
These are the latest plans at the Glasgow School of Art. Really?
The latest example of the anywhere factor – a particularly egregious example – is the plan for the site on Sauchiehall Street down the hill from the Glasgow School of Art. Until a few months ago, it was where the old ABC cinema was but there was a fire you'll remember – always a fire – and there's been discussion ever since about what should go up in its place. This week we got a look at what it might be. Prepare yourselves. From the front, it's very like the buildings I saw in Bath Street and Bolton: an anywhere building built with anywhere steel and anywhere bricks. The plan is for 356 student flats with food halls and cafes underneath and the developers, Vita, say it'll 'generate economic benefits, re-energise Sauchiehall Street and contribute to the city's Golden Z ambitions'. But we know what's going on here really: cheapo student flats allow for maximum profit in a way better quality accommodation wouldn't, partly because of rent controls, and so that's what we get: cheapo student flats. But here's where the anywhere factor kicks in. Out on the edges of the city, or in a place where there are lots of other modern buildings, the flats proposed for Sauchiehall Street might be OK – bland but OK. But the building isn't just anywhere – it's slap bang in front of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art, or what's left of it after the fire and the second fire (always a fire). If there's any site that needs careful consideration for the context, heritage and history, then this is it. Read more Mack rebuild 'at risk' from ABC warns Glasgow Art School | The Herald No more Edinburgh Book Festival for me – where did it all go wrong? A Scottish legend says cancel culture is over. Yeah right A Pride hate crime on Arran? No, just a sign of where we are now The developers appear to think the space they've designed behind the flats and in front of the School of Art will mitigate the new building's size and effect and have created pictures of people strolling around it on a sunny day. Firstly, sunny day: hah. Secondly, in a letter in The Herald today, the architect Alan Dunlop says he's looked at the images and believes you might get sunlight into such a space but only in high summer and only if you removed four or five of the storeys from the front of the buildings. It means, in his view, that the images of the sunlit public space are misleading. The fact that Glasgow planners have recommended the plans for approval is also an indication the council still isn't getting the balance right between protecting and enhancing the built heritage and trying to find an economic model for the city centre. Developers are building many flats to accommodate thousands of students – and to some extent that's fair enough, the number of students in Glasgow has increased and there's a shortage of accommodation. But speak to anyone in academia and they'll you the university model built on lots of international students paying big fat fees is under strain and in some cases, collapsing. So what happens when the student numbers start to drop again? More specifically, what happens to buildings such as the student flats proposed for down the hill from the Art School? Penny Macbeth, the director of the school, has acknowledged in her response to the proposal that there will be some economic benefits but she also points out that economic benefits have to be balanced against the longer-term impacts. She says the gap site is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform an important part of the city. She also says the reconstruction of Mackintosh's masterpiece as a working art school will bring economic, social, cultural and regeneration benefits to the city. But the second depends on the first: the benefits depend on the transformation being sensitive, balanced, proportionate and part of a wider coherent plan for a conservation area and I see no signs of any of it I'm afraid. As Professor Macbeth says, the opportunity is there. You have a site just below the Art School that has Garnethill on one side and Blythswood, Glasgow's New Town, on the other and it could be a very elegant place indeed. One option would be to create a public square but even if that was considered unviable, you could certainly revise the flats proposal to ensure it had less of a detrimental impact. Professor Macbeth says she believes a solution could be found which delivers financial viability for the developers while mitigating the impact on the Art School and the city's built heritage. The Art School (Image: Newsquest) So with that in mind, here are a few factors for councillors to consider before they take the final decision tomorrow. Firstly, how important are the student flats long-term? The 356 students (probably more) living in the 356 student flats won't pay any council tax; the student bubble is also going to burst at some point soon, so what happens then? The short-term benefits also have to be balanced against the longer-term legacy: creating a public space that enhances the city's built heritage – including its most famous building. And remember the anywhere factor: this is an important part of Glasgow so the buildings that go up there should feel like Glasgow, and make Glasgow better. We know this is how lots of influential people see it: over 130 individuals and organisations have objected to the plans including Historic Environment Scotland, The Mackintosh Society and many others, and they're all saying pretty much the same thing: these plans are too big, they have little architectural merit, and they will have an adverse effect on a conservation area and the appreciation and setting of the masterwork of an architectural mastermind. I think that's more than enough to say: stop. But I fear that when the decision is taken, the council will say: go. Where's the bigger plan though? I walked round Blythswood recently with the historian Graeme Smith who's written a fine book about the area, and one of the points he made was that there's been no clear leadership on the place and no wider strategy. If such a strategy existed – a strategy to create a fine public space that showcases the Art School and reflects Glasgow's heritage, a place where people want to linger – we could decide, case by case, whether any new buildings fit with the plan. Perhaps a revised version of the Sauchiehall Street flats would fit. But at it stands, the current plan raises only one important question: why are we building an anywhere building in somewhere that really matters?
BBC News
09-06-2025
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- BBC News
Rennie Mackintosh building in Glasgow to be turned into Catholic museum
A former school designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh is set to be sold by Glasgow City Council and turned into a Scottish Catholic Bishops' Conference of Scotland is expected to take over the old Martyrs' School on Parson Street in Townhead if a £250,000 deal is backed by councillors this is planning to invest £1.75m in the 19th Century A-listed property to create a "public museum of Scottish Catholic archives to house artefacts and artworks", according to a council it is not the highest bid, council officials have recommended it for approval "given the overall merits". They said the unconditional offer of £250,000 had the "benefit of certainty, being a cash offer and not being subject to any suspensive conditions".Two other bids met the same criteria but were for commercial letting of workshop space, with some public exhibition space, and their occupation was "not guaranteed". 'Architectural and cultural significance' Ruairi Kelly, the council's convener for housing and development, said the plan was "great news for an important piece of Glasgow's built heritage"."Without marketing this building, we would not have found such a positive outcome that not only secures investment but opens it to the public," he said in a social media three-storey school building was designed for the School Board of Glasgow by Charles Rennie Mackintosh while he was an assistant at architectural firm Honeyman and Keppie and was completed in is of "considerable architectural and cultural significance, being one of the earlier buildings attributed to Mackintosh", the council report as a school and college until the early 1970s, the building has since been an arts centre and council Bishops' Conference of Scotland's plan for the property also includes some office space, and "proposes to link the subject to their existing ownership on the opposite side of the street" (St Mungo's RC Church).Marketing of the building began in October last year after it had been sitting empty for "a considerable time". Five compliant bids were received by the closing date in March this council report added: "It is proposed the subject will undergo a sensitive restoration and will have the prospect of a meaningful future as part of its local community."Reporting by Local Democracy journalist Drew Sandelands.
The Herald Scotland
07-06-2025
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
Landmark building by renowned Scottish architect sold
When Glasgow City Council put the Martyrs School on the market for sale last year, it had to move to reassure heritage experts concerned over its future in a city struggling with its difficult-to-keep heritage. External features are in view. (Image: Newsquest) The A-listed Martyrs' School, completed in 1898 and named after Church of Scotland Covenanters executed in 1684 at Townhead, is one of the earliest buildings attributed to Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Now, in an exclusive article by Craig Williams, it is revealed the building that last operated as a school in the 1970s and was most recently used as offices, is to be sold to the Bishops' Conference of Scotland and will become a public museum of Scottish Catholic archives, housing artworks and artefacts. The sale is set to be approved by a committee within days. Also building will be sensitively refurbished through a £1.75 million works programme, funded by the Bishops' Conference of Scotland, who will pay £250,000 in the sale. The Bishops' Conference of Scotland also owns St Mungo's Church and retreat on the opposite side of Parson Street. READ MORE: Craig also pointed to the negotiations over the use of another Mackintosh building - the Lighthouse, which was home to The Herald for 112 years - as a location to help climate tech firms grow after a committee gave the green light to the proposal. The council said it was to begin talks with Sustainable Ventures (Scotland) Limited on a long-term. The Lighthouse is one of Mackintosh's most celebrated architectural gems. Stuart Robertson, director of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, said that "on paper, this sale looks a good fit for Martyrs' School and being used as a public museum'. He also told The Herald: "I am delighted to see that it will be sensitively refurbished through a £1.75 million works programme, funded by the purchaser. It would be good to see more details of this and the planned timescale." Dominic d'Angelo, chair of the Alexander Thomson Society, celebrating another renowned Scottish designer, raised an interesting idea when he wrote in The Herald last month that: 'Maintenance, especially for listed properties, comes at a cost, as the council has identified in recent discussions in Westminster, identifying some 60-plus properties that could benefit if the requirement for repairs to be subject to VAT could be lifted. 'Doing so could enable re-purposing older buildings to address Glasgow's – and other cities' – urgent housing needs and to repopulate the city centre, as well as benefiting organisations such as ours seeking to ensure a positive outcome for buildings by the many talented architects that have contributed so much to Glasgow's urban environment and streetscape.' He also said: 'As a society, we have consistently raised concerns with the council over the church's condition and future, alongside that of other buildings, including planned development next to Grecian Chambers in Sauchiehall Street and current repairs to the Buck's Head Building in Argyle Street.' Maintaining public buildings brings its own set of challenges for councils. So, the new arrangement for the former Martyrs' School building looks like a positive long-term move.
