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The university preparation courses at Glasgow International College are specially designed for international students who wish to study at the University of Glasgow. Our innovative courses ensure that you are ready for academic and personal success during your university study. On successful completion of a Glasgow International College course, to the required level, you are guaranteed a place on your chosen degree at the University of Glasgow. The perfect route to year 2 of an undergraduate degree. Excellent academic preparation for your postgraduate…
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Mission The Newtown Creek Alliance is a community-based organization dedicated to restoring, revealing and revitalizing Newtown Creek. The Newtown Creek Alliance represents the interests of community residents and local businesses who are dedicated to restoring community health, water quality, habitat, access, and vibrant water-dependent commerce along Newtown Creek. Since 2002, the Alliance has served as a catalyst and channel for effective community action and our efforts have made a positive and enduring impact on the health and quality of life…
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Gillian Berrie co-founded Sigma Films and instigated the concept of a ‘Film City’ in Glasgow. Gillian’s contribution to the indigenous screen industries, in terms of both advocating an infrastructure for film production in Scotland, and her artistic contributions to Scottish film, has been instrumental in establishing Scotland as an increasingly thriving and viable production base. To name but a few of her film credits, Gillian has been involved with; Ken Loach’s My Name Is Joe, Peter Mullan s Orphans; Lynne Ramsay s Ratcatcher; Andrea Arnold’s…
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The Digital Design Studio (DDS) is a postgraduate research and commercial centre of Glasgow School of Art. Its intense learning and research environment exploits the interface between science, technology and the arts to explore imaginative and novel uses of advanced 3D digital visualisation and interaction technologies. Postgraduate Teaching The DDS offers four distinct taught postgraduate programmes and pathways: Research DDS research activities revolve around 3D visualisation, 3D sound, speech recognition, haptics (touch), gesture-based interaction…
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The best bathroom design ideas from the House & Garden archive. Inspiration for cabinets, tiles, furniture, baths and showers for bathrooms large small, modern and traditional Thinking of redecorating your bathroom and don t know where to start? There are so many elements to consider it can be mind-boggling - there are all the fittings, from baths and showers, to taps and sinks, vanity units and mirrors and then you ve got to think about colour schemes and whether to go for a contemporary or traditional style. We ve handily collated all…
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Programme Overview In the Department of Fashion and Textiles at The Glasgow School of Art you will find an international community of around 150 students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. At undergraduate level there are two specialist programmes in both Fashion Design and Textile Design. Fashion Design is concerned with the design of clothing. Fashion Designers consider the shape, cut, silhouette and construction of clothing and tend to think more three dimensionally when designing. The programme aims to create highly specialized subject…
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His Majesty’s Theatre is one of only two so named in the world. It’s an opulent, awe-inspiring Frank Matcham designed theatre, a national treasure, with a breathtaking auditorium described by Billy Connolly as “like playing a gig inside a wedding cake!” On stage at HMT we bring Broadway and the West End to the North-east with award winning musical theatre - Wicked, Jersey Boys, Dirty Dancing, internationally renowned contemporary dance - Mark Morris Dance Group, Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, Jasmin Vardimon , acclaimed stage plays like the National’s…
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Our School of Psychology brings together world-leading expertise in experimental psychology, cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience in order to advance the understanding of behaviour. If you study with us, our supportive learning environment can help you to gain an in-depth knowledge of Psychology, while developing skills that can be transferred to the workplace. Many of our staff are part of the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, one of seven research institutes at the University of Glasgow. Psychology at the University of Glasgow…
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Discussion Glasgow School of Art Commentary Charles Rennie Mackintosh won a competition to design the Glasgow School of Art, his first commission and most important building. Sited at the edge of a steeply sloping south facing hill, the building, an art school, stretches along an entire block, facing a major street to the north. The building has an eclectic unity with influences from Scottish baronial architecture (volumetric masses of heavy masonry), art nouveau motifs (floral and geometric motifs in the iron work, tiles, details) and modern materials…
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The historical development of the city of Glasgow and the ship-building, seafaring and industrial waterfront along the river Clyde, gives both a unique shared legacy. Situated where the city meets river, ‘flowing’ between the two in a symbolic representation of their dynamic relationship, the museum places itself in the very roots of its origins – establishing a clear connection between its exhibits and their wider context. The building, conceived as a sectional extrusion open at both ends, its cross-sectional outline encapsulating a wave or pleat…
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