Anniesland College

Anniesland College is a small, local further education college in Glasgow, Scotland, established in 1964.

Kenny Dalglish, the Scottish international football player was briefly a student, as an apprentice joiner, in the 1970s.

Alex Kapranos (Huntley) was a part-time lecturer in IT for a couple of years until June 2003, when "Franz Ferdinand", the Glasgow indie rock band, of which he was lead singer/guitarist, signed a recording contract with Domino Records.

The college has 7 schools, offering a range of courses and levels of study, full time, part time or flexibly. The main building is at Hatfield Drive, with a 4-storey classroom block, workshops, a multimedia library (METRO) and nursery. There is a major annexe at Balshagray and 2 resource centres in Milton and Ruchill.

Anniesland College is a community college, offering many outreach courses in community centres and schools. There are links with other colleges, universities and local industry including shipbuilding.

External links

* [http://www.anniesland.ac.uk/ www.anniesland.ac.uk]

ee also

* List of further and higher education colleges in Scotland