Central College of Commerce

The Central College Of Commerce is a college situated in the City Centre Of Glasgow. The college has links to Universities such as Caledonian and Glasgow University and provides courses such as Business Studies, Information Technology and Health, Hair and Beauty, Legal Studies (which can provide a direct access to the LLB law degree) and accountancy.

The college is one of Scotland's few specialist colleges and provides courses from Certificate through to Postgraduate level.

In addition to the first two years of full-time degree programmes, the College offers training courses and business services to companies in the private and public sectors - locally, nationally and internationally.

The College has achieved the quality standard "Scottish Quality Management System" (SQMS) and has numerous other training and quality awards.

Most of the students at the college progress to the local Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian and West of Scotland (previously Paisley until the merger of Paisley University and Bell College).

History

The college was founded in 1963 and its first Chairman was Charles Oakley, who was heavily involved in the regeneration of Glasgow after World War 2.

The college was grown since its founding and was around about 2300 full-time students and 6000 part-time students but this stop at late 2007/early 2008 when Paul Little toke over as Principal, which had negtive effect on the college.

Campus

The college is situated in Cathedral Street, Glasgow, near to George Square and Glasgow Metropolitan (one of better colleges in glasgow). The campus comprises three buildings. Hairdressing, health and beauty classes are taught in the Charles Oakley building. The Allan Glen building hosts business, legal, accounting and ICT subjects. The newest building, the Central Business Learning Zone(CBLZ), houses the College's information services along with examination and training facilities.

Courses

The College runs courses leading to qualifications including National Certificates, Scottish Vocational Qualifications, Higher National Certificates (HNC), Higher National Diplomas (HND) and Diplomas in HE through 3 departments

*Accounting, Law and Information Technology (Allan Glen’s Building)

*Health, Hair and Beauty (Charles Oakley Campus)

*Marketing, Business Management and Design (Charles Oakley Campus)

The College also runs special courses for asylum-seekers, including English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL 1 - 4).