Summary
South Lanarkshire College (Scottish Gaelic: Colaiste Shiorrachd Lannraig a Deas) is a further education institution in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its campus is located in East Kilbride, with new buildings completed in 2008 at a site between the town centre and the Kelvin industrial area.[1]
| Type | College of Further Education |
|---|---|
| Established | 1948 |
| Principal | Aileen McKechnie |
| Students | 5,000 |
| Location | , , 55°45′13″N 4°09′30″W / 55.7535°N 4.1582°W |
| Website | http://www.south-lanarkshire-college.ac.uk/ |
The college was founded in 1948 as a building school in Cambuslang and had several sites for its various departments over its history, including at Blantyre, Motherwell, Hamilton and Wishaw.[1] Its last site in Cambuslang was at the former Gateside School which dated from the 1880s, but was demolished soon after the college relocated entirely to East Kilbride.[2]
In 2019, the college was chosen as the site for a monument to the workers at the nearby, recently closed Rolls-Royce engineering works who refused to fix military aircraft engines used by the Pinochet regime of Chile in the 1970s (detailed in the documentary movie Nae Pasaran);[3] the monument itself is one of the engines sent to the factory which was never used again.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "College History | About Us | About Us". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ The end of an era, Daily Record, 29 October 2008
- ^ On yer way, Pinochet! The factory workers who fought fascism from Glasgow, The Guardian, 1 November 2018
- ^ ‘Permanent tribute’ | Nae Pasaran: Jet engine monument to Pinochet boycotters unveiled, Unite Live, 25 October 2019
External links edit
- South Lanarkshire College