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AUTUMN 2015
My discussion with the students
and staff also highlighted that
sometimes this good practice is
already in place and is working
well, as is the case for one student
on the SFC’s Associate Student
scheme with the College and
the University of Strathclyde
whereby he is both a college and
a university engineering student
and, it seems, getting the most
out of both those systems. But
in other cases this pathway is not
as smooth or flexible, such as the
student who entered advanced
study in a Glasgow university
with little support or connection
to the cohorts progressing from
year 1 or 2. Thankfully in the latter
case the College was on hand to
help find an alternative route to
a university degree through the
Open University at the College.
I was then invited to visit The Hive
and discovered another level of
access and inclusion. I also noted
that one of the students I had
met earlier started her journey
and belief in herself through the
great work of the staff from The
Hive. This element of access
is absolutely crucial and it was
plain to see that this element
of the College changes lives
and increases the chances of
progressive positive pathways. I
wondered what would happen
to the lovely lively students from
The Hive and what pathways
they would enter next with the
great support of the professionals
around them.
students from the local area who
will in time become our future
teachers, dentists and doctors.
Their stories differed from tha