Commonwealth Games 2014
In the summer of 2014, Glasgow will play host to over 6,000 of the world’s best athletes from 71 countries for 11 days of sporting competitions across 17 different sports. Hundreds of thousands of people will visit the city as spectators and to participate in associated cultural events. Millions will watch on television.
Browsealoud
Browsealoud reads web pages aloud for people who find it difficult to read online. Reading large amounts of text on screen can be difficult for those with literacy and visual impairments.
7 million people in the UK have literacy problems, many of whom have downloaded Browsealoud already. By subscribing to Browsealoud for your website, you will greatly increase the number of people who can access the content on your site.
New Campus Glasgow
The planned development of a new 21st century estate for the four Glasgow city centre colleges is a unique project in Scottish education. This exciting development will be the first major co-location estates project involving four colleges and is believed to be the largest of its kind in the UK college sector.
EFQM
EFQM is a not for profit membership foundation. For the past twenty years we have shared what works between our member organisations as a way to help them implement their strategies: a mission which is as important as ever. The EFQM Excellence Model is the most widely used organisational framework in Europe and it is the basis for the majority of national and regional Quality Awards. Used as a tool for assessment, it delivers a picture of how well the organisation compares to similar or very different kinds of organisations.
Comavet
'Comavet - a new set of tools for mapping competences in Eurpean SME's'
Axiom Business Computers Established in 1982, Axiom Business Computers Ltd has been delivering business solutions to companies throughout the UK for over 25 years and over 300 Legal Firms in Scotland use Axiom Legal Software Solutions. Axiom is Microsoft certified and SOLAS qualified.
Afasic Scotland Afasic is the UK charity representing children and young adults with communication impairments, working for their inclusion in society and supporting their parents and carers. Afasic is a company registered in England and Wales (company no. 3036802) and a registered charity (charity no. 1045617).
Worldskills 2011: Support the UK Bid The UK is bidding against France, Sweden and Australia to host the biggest skills competition in the world in London in 2011. This competition provides the UK with a fantastic opportunity to showcase its skills on a world stage. We need your support to help us win the bid. For further information and to register your support please click on the Worldskills logo. The successful bid will be announced in Melbourne on 10 May 2006.”
Enhanced
Learning Credits Administration Services
The Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme (ELC) has been launched as a new
educational initiative to compliment the Standard Learning Credits Scheme
(SLC). The Scheme provides financial support to eligible Service personnel
who wish to enhance their educational or vocational achievements at
Level 3 or above.
Central College provides courses supported by this scheme.
Retail
Academy
Cental College of Commerce offers a range of retail
courses. We are partners with the retail academy. Our representative
on the retail academy is Hilda Dow a section leader within the department
of Marketing Business Management & Design.To visit
the retail academy click here.
The
Association of Accounting Technicians was founded in 1980 to provide a
recognised qualification and a membership body for accounting support
staff. It is sponsored by four major professional accountancy bodies including
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Central College offers
the Foundation,
Intermediate and Technician Stages.
The
CII is the largest and most influential professional and educational organisation
in the global insurance and financial services industries today. With
some 64,000 practising members, the CII has a strong presence in over
120 countries and long-term affiliations with more than 60 institutes
around the world. Central College offers a revision course for the Financial
Planning Certificate.
The
CIM is the largest professional marketing management body in Europe with
over 24,000 members and 28,000 students. At present, Central College runs
the Professional
Certificate in Marketing, Professional
Diploma in Marketing, Postgraduate
Diploma in Marketing courses.
Central
College is an approved centre for delivering CIPS courses. At present
we run the Foundation Stage Purchasing
& Supply-Day Release, Foundation
Stage Purchasing & Supply-Evening, Professional
stage Purchasing & Supply-Day Release, Professional
Stage Purchasing & Supply-Evening and Twilight
Professional Programme in Purchasing & Supply courses.
The
CIPD, with over 90,000 members in the UK & Ireland, is Europe's largest
professional institute for those involved in the management and development
of people. Central College offers the Certificate
in Personnel Practice,
Certificate in Training Practice, Certificate
in Postgraduate Study Skills and Postgraduate
Diploma in Personnel & Development qualifications.To Contact the CIPD, call 0208 9719000, or visit www.cipd.co.uk
Central
College is a certified Cisco Networking Academy. As part of the HND
Internetworking course students will be given the opportunity to participate
in this programme with a view to achieving a Cisco Certified Network Associate
(CCNA) professional qualification.
The
ICM aim is to promote Credit Management as a vital management function
with a major contribution to make the economic well being of a variety
of organisations. The ICM Intermediate
Stage course is offered by Central College.
Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) is the Awarding Body for General and Specialist Management Qualifications - commited to developing qualifications to meet the needs of today's team leaders and managers at all levels across industry. For over 36 years they have been awarding management qualifications to team leaders and managers.
The department of Marketing, Management and Design offers the
Introductory Certificate in Management and Certificate in Management.
The
formal creation of OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) on October
1, 1998 brought together the two organisations which effectively established
the public qualifications system in the UK. Central
College offers the Secretarial
Skills Development Programme.
The
Recruitment & Employment Confederation has 8,000 individual members (recruitment
consultants / managers) and 6,000 corporate member offices (recruitment
consultancies / employment agencies). Central
College offers the Certificate
in Recruitment Practice.