Alumni and Friends

Few can offer such personal insight into the recent banking crisis as Andrew McLaughlin, Social Sciences ‘90, Group Chief Economist and Head of Communications of Royal Bank of Scotland. In an incisive interview with Adelle Hopkins, (BA (Hons) Communication & Mass Media ’07, currently studying an MA in Multimedia Journalism), Mr McLaughlin discusses his personal [...]

Chief Executive and GCU graduate, Gordon Smith ’77, visited the campus in later November to talk to students on the Sports and Active Lifestyles Promotion course on a new SFA initiative aimed at giving thousands of boys and girls advice and guidance as part of SFA approved football lessons.   “I am very happy to have had [...]

GCU graduates David Forbes, BSc Psychology ’00 and Stewart Kerr, MSc Rehabilitation Science ‘08 took part in Bank of Scotland International Badminton Championships in Glasgow last in November. The doubles pair reached the second round of the tournament before losing out to an Austrian duo. David and Stewart have been playing together for 4 years [...]

Tom Moffett leads the project for the construction of the HMS Defender warship at BVT Surface Fleet, Glasgow. But what many don’t know is that Tom is a former Power-Lifting Champion and current world record holder! Tom, B.Eng (Hons) Business and Manufacturing Engineering ’99, represented Scotland in the 2009 World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation (WDFPA) [...]

The recession has hit many small businesses, but business is booming for environmentally friendly taxi firm, GOGREENCAR. Owners David Peters, Business Studies ’01, and Andrew Laughlan, Multimedia Technology ’02, have seen an increase in clientele over the last year as Senior Executives and Managing Directors have moved away from their high-end chauffeured limousines to a [...]

Find out how far the GCU Bumper Sticker can go! Send your pictures of the GCU Bumper Sticker to alumni@gcal.ac.uk. We want to see how far this will go! If you don’t have a bumper sticker, but would like one, email alumni@gcal.ac.uk with your full name and mailing address and we will send a few [...]

Special Guest Lecture Tuesday 8th December 2009, 5:30-6:30 Registration/Reception 6:30 Lecture Glasgow Caledonian University Professor David Gartry MD FRCS FRCOphth DO BSc (Hons) FCOptom ‘Laser refractive surgery – past, present & future’ We are delighted to welcome Professor David Gartry, BSc (Hons) Ophthalmic Optics ’78, and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon & Refractive Service Director, Moorfields Eye Hospital, [...]

Over 500 alumni from the Glasgow Dough School and Queens College attended the launch of the Glasgow Cookery Book. The 2009 edition, which was published by Waverly Books, was updated with the assistance of Dough School volunteers (pictured). Special care was taken to preserve traditional favourites such as haggis, pot roast, cheese scones and shortbread [...]