Education

Education Departments

• Childhood & Primary Studies
• Creative and Aesthetic Studies
• Curricular Studies
• Educational & Professional Studies
• Glasgow School of Social Work
• Sport, Culture & the Arts

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• Library, Jordanhill Library
• Professional Development Unit
• Inter-Campus Bus Service
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• Education Wellbeing Group

The Faculty, formed in 1992 when Jordanhill College merged with the University, has a long, proud history in the field of teacher education and, more recently, in the training of professionals in the arts, community education, physical education, sport & outdoor education, social work and speech & language therapy.  More students train at the Faculty to be teachers than anywhere else in Britain and we are one of only two centres in Scotland for the training of speech therapists.

We are established as the largest provider of staff for the community education service in the country and, mainly as a result of its location within Scotland's largest city, are able to offer social workers a range of experience of an exceptional kind. We are also a national centre for the staff development of lecturers in further and higher education.

About our staff

Staff in each department are involved in the teaching of instructional courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as in personal research and in the supervision of students undertaking higher degrees. Another major activity is the provision of award-bearing and short courses designed to meet the continuing professional development needs of qualified teachers and other professionals. Many of these courses are described as 'post-initial' because people take them after they have completed their initial professional training, and many are at postgraduate or higher degree level.

The essential features of the Faculty's services are that they are flexible and designed to meet the needs of employers and individuals while at the same time maintaining high standards of quality.

Workplace learning is an integral component of the postgraduate framework. It is a way of structuring learning that provides support for individuals and their organisation to play a significant role in directing their own learning within their own working environment. It has an important role to play in supporting and encouraging continuing professional development both personally and institutionally.