Stow College is a great old Glasgow college, that is renowned for its excellent facilities and…read morereputation for providing excellent education. Stow was the first in Scotland to offer Sound Engineering as a course of study and is the college of choice for many budding young musicians and sound engineers in Glasgow. In addition to its great facilities, top of the range equipment and state of the art technology, the toilets are pretty clean too - which is always nice eh? The canteen offers plenty of good grub throughout the day, including a full breakfast for only £2. The only negative thing I can think of is about the grumpy old man that works in the convenience shop, but I doubt it would be the same without him.

Glasgow legends Belle and Sebastien are famed for their association with Stowe, and for such a…read moresmall college, it punches well above its weight. Located round the back of the art school, it won't attract tourists, and the large, functional building expresses much of the place's practical intentions, but little of the creativity within. It is a splendid spot for further and adult education, with lots of vocational courses and media-associated subjects. Many of the courses have a strong practical component, and feel more like project work than traditional, lecture based education: a real positive, modern attitude in their practice.

Can you review a high school? I'll give it a bash, anyway…read more When I was at Hillhead it resembled a prison - felt like it at times, too - but over the years it has had an extension built onto it, and the open air corridors (a throwback from Glasgow's TB and Smallpox infested days) have been sealed with new ned-proof double glazed windows. I think I enrolled at this school during a rough time. In my six years in attendance there was interracial conflict, which saw horse backed police patrolling the premises, amalgamation problems and one of our favourite teachers was on the news because he got punched in the face! I can also vouch for the underlying bullying problems - the huge mix of backgrounds here meant that a majority of people came to blows with others at some point, and some of us felt a bit smothered under the wave. At the time I quietly got on with it but have fond memories of being verbally abused and having chewing gum stuck to my back....best years of your life, eh? This was partly to do with my inherent lack of balls though, and my hippy dippy registration teacher (now retired) who said I should know better - the kids to blame were from tough backgrounds. Now that I've toughened up a bit, I'd like to go back in time to tell her to kiss my enduring ass but at the time I just got on with it. In the early noughties, merely getting by in Hillhead meant you slipped under the radar, but nowadays any traces of race troubles etc seem to have been eliminated. My gem of an English teacher is now deputy head which is a vast improvement in my opinion, and the school's drama dept has had a makeover. Although we all mourned the loss of the gorgeous old stage that got turned into a gym, there's a large drama space and the school departments work hard to produce school shows and give opportunities to all their youngsters. There are some strong players in each department, most notably French, English, Music, Maths, Art and PE. In these departments, the teacher's efforts evidently pay off and they produce many bright young people every year. Technical, Home Economics and RE were always favourites of mine, too, with long term staff who were genuinely eager for you to do well. Our RE teacher had a heart of gold....he should've been paid to be a guidance teacher as well as heading his own department. It's been a while since I revisited but it's nice to see some of the dust has settled in every sense of the word, and that certain areas are continually improved. The areas I loved - English and Music, namely - are still going strong, and the libarary continues to be a great resource for pupils of all ages. Hopefully the career's advice team has been revamped and the school's website needs to be brought into the new decade, but aside from that there are worse schools.

I've sailed the ships of both Strathclyde and Glasgow university, and despite having learned a…read moresubject that has some relevance in the real world at this one, I can still firmly declare it as the second best uni in the city. The atmosphere at Strathclyde is far removed from the traditional / bohemian feel at it's rival, down to a combination of Strathclyde's concentration on engineering and business subjects, and it's tendency to attract a more state-school crowd. Though I found the teaching to be of a very high standard, I did find the atmosphere of the campus itself a little dull, though in fairness that may be to do with the fact i was doing a postgrad here and so less invovled in the after-class scene. The grey buildings and fairly featureless surrounding area are far less inspiring than the grandeur of Glasgow Uni and it's surrounding area, and the tired student union that seems to get less busy each year doesn't help. Ironically enough had I done my undergrad here I would probably have fitted in a bit better than I did with the more eccentric Glasgow Uni crowd, but it was those exact eccentricities that I loved about the place. At Strathclyde you'll never get the pleasue of watching your millionaire roomate stomping up and down on an anti-poverty march whilst being entirely unaware of the irony, nor will you get dusty old lecturers who still wear academic robes. You will however get a high standard of education and good student support in a functional, campus, so still top marks.

A great University with a good reputation…read more The campus is all over the place, in two different locations in fact. Unless you do teaching though, you're likely to be situated in the John Anderson Campus which provides sufficient challenges to navigate your way around from class to class. Good exercise! It's located near some great hot spots for nightlife, shopping, eateries and everything else worth investigating. They have a good Careers Service and a really good library. A PROPER library, where you can't even sneeze. The buildings are not as eye-catching as those at Glasgow University, and the overall teaching is not, in my humble opinion, as that of Glasgow Caledonian. Strathclyde is so huge, numbers wise that it's easy to get lost in the crowd and fail to make connections with staff. It's a great University nonetheless, overall.