GCU’s Advanced Higher Hub opened in August 2013, in partnership with Glasgow City Council and supported by the SFC, and was the first project in Scotland to employ school teachers on a university campus.
The Advanced Higher Hub supports GCU’s strategic commitment to delivering excellence in learning and an outstanding student experience which equips students with the employability and entrepreneurial skills to succeed as global citizens. It supports school pupils across Glasgow to study English; Mathematics; Biology; Chemistry; History; Business Management and Modern Studies in a University environment.
As the University for the Common Good, GCU supports widening access and articulation, raising aspirations and creating flexible learning pathways in partnership with schools and colleges.
Sixth-year pupils studying at the Advanced Higher Hub last year celebrated an outstanding pass rate of 90%, compared with a national pass rate of 78% for those seven subjects. There were 167 exam presentations from students attending 21 Glasgow City Council schools. 40% of the pupils received A grades at SCQF Level 7, and a further 30% received a B grade. Pupils studying History and English received 100% pass rates.
GCU Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Pamela Gillies CBE FRSE said: “I am delighted by the continuation of our Advanced Higher Hub. This initiative is an excellent example of GCU delivering on our mission as the University for the Common Good, as we seek to provide educational opportunities for everyone in our society.”
Bailie Liz Cameron, Executive Member for Children, Young People and Lifelong Learning at Glasgow City Council, said: “We welcome the decision from the Scottish Funding Council to join with us in continuing funding of the Advanced Higher Hub at Glasgow Caledonian University for two more years which enables us to continue to increase the numbers of the city’s young people going to higher education when they leave school. The scheme has been very successful so far.”
John Kemp, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Funding Council, said: “We are delighted to continue funding, with others, this important initiative. The Hub has been hugely successful in helping pupils to study the subjects needed to progress to university, with 87% going on to university in the first two years. It’s an excellent example of working together to widen access to education and I look forward to seeing more pupils progress over the next two years.”
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