Hands off Stow College

Over 300 jobs and 4000 student places are under threat after the latest decision by the Funding Council to transfer courses from Stow to the proposed new City of Glasgow College.

During the recession, with demand for places outstripping supply, the Funding Council propose to waste over 300m on bricks and mortar on a costly, needless development while refusing to guarantee the future of Stow College.

UNISON believe this is because Stow refused to become involved in the new City College project which has already cost countless millions, 19 jobs and 54 childcare places with the pending closure of the Thistle Nursery at the Nautical College.

UNISON believe that the Funding Council is ignoring experts in the sector who are speaking out against its proposals to reshape the curriculum in the city centre of Glasgow and is also engaged in a vindictive campaign against Stow and its staff and students.

These proposals are unnacceptable and will endanger the future of Stow as an essential service for the people of Glasgow.

We urge you to sign the petition to demand that the Scottish Government intervenes to force the Funding Council to take its HANDS 0FF STOW COLLEGE and give its staff and students a guarantee that it will continue to be funded at the same level as it currently is.