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Oor Wullie, Paul Little, Principal of City of Glasgow College and Milea Leone, President of City of Glasgow College Students’ Association


Braw News! Oor Wullie is


joining the Super College City of Glasgow College is looking forward to welcoming a life-sized Oor Wullie statue at its campus on Glasgow’s Cathedral Street this summer. The wee Scottish icon is taking up residence for 11 weeks as part of the first nationwide public art trail, the Oor Wullie Big Bucket Trail, which aims to raise awareness of Scotland’s national children’s hospital charities.


A specially painted statue by a Scottish artist will arrive on campus in June. It is hoped that the statue will encourage students and visitors, and the Glasgow community, to experience the state-of- the-art campus facilities. Oor Wullie is the iconic Scottish cartoon laddie


from the fictional town of Auchenshoogle and, since his first appearance in the Sunday Post over 80 years ago, he has become a much-loved part of Scottish heritage. Launched nationally


by Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in October last year, the project has already gained the backing of several national brands including Arnold Clark, Citylink and ScottishPower. Funds raised through the Big Bucket Trail will support Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity, and the ARCHIE Foundation, helping children in hospital across the country.


Mark Johnston, Managing Director, Glasgow Airport and Graeme Macfarlan, Commercial Director, First Bus in Scotland unveil the new Glasgow Airport Express 500 service fleet


FIRST GLASGOW LAUNCHES NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART BUSES ON AIRPORT SERVICE


First Glasgow has launched 10 new ultra-low emission vehicles for its premium Glasgow Airport Express service as part of ongoing investment plans, which provides a 24/7 fast and frequent link from the city centre to the airport. The 10 new E400 city double decker buses built by Alexander Dennis in Falkirk have doubled the capacity on these popular services and the new vehicles are in operation on the 500 service, serving one of the busiest airports in the UK. The new vehicles come with luxury double-padded seating, free 4G WiFi, USB


charging points as well as new state-of-the-art wireless charging facilities on both the tables and seatbacks, luggage racks and most important of all – ultra-low emission Euro VI diesel engines. Glasgow’s largest operator has now invested over £30million in a total of 150 new ultra-low emission vehicles for Glasgow since October 2018. This highlights First


Glasgow’s continuing commitment to improving the quality of offering to its customers while at the same time playing its role in improving air quality in the city.


Glasgow Science Centre and ScottishPower


commit to training 200 teachers on climate change A pilot project that launched last year to train Scottish teachers on climate change has been given the green light for a second year, after training more than 100 teachers. The Climate Change initiative,


The programme covers three


funded by ScottishPower, sees Glasgow Science Centre specialists deliver training sessions with teachers, exploring the complex subject of climate change through science, engineering, technology and maths (STEM) subjects. More than 100 teachers have been


Students with Ann McKechin, Head of CSR, ScottishPower.


through the programme to date and ScottishPower has now confirmed its funding commitment to training a further 100 teachers in the next year.


interactive modules, devised by experts at the Science Centre, to engage with primary school aged children. They include a focus on reducing plastic waste, harnessing ‘waste’ gases and recycling. Each lesson is designed in line with second level Curriculum for Excellence experiences and outcomes. Teachers are able to use a series


of educational materials, available online or at Whitelee Wind Farm, the ScottishPower-owned site.


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