Meeting Reports
MEETING NOTES
5th March 2019
Noting an attendance of 42 members, Chairman David Waddell opened the meeting and welcomed guest speaker Dr Ken Thompson, Principal of Forth Valley College who proceeded to give a highly informative illustrated talk entitled “Making Learning Work”. This college mission statement is not just aimed at students but also staff, the community and increasingly local businesses and organisations with which many partnerships and joint ventures are in operation. These latter are aimed at identifying and providing the skill sets these companies require now and in the future. The new college building, representing an investment of £78m is on track to be handed over from the developers on 11th November and, as members could see from the short ‘fly through’ film, is a light airy spacious building incorporating the latest thinking in design for learning spaces. The vote of thanks to Dr Thompson was given by Jimmy Mackie. The club’s next meeting will be on 19th March featuring...