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Welcome to GLASGOW
If you are an international student at any of the universities or colleges around Glasgow,
Scotland, then this website is for you! We want to help you feel at home during your time
here, meet with other students from around the world, and enjoy some local Scottish
hospitality while you are studying here.
  
Do visit the 'About Us' page to find out a little more about who we are, and check out the events below to see if
you would like to come along and meet other international students as well as local Scottish people, whilst
learning a bit about Scottish culture.
(See the bottom of this page for regular weekly events!)
***Special Upcoming Events***
In July
Loch Lomond Highland Games
in Balloch
Saturday 17th July
10am-5pm
£7 ticket per adult
Highland Games are a special part of Scottish culture. During the day there are various 'games' going
on in the arena which you can look at and enjoy (all the competitors are already selected, you don't have
to compete!). Examples of activities are: Scottish dancing, solo bagpipe, barefoot wrestling, tossing the
cabre, throwing the hammer, 80m sprint, cycling, tug of war, plus massed pipe bands in afternoon, and
much more! You can buy something to eat and drink at the games.
Travel Details: Catch 09:23 train from Queen Street Station to Balloch Station (final stop).
A Day Return ticket costs about £5. Allow 15 mins to buy tickets. Journey time is 47 mins. At Queen
Street the train leaves from the lower level going Westbound - look for Balloch on the front of the train.
You can also catch it from High Street 09:18, Charing Cross 09:25, or Partick 09:30.
Highland Games are 5 mins walk from Balloch station.
Trains return every half an hour at 23/53 mins past the hour.
Nigel and Jan will be there to meet you at Balloch train station when you arrive at 10:10.
You can always come on your own later.
Optional extra: If you want to take a 1 hr boat ride on Loch Lomond you can do this for only £7
extra!
For Free: you are welcome to return to the home of Nigel and Jan for some tea and cakes.
Meet at the Balloch station at 4pm. You can return to Glasgow by 7pm.
Please email Nigel (see 'contact us' page) if you would like to come for tea and cakes at 4pm!
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Also for your interest:
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Glasgow Internationals’ Hospitality Scheme
(Ongoing throughout your time in Glasgow)
An opportunity for you to link up with a Scottish family who would like to invite you
to their home for a free meal and to welcome you personally to Glasgow.
(See 'Hospitality' page for more info and to sign up for it!)
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There is also a Glasgow-wide International Students
Christian Fellowship which is open to all interested university
students in the city of Glasgow) from 7pm-9pm every Friday held in the University of
Strathclyde's Chaplaincy building (90 John Street, opposite the Student Union, near George Square).
This is a group where students can come to to study the Bible together,
meet other Christian students, sing, share any needs for prayer and pray together, followed by some
refreshments (snacks and hot drinks) and a chance to get to know each other better. Everyone is
invited, even if you're not a Christian and you just want to find out more, your very welcome.
(If your interested contact JAMIE)
Weekly EVENTS...
Sundays: 'The Living Room'
Sandyford Church, 13 Kelvinhaugh Street (Postcode G3 8NU), just off Argyle Street, near Glasgow University.
FREE Cafe (food and drinks) and Games (table tennis, pool etc.)!
8pm-9:30pm
Contact: Douglas
Mondays: International Cafe and FREE English Class
Come along if you want to improve your English!
Tron Church Halls, 25 Bath Street, City Centre.
6pm-9pm
Contact: Euan
Tuesdays: Cooking with Friends
(Finished for the summer but will start again in September!)
Learn to make some Scottish dishes in a local home!
Book in advance (Only £2 to cover the cost of ingredients)
Email: David+Wilma Wilson - Cooking with Friends - for further details and to book your place!
Wednesdays: Chinese Bible Study
Bible Study for Mandarin speaking students on Strathclyde Campus!
Board Room, 2nd Floor, International Christian College (ICC), 110 St James Road
(behind Strathclyde University Library)
5:30pm-7:30pm
Contact: Jamie
Thursdays: Meal for International Students (Hot Food!)
(Finished for the summer but will start again in September!)
Strathclyde University Chaplaincy, 90 John Street (opposite Strathclyde Student's Union), City Centre.
Hot meal only £2!!
5:30pm-7:30pm
Run by the Strathclyde University Christian Union
Contact: Nigel
Fridays: International Students Fellowship
Strathclyde University Chaplaincy, 90 John Street (opposite Strathclyde Student's Union), City Centre.
Interested in Christianity? Want some fellowship with other Christian students?
Come and sing, study the Bible, encourage each other and pray together,
with a mini cafe afterwards.
7pm-9pm
Contact: Jamie
Also on Sundays...
Bible Reading and Discussion for International Students
St Vincent Street Free Church (corner of St Vincent Street and Pitt Street), city centre
Special small group discussion on the Bible
11am-12:30pm
Run by Finlay Mackenzie (University Free Church Chaplain)
International Student's Church (Evening Service)
Strathclyde University Chaplaincy, 90 John Street, Opposite Strathclyde Student's Union, City Centre
Small friendly service especially run for international students
- all warmly and personally welcomed!
6:30pm-7:30pm
Run by Finlay Mackenzie (University Free Church Chaplain)
Contact: Jamie
If your having trouble finding any of these places please get in touch with Jamie, otherwise check
out the map search online: www.multimap.com just make sure you put the street name and
Glasgow in the search. Most places are in Glasgow City Centre.
Other special events will be advertised or sent out to those who get in touch by email
More Information about International Cafes, Scottish Cooking Classes, the Glasgow
Hospitality Scheme, English Classes, Walks and Trips to different parts of Scotland can be
found by going to the CONTACT US page of this site and getting in touch with JAMIE, or one
of the other representatives. Do give us your email if your interested in hearing regularly
about activites we are organising.
Hope to see you at some of these!
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