University Of Strathclyde – Jordanhill Campus

Jordanhill… this is a strange one. I studied here for a year for my postgrad (the final year my course was taught here before relocating to the John Anderson campus in the city centre) and I can’t decide what to think of it.
In terms of facilities and the services which are needed to create a thriving university, what’s on offer at Jordanhill is poor. What used to be a swimming pool is just an empty shell and much of the campus has fallen into disrepair. Parts of the campus really are liking walking through a ghost town and you can almost imagine the life this place used to have.
All the other facilties equally feel like token gestures — the library is tiny in comparison to the main one in the centre or Glasgow University’s huge building, there is one small shop (the man working there is a gem though), the café is very limited and the ‘union’ (which is closed in the evening) doesn’t sell alcohol except for an hour or so on a Friday. It’s a strange experience to come from a university like Glasgow to this campus and many of my course mates dubbed it «Jordanhell».
However, I have many fond memories of bonding over the empty café and ridiculous facilities and how Jordanhill became our little world for those nine months and I feel saddened by the fact that it is soon to be closed. I believe Strathclyde have sold (or are in the process of selling) this campus and it is likely to be turned into flats. Something, perhaps sentimentality, makes me want to protect this old place. It clearly has a lot of history and you can almost see its former beauty through all the cracks.

I was a student in this University, doing the course of Counselling course.
The buildings are quite old, and the car park is a shambles.
However the gardens are nice.