{"id":344366,"date":"2025-08-14T17:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344366\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T17:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:08:09","slug":"scottish-university-building-taped-off-due-to-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344366\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish university building taped off due to ‘incident’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n In an internal email, students were told that the closure was due to \u201can incident yesterday regarding a window at the front of the Govan Mbeki Building\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n A member of security staff told our reporter that a \u201cfault\u201d with one of the building’s windows meant the entrance would be closed \u201cfor the foreseeable\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n \"CautionCaution tape covered much of the building’s front facade. (Image: Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco) Affected individuals will be able to access classrooms inside the building via the adjacent George Moore Building, and have been asked to approach their programme leaders with any questions.\n<\/p>\n

\n The email reads: \u201cThe main and rear entrances to the Govan Mbeki Building have been closed as a precautionary measure.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cProtective coverings will be put in place at other entrance\/exit points in the coming days\n<\/p>\n

\n All fire exits will remain open.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe accessible entrance from the George Moore Building is by the lift lobby linking to the Deeprose Lecture Theatre<\/a>.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Students were also told not to open any windows inside the building.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n A sign posted to the front door of the building read: \u201cDue to essential maintenance, this entrance is closed.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Read more:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n World’s largest archive of street newspapers gifted to Scottish university<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n Students urged to boycott cybersecurity tech over Israel link<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n ‘I left school with nothing but college has changed my life’<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n The Govan Mbeki Building was named after South African politician and anti-apartheid activist Govan Mbeki, a close ally of Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned with him at Robben Island.\n<\/p>\n

\n Mandela had suggested the building be renamed after his comrade upon receiving an honorary degree from the university in June 1996 at Buckingham Palace.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n The building was officially opened by Mbeki’s son, President Thabo Mbeki, at a special ceremony in June 2001.\n<\/p>\n

\n A Glasgow Caledonian University spokesperson said: \u201cOn Wednesday afternoon\u00a0our staff identified an issue with a single window in our Govan Mbeki Building which had become separated from its frame.\u00a0 The window was reinstated and secured shortly thereafter.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n “As a precaution a full assessment is now being undertaken of all similar windows.\u00a0 Two entrances to the building have been temporarily closed and a range of actions are being undertaken to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of all the students and staff who use the building.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n “We will of course be providing further updates to our staff and students in due course.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an internal email, students were told that the closure was due to \u201can incident yesterday regarding a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-344366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115028223737808715","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}