The Glasgow Perthshire
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Welcome to the web site of The Glasgow Perthshire Charitable Society, generally referred to as "The Glasgow Perthshire".
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Latest News
- Possible Blocking of Society Web Site by PKC - No Response from PKC
The Society has anecdotal evidence that Perth and Kinross Council are blocking access to our web site from school networks and devices. The Society cannot confirm this as we do not have access to PKC networks/devices. We contacted PKC on 12th March about this issue and were informed on 19th March that the issue had been passed to the relevant team for action within 15 working days. Despite a further e-mail to PKC earlier this week, requesting an update, there has been no response after 24 working days. We have asked schools to also raise the issue. There is little else that the Society can do, other than recommend that bursary applicants/referees use personal devices on home broadband links to circumvent the apparent PKC block.
Bursary System Status
- Bursary Applications Now Open
Applications for student bursaries are now being accepted. Full details can be found on the Bursaries page and Application Procedure page. The closing date for receipt of signed/dated applications is 1st June - we therefore recommend 24th May as the latest date to pre-submit the on-line application form to allow time for printing and posting to the Society.
See the Bursaries page for more details about our student bursaries.
Other Alerts
Possible Blocking of This Web Site By PKC
There is some evidence that Perth and Kinross Council are blocking access to the Society web site and bursary application system from school computers (including teachers' devices). We may be the victims of an over-zealous blanket blocking policy. The Society cannot confirm this, but if you cannot connect to our site from your school please try connecting from a home broadband connection or public WiFi access point using a non-PKC controlled device. Connections to our web site are strongly encrypted so your data are well secured, even on a public WiFi link. Also, please complain to PKC, requesting that they add our URL to their whitelist, or remove us from their blacklist. The Society has already done this. Thank you.
Artificial Intelligence Summaries - Beware
Please be wary of AI summaries of the Glasgow Perthshire as produced by search engines and other systems. Most are simply rearrangements of text skimmed from the Society web site, often losing nuance of meaning in the process. Some information is simply WRONG. These systems are really semi-intelligent (i.e. half-witted).
Changed e-Mail Address?
Bursars, please let the Bursary Co-ordinator know if you have changed e-mail address or other details such as home address. To avoid spam, the Bursary Co-ordinator's e-mail address is not shown on this web site - please use the address that he/she used previously to e-mail you, or failing that, the form on the Contact Us page.