I Was Gonnae Charity

his week’s #iwasgonnae guest is Professor Eleanor Shaw OBE Associate Principal ( Pro Vice-Chancellor) at University of Strathclyde. Eleanor explains she is left-handed and reflects on her early days at school being told to ‘sit on her left hand and write with her right hand’ and consequently ending up in a remedial class for spelling and writing because of the effect this was having on her brain. Despite this, she ‘really enjoyed school’ but was unsure what #career direction she was wanting to take. She remembers thinking she would like to be an ‘English teacher or even more boldly a writer’. Eleanor tells us of how #Glasgow and the universities have always acted as magnets to her throughout her #life and career. Now as the Associate Principal (Pro Vice Chancellor) at University of Strathclyde she says