University of Glasgow actor Gerard Butler, Rangers and Scottish footballer Neil Murray, actor, writer, television and radio broadcaster Colin Lamont aka Scottie McClue, novelist Robin Jenkins, television writers Armando Iannucci and Steven Moffat, comedian Greg Hemphill, television presenter Neil Oliver, journalists Andrew Neil and Raman Bhardwaj, and musicians Emeli Sandé and Simon Neil. The University is affiliated with Glasgow School of Art, whose former students include actors Robbie Coltrane and Peter Capaldi and children's author Michael Rosen. The World Changing Alumni Award, formerly With the Young Alumnus of the Year Award, the University is recognising and celebrating the achievements of alumni who have
Ravi Coltrane a 1983 graduate of El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California. In 1986, he studied music, focusing on the saxophone at the California Institute of the Arts. He has worked extensively with M-Base guru Steve Coleman, a significant influence on Coltrane's own musical conception. Coltrane has played with Geri Allen, Kenny Barron, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Branford Marsalis and others. In 1997, after performing on over thirty recordings as a sideman, Coltrane recorded his first album as leader "Moving Pictures", working with drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts, bassist Lonnie Plaxico and pianist Michael