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Joint Articulation Group Blog
By Lydia Rohmer and Duncan Cockburn Scotland’s college and higher education sectors are passionate about encouraging people across the nation to fulf...
Re-instate the Flexible Workforce Development Fund - urgent call to Ministers
Colleges, businesses and trade unions have joined together to call on the Scottish Government to reinstate a vital training fund before it is deleted...
Open Letter - Re-instate the Flexible Workforce Development Fund
5 February 2024 Open Letter to Members of the Scottish Parliament Flexible Workforce Development Fund We are a collective of Scottish businesses, r...
Comment on Report by the Commissioner for Fair Access
The Commissioner for Fair Access, Professor John McKendrick, has published his latest independent report, Higher education – renewing the alliance for...
New Years Honours - Dr David Watt OBE
Congratulations to Dr David Watt, Chair of Fife College, whose service to the economy, to sport and to education is recognised in the New Years Honour...
Disappointment over Flexible Workforce Development Fund
Following the Draft Budget for 2024/25 which came to the Scottish Parliament on 19 December 2023 it has been confirmed that there is no funding availa...
Comment on the Draft Budget 2024/25
The Draft Budget presented to Parliament on 19 December presents a funding cut to colleges which will mean challenging decisions during 2024/25.The Dr...
Blog: Reflections on Student Satisfaction – Part 2
Last month the Scottish Funding Council published the Student Satisfaction and Engagement Survey report which shows that college student satisf...
Blog: Reflections on Student Satisfaction – Part 1
Last month the Scottish Funding Council published the Student Satisfaction and Engagement Survey report which shows that college student satisf...
Response to Post School Education and Skills Reform Statement
Earlier today in a statement to the Scottish Parliament, the Minister for Higher Education and Further Education Graeme Dey set out next steps in refo...
Comment on the CESAP Pathfinder Report
Commenting on the Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan (CESAP) Pathfinder report, Andy Witty, Director of Strategic Policy, Said: “This is...
Comment on SFC Student Satisfaction and Engagement Survey
Today the Scottish Funding Council have published their latest report on student satisfaction at Scotland’s colleges, which has reached a five-year hi...