Colleges Scotland, the Scottish Funding Council and the Scottish Government have announced the launch of an evidence-based future-proofing exercise to shape colleges for the next generation, ensuring they continue to meet the needs and ambitions of future learners.

The College Sector of the Future workstream will result in a co-designed set of actions that seek to deliver a college system that is more equitable, future-proofed, empowering, and financially sustainable, and which allows colleges to continue to serve as anchor institutions in communities across Scotland.

Read the News Release - News Release - College Sector of the Future workstream launched from 12 March 2026. 

The College Sector of The Future workstream is hosted here on the Colleges Scotland website. Over the coming months, a number of publications will be added to this page. 

Pillar 1 
This Pillar synthesises existing evidence on learner, employer and community needs.

• Paper 1 - College Chairs
• Paper 2 - Governance
• Paper 3 - Synthesis of Published Reports 

Workstream Governance and Reference Groups 

• Read the Scoping paper
• Read the Working Arrangements paper

Map

o    A link to the map of campuses.

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