CITB urges Scottish construction firms to pursue apprenticeship grants
Graeme Dey MSP, Minister for Higher and Further Education, visited the National Construction College in Inchinnan to celebrate Scottish Apprenticeship Week This week (3 –…
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Colleges in Scotland announce AI training for staff to mark International Day of Education
Four colleges are helping educators boost their Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills, amid growing student demand for data learning. The workforce development programmes at Edinburgh,…
SELECT welcomes suspension of college lecturers’ strike after asking member firms to lobby MSPs and avoid “devastating impact” on young electrical apprentices
Scotland’s biggest trade association, SELECT, has welcomed the suspension of strike action by college lecturers that will allow electrical apprentices to continue their essential studies.…
AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group Granted SQA Accreditation License for Domestic Retrofit Qualification
AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group (AIM) is proud to announce it has been granted an Accreditation License by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). Initially, AIM…
NUS Scotland set to release new report
Next week NUS Scotland is set to publish a new report, Imagine A Better System: ideas beyond borders, which looks beyond Scotland to identify international best…
‘No-one left behind’ – Scottish Minister for FE speaks at FAB Parliamentary Reception at Holyrood
The Federation of Awarding Bodies hosted an event at the Scottish Parliament in February. Scottish Members of Parliament, skills and education stakeholders, and FAB members…
Rally held outside Parliament against Scottish Government ‘short-sighted’ education cuts
At 1 pm today, NUS Scotland is rallying outside the Scottish Parliament, joining forces with student activists, trade unions, and politicians, who will all be…
Scottish colleges provide critical pathways from poverty
Today, the College Development Network (CDN) Research and Enhancement Centre published ‘Pathways from Poverty – Colleges for Communities’. The report is the second study from…
Virtual College Expo: One week to go
The Virtual College Expo22 takes place next week on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 August 2022, with the theme: Rewrite the College Story: Learning Experiences,…
#ChooseCollege campaign launches
What’s more important than a choice about your future? That’s the question driving Scotland’s colleges as they urge those who are considering their future career…