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Colleges Scotland Celebrates Living Wage Anniversary
Colleges Scotland is celebrating the first anniversary of signing up as a Living Wage employer. The organisation is now one of more than 2,700 accredi...
Risk to Scotland’s economic success if investment doesn’t flow to colleges; job loss warning
The Scottish Government must invest in Scotland’s colleges in next month’s Budget or Scotland will miss the opportunity to create the skilled workforc...
Careers Week 2022
Careers Week starts today and Colleges Scotland is urging people to think of college as their first step on the way to a career. There are 26 colleges...
Protecting student wellbeing across Scotland's Colleges
By Jon Vincent, Principal of Glasgow Clyde College and Lead Principal for Mental Health Colleges across Scotland are taking steps to p...
Comment on Student Satisfaction and Engagement Survey
Today the Scottish Funding Council have published their latest report on student satisfaction at Scotland’s colleges, which is on the rise as the impa...
Scots Go for Gold at 'Skills Olympics' in South Korea And Europe
A video games specialist, an engineer and a plumber are among the five young Scots taking on the world in the ‘Skills Olympics’. The five are competi...
Scotland’s Colleges act to protect students from going hungry and cold this winter
Colleges in Scotland are setting out how they will help prevent thousands of students from going hungry and cold this winter.In a new survey from Coll...
Our Statement on the Passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
“Colleges Scotland is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of The Queen. Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, was a remarkable woman and great ambassado...
Scotland’s students share in excitement as normal service resumes on packed campuses
Scotland’s colleges have opened their doors to welcome back students for the first full term without Covid restrictions for more than two years. And,...
Child poverty outcomes need to be much more than just a sticking plaster
By Neil Cowie, Principal of North East Scotland CollegeScotland is at a crossroads in its efforts to eradicate child poverty. The Government has set a...
Minister Urges School Leavers to Choose College
A Scottish Government Minister today urged tens of thousands of school leavers to consider colleges as a first-choice destination.Jamie Hepburn, Minis...
Commonwealth Games 2022 Education Sector Day
With the Commonwealth Games 2022 officially open and underway, Colleges Scotland is today (Friday, 29 July 2022) in Birmingham, not only cheering on t...
