This week, the Cabinet Secretary for Education Jenny Gilruth, the Commissioner for Fair Access and representatives from across higher education came together at a special event to celebrate Universities Scotland’s “40 Faces” campaign. Universities Scotland’s Senior Public Affairs and Communications Officer Lauren Wards explains why progress towards Scotland’s ambitious widening access target cannot be made…
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Our 40 Faces campaign & reaffirming our commitment to widening access
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Jenny Gilruth, the Commissioner for Fair Access and representatives from across higher education came together at a special event to celebrate Universities Scotland’s “40 Faces” campaign.
Scottish Government consultation on legislation: Post-school reform response
In our response, following consultation with our members, most favour option 2. This would see the funding of all post-school provision move to the SFC (with apprenticeship funding, sun-degree level, also leaving SDS) and that all student finance support moves to SAAS (with some college student financial support leaving SFC).
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Tertiary Quality Enhancement Review method: QAA consultation
Universities Scotland’s Learning & Teaching Committee wrote a letter to QAA relating to QAA Scotland’s consultation on the Tertiary Quality Enhancement Review (TQER) method. This letter is a collective high-level response has been shared with QAA. Many institutions will also be responding directly with more detailed responses to the questions. The LTC response covers a…
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We're looking forward to supporting the #DYWRoadshow tomorrow. It's going to be a fantastic event and we can't wait to talk about Graduate Apprenticeships with all the young people attending.
If you're going, make sure you come and visit our stand in the Education sector. 🚀
🆕 | We're thrilled to announce the launch of the new state-of-the-art Competitive Games Lab and Wacom Cintiq Lab at Abertay University.
These new labs will bring the latest high-specification, industry-standard equipment and facilities onto campus for students and staff.
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