Following a call for views from the Scottish Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee, we have submitted our views on the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill.

We have set out our support the Bill’s primary policy objective, as set out in the Policy Memorandum (para 7), to:

“enable funding for tertiary education and training provision to be more responsive to the needs of learners and the economy”.

We also support the transfer of responsibilities for apprenticeships, as the Bill provides, as they are currently configured. However, we believe that there is merit in a different approach to implementation to that set out in the Policy Memorandum.

We have also set out our views on the proposed new powers and duties of the Scottish Funding Council to monitor the financial sustainability of post-16 education bodies.

However, there are some areas of the Bill where greater clarity is needed, or where the suggested implementation requires adjustment.

You can read our full submission to the Committee here.