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Colleges offer warm spaces and breakfast clubs as cost-of-living concerns grow

Colleges across Scotland are putting in measures such as warm spaces in libraries and free breakfast clubs as concerns mount over how the cost-of-living crisis will affect students. Nineteen out of Scotland’s 26 further education colleges responded ...

03 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Scottish Government announces £300 million heat pump fund

A new £300 million fund has been set up by the Scottish Government to accelerate the roll out of environmentally friendly heating networks. The Heat Network Fund will be available to public and private sector bodies looking to power multiple ...

21 Feb 2022 at 17:55

Scotland

Record number of students from deprived areas at university, study finds

The number of Scottish students from deprived areas starting at university in Scotland reached an all-time high last year, new figures show. A Scottish Funding Council report found that 16.7% of Scottish domiciled full-time first degree ...

17 May 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Lack of funding for colleges could lead to skills emergency, warn chiefs

Scotland risks “sliding into a skills emergency” unless more cash can be found for colleges, leaders in the sector have insisted. Scottish Government budget plans for the coming year will cut the equivalent of more than £50 million ...

25 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Scotland

Abuse victim wins £450,000 damages from leading private school

A former pupil who was abused at Sir Tony Blair’s old school has been awarded £450,000 in damages – thought to be the largest such award from the school to a victim in Scotland. The man, now in his 50s, was abused by a teacher at ...

02 Dec 2022 at 08:50

Scotland

Colleges and universities ‘disappointed’ by Scottish Government funding U-turn

College and university bosses in Scotland have been left “extremely disappointed” and “dismayed” by a Scottish Government U-turn which will see £46 million axed from their budget this year. The money, which had been previously ...

02 May 2023 at 18:43

Scotland

Financial sustainability of colleges at risk, warns watchdog

Funding for Scotland’s colleges has dropped by 8.5% in real terms since 2021-22 while costs have risen, leading to warnings from Audit Scotland over financial sustainability. A report from the watchdog released on Thursday ...

07 Sept 2023 at 00:01

College lecturers begin rolling strike action in pay dispute

College lecturers have begun a rolling programme of strike action in a dispute over pay and job security. It comes after EIS-Further Education Lecturers’ Association (EIS-Fela) rejected a pay offer from College Employers ...

11 Sept 2023 at 15:06

Scotland

Invest in further education or face dire consequences, Government is told

Colleges and universities need urgent investment to avoid “dire consequences” for economic and employment opportunities, the Scottish Government has been warned. The Scottish Government’s draft budget, expected to be ...

29 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Colleges’ financial challenges continuing to increase, auditors find

Scotland’s colleges need more clarity from ministers on what parts of their role to prioritise as the sector’s financial challenges continue to rise, according to the head of Audit Scotland. The body found 11 out of ...

19 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Colleges Scotland funding ask was ‘unrealistic’, says minister

Scotland’s colleges minister has said the body representing further education institutions put forward an “unrealistic” budget ask. Colleges Scotland, in a submission to the Government last year, called for £853.3 ...

08 Jan 2025 at 16:05

Scotland

Investment ‘badly needed’ in college sector amid funding cuts, says trade body

Investment in Scotland’s colleges is “badly needed”, a trade body has said as funding has been cut in real terms. The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) announced its allocations to each college on Thursday, with ...

10 Apr 2025 at 16:50

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