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Learning, Governance & Sustainability Group

This group has three main areas:

  • ensuring learning provision is assessed and enhanced by working in partnership with QAA Scotland, HMIe (now Education Scotland), colleges, universities and students on an enhancement-led approach to quality. We also support student engagement and participation in quality, working in particular with NUS Scotland and sparqs, and we promote good practice in sustainability and the sustainable use of resources and support the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development;
  • responsibility for meeting the Council's objectives in supporting the development of governance, leadership and management in colleges and universities, including their ongoing sustainability, and maintaining relationships with sector support agencies; and
  • corporate governance, legal compliance and data and information security, risk management, management of Council business and co-ordination with Council committees.

Deputy Director: Brian Baverstock
Tel: 0131 313 6630
Email: bbaverstock@sfc.ac.uk

Assistant Director: Lesley Sutherland
Tel: 0131 313 6681
Email: lsutherland@sfc.ac.uk

David Beards

Senior Policy Officer

0131 313 6520

dbeards@sfc.ac.uk

Margaret Brotchie

Administrative Officer

0131 313 6669

mbrotchie@sfc.ac.uk

Dorothy Carson

Financial Analyst

0131 313 6607

dcarson@sfc.ac.uk

Fiona Cassidy

Clerk to the Council

0131 313 6686

fcassidy@sfc.ac.uk

Keith Coyne

Policy Officer

0131 313 6554

kcoyne@sfc.ac.uk

Angela Iannetta

Administrative Officer

0131 313 6555

aiannetta@sfc.ac.uk

Simon Macauley

Information Security and
Access Officer

0131 313 6691

smacauley@sfc.ac.uk

Wilma MacDonald

Financial Analyst

0131 313 6565

wmacdonald@sfc.ac.uk

Gus MacLeod

Senior Policy Officer

0131 313 6536

gmacleod@sfc.ac.uk

Andrew Millar

Senior Financial Analyst

0131 313 6538

amillar@sfc.ac.uk

Nick Stansfeld

Group Co-ordinator

0131 313 6539

nstansfeld@sfc.ac.uk

Claire Taylor

Senior Financial Analyst

0131 313 6604

ctaylor@sfc.ac.uk

Peter Ward

Financial Analyst

0131 313 6667

pward@sfc.ac.uk

Here is a list of the HE and FE institutions as allocated to each of our analysts.