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Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council Framework Document [PDF]

Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005

National Strategy for Economic Transformation

Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board and Strategic Plan

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Our staff

Dedicated to making Scotland the best place in the world to learn, to educate, to research and to innovate

We have a staff of around 130 people. Specialties include financial analysis, strategy and policy development, outcome agreement management and statistics. We also have professional service teams in  HR and ICT.

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Chief Executive's Office

  • Karen Watt, Chief Executive.
  • Louisa Baker, Deputy Director, Governance & Planning/Secretary to the Board, 0131 313 6500.
  • Ryan Bell, Deputy Director of People & Transformation, 0131 313 6513.
  • Jules Davidson-Welch, Senior Business Manager, 0131 313 6500.

Contacting the Chief Executive's Office

  • Carol Creamer, Receptionist / Admin, 0131 313 6500.
  • Sarah Bennett, PA to the Chair and Chief Operating Officer, 0131 313 6620.
  • Fiona Gray, PA to Chief Executive, 0131 313 6505.

Human Resources

  • Helen Gibson, Assistant Director – HR & Organisational Development, 0131 313 6647.
  • Ian McCracken, Head of Human Resources, 0131 313 6597.
  • Audrey Chalmers, HR Advisor, 0131 313 6680.
  • Kate Lacka, HR Advisor, 0131 313 6547.
  • Sharon Haxton, Group Co-ordinator, 0131 313 6504.
  • Morag Muttitt, Assistant Human Resources Officer, 0131 313 6595.

SFC Directorates

Access, Learning and Outcomes
Coherent Learning Provision | Regional Tertiary Pathfinders | Outcomes and Assurance | Learning and Quality | Student Interests, Access and Pathways | Work-based Learning and Skills Programmes

Finance
Finance | Funding | Institutional Sustainability and Capital | Environmental Sustainability | Funding & Analysis

Policy, Insight and Analytics
Policy and Analytics | External Affairs | Organisational Governance | Information Systems

Research and Innovation
Research | Innovation | Strategic activities | Environmental Sustainability

Contacting staff

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Unless specified, the standard email address format for SFC staff is first initial+surname@sfc.ac.uk.