Board meeting – 19 March 2026
The 160th meeting of the Scottish Funding Council
Date: Thursday 19 March 2026
Time: 09:45 – 15:00
Venue: University Court Room (4C1-2), University of Stirling
Agenda
Welcome from the Principal and Vice Chancellor
- Welcome from the Principal and Vice Chancellor – Verbal (Professor Sir Gerry MacCormac) / To note
General Business
- Declarations of Interest – Verbal (Cara Aitchison) / To note
- Minute of the meeting held 12 February 2026 and Board Action Log – SFC (2026) 013 (Cara Aitchison) / To approve
- Chair’s Report and Chief Executive’s Report – SFC (2026) 014 (Cara Aitchison/ Francesca Osowska) / To note
Strategy and Transformation
- Transformation – SFC (2026) 015 (Francesca Osowska) / To discuss
Financial Stewardship
- Institutions Requiring Additional Financial Support – SFC (2026) 016 (Tiffany Ritchie) / To note
- College Indicative Funding Allocations for AY 2026–27 – SFC (2026) 017 (Helen Cross) / To approve
- University indicative Funding Allocations for AY 2026–27 – SFC (2026) 018 (Helen Cross) / To approve
- SFC Running Costs and Other Programme Funds – SFC (2026) 019 (Tiffany Ritchie) / To approve
Monitoring and Performance
- Delivery Plan 2026–27 – SFC (2026) 020 (Louisa Baker) / To approve
Any other Business
- Any other business – Verbal (Cara Aitchison) / To note
Items to note (not intended for discussion)
- SFC Board Long Term Agenda – SFC (2026) 021 (Louisa Baker) / To note
Closed Session of the Board
- Closed Session of the Board – Verbal (Cara Aitchison) / To discuss
Dates of future meetings:
Thursday 14 May 2026
Thursday 25 June 2026
Thursday 24 September 2026
Wednesday 18/Thursday 19 November 2026 (Board Strategy Event)
Thursday 10 December 2026
SFC Strategic Plan 2022-27
Building a connected, agile, sustainable tertiary education and research system for Scotland.