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SFC’s Mary Macgowan and Steph Kirkham introduce the National Schools Programme and outline the review, its findings and recommendations  

Martin McGuire, Director for Scotland of WorldSkills UK explains how successful Scotland has been at WorldSkills National finals in 2023 but wants to build on that success. WorldSkills, a global movement of 86 countries including Germany, France, China, India and Brazil, provides a valuable mechanism for benchmarking the quality of skills. Through its competition-based assessment […]

In our guest blog for University Mental Health Day, Alex Weir writes about three support groups making a real difference to student wellbeing at UHI Perth.  In recent years, Student Services staff at UHI Perth and colleagues across the educational sector have noticed a rising number of students expressing feelings of loneliness and related well-being […]

Education Scotland report highlights lessons from the pandemic and says colleges are striving to help their students to progress.

Karen Gray, SFC’s Assistant Director: Learning and Quality, provides an update on the newly-introduced self-evaluation and action plans for colleges and universities.