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Outcome Agreement Guidance AY 2023-24

Guidance:SFC/GD/12/2023

Issue Date: 11/05/2023

Summary:

This guidance outlines the steps required to ensure an outcome agreement is in place between SFC and each university, college or college region during this transition year which captures, at a high-level, contributions, impact and outcomes and provides assurance on use of allocated funding in AY 2023-24.

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Outcome Agreement Guidance AY 2023-24 [PDF]
Annex A Outcome Agreement technical Guidance for Universities [PDF]

Update 28 September 2023:
- Heading error on page 22 amended.
Update 21 July 2023:

Added in Measure C2 (number and proportion of Scottish-domiciled undergraduate entrants from the 20% and 40% most deprived areas). This is in addition to the existing Measure C1 (the COWA measure) which is the number and proportion of Scottish-domiciled full-time first degree entrants from the 20% most deprived areas.
Edited Measure E2 to show number and proportion of Scottish-domiciled undergraduate entrants from the 20% most deprived areas retained.

Annex B Outcome Agreement technical Guidance for Colleges [PDF]