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SFC Chief Executive, Karen Watt, describes the Regional Pathfinders and SFC’s role in developing a revised approach to skills alignment.

Global thought-leaders are set to join leading Scottish businesses at Scotland’s third annual CAN DO Innovation Summit early next year.

SFC’s André Reibig has some surprising insights into Scotland’s sporting success in Australia and SFC’s role in student athletics.

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 […]

SFC’s Pathfinders programme investigated new ways to match education and training to the skills needs of regional economies.

Worldskills UK has announced its team for the 47th WorldSkills International Competition in Lyon, France.

As the WorldSkills Championships take place this week in Manchester, Michael McGuire, organising partner, looks at how the competition works and how it supports students moving into the industry.

The Scottish Funding Council’s Interim Director of Access, Learning and Outcomes, Jacqui Brasted, introduces the new Outcomes Framework and Assurance Model. 

Dr Tim Storer from the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance shares a novel and innovative approach to making the often dreaded PhD viva examination less intimidating for students.

Costs and benefits analysis; engagement summary; and EDI evidence reports published today.

Earlier this year, SFC brought together Scotland’s colleges and universities for a national event to discuss equality outcomes. Here, SFC’s Eilidh Fulton describes how the day went and what was learned from it.

The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the other UK higher education funding bodies have made initial decisions on the high-level design of the next Research Excellence Framework (REF).

To complement the publication of the annual progress report for Graduate Apprenticeships (GAs), Professor Sally Smith writes about the benefits of GAs for individuals, employers and universities.

Professor Roger Halliday is the Chief Executive Officer of Research Data Scotland. Here, he introduces its pioneering new Researcher Access Service.

Evaluation reports steer away from ‘automated’ UK research assessment.

SFC has published new guidance for the University Upskilling Fund with a breakdown of 2022-23 allocations.

An SFC insider talks us through why maths and numbers are so important this National Numeracy Day.

SFC’s Morven Pritchard looks at how colleges have adapted to keep their College Innovation Funds on track despite the pandemic.

Karen introduces SFC’s new blog series about diversity.

Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, University of Glasgow charts the global influence of single project funded nearly a decade ago.