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Majority of people in Scotland back vocational education and apprenticeships, new polling finds
Two-thirds (67%) of people living in Scotland back the prioritisation of technical and vocational qualifications - providing hands-on, job-specific tr...
Exam Results Day and Next Steps, Blog by Tom Hall, Policy Manager, Colleges Scotland
Exam results day is an exciting milestone. It's a chance to celebrate your achievements, reflect on how far you've come, and start thinking about the...
Learners Encouraged to Explore College Opportunities on Results Day
With thousands of learners across Scotland receiving their exam results today (Tuesday 4 August 2026), Colleges Scotland is encouraging them to explor...
Blog by Gavin Donoghue - Positioning colleges for a sustainable future
Scottish Funding Council's blog by Gavin Donoghue, CEO of Colleges Scotland who is looking at the partnership approach being taken to create a resilie...
Scotland's colleges providing over 15,500 free meals to students every week to combat food poverty
Scotland's colleges are providing 15,500 free meals to students every week, according to new research published today by Colleges Scotland. The re...
College Leaders Convene at Fife College to Explore Transformation in Tertiary Education and Skills Delivery
College leaders and key stakeholders from across the UK gathered at Fife College today (Tuesday 9 June) for a major conference focused on the future o...
Pass the Ball for Scotland: Famous college alumni come together to celebrate a once-in-a-generation World Cup moment
Scotland’s 24 colleges have come together in a good luck video to the Scotland national team ahead of the first game next month Included in the vid...
Comment on the Milburn Interim Review
Commenting on the Young people and work: interim report by Alan Milburn published today (Thursday 28 May 2026), Gavin Donoghue, CEO of Colleges Scotla...
Comment on SFC's College Student Outcomes Report
Commenting on the latest College Student Outcomes Report published by the Scottish Funding Council today (Wednesday 27 May 2026), a spokesperson for C...
New toolkit launched to strengthen college response to gender-based violence
CDN in partnership with Colleges Scotland and stakeholders across the sector, has launched Creating Safer Colleges: A practical toolkit to strengthen...
College-trained Scots Selected for “Skills Olympics” in Shanghai
A Mechanical Engineering CAD specialist and an IT Network Systems Administrator are the two young college-trained Scots who have been selected for Tea...
Supporting Parents and Carers to Work
Thousands of families to gain new opportunities to learn, earn and thrive. As a result of £21 million of new, targeted investment in colleges and ski...