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The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has published its latest report on the outcomes of people leaving college.
For the academic year 2022-23 the report shows that more people are choosing to stay in college rather than leave. For those who do leave, the statistics also show that more of them are moving on to positive destinations.
For 2022-23, SFC had confirmed destinations for 89% of those studying at college full-time. 39% of those with known destinations were leaving college education while the other 61% chose to continue their study at college. Of those that were sector leavers, 87% went onto positive destinations. This was a slight increase from the previous academic year.
Successful qualifiers are those who have successfully completed a full-time course and either left the college sector or are remaining at college to complete a subsequent qualification. The total number of qualifiers in 2022-23 increased by 388 from the previous year. Of those qualifiers, the number with a confirmed destination increased to 89%.
Of the successful qualifiers with a confirmed destination, the proportion who remained in college increased from the previous year to 61%%, while the number of sector leavers decreased to 39%. The proportion of qualifiers who have chosen to continue college study was at similar levels to during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commenting on the findings, Martin Boyle, Chief Operating Officer at the Scottish Funding Council, said:
“It is encouraging to see that there has been a slight increase in the number of people leaving the college sector going onto positive destinations.
“The report shows the value of the work done by Scotland’s colleges and the importance of the pathways that exist between colleges, universities and employers in Scotland.”
