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Skills fund now available to SMEs
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13 Samh 2020

SFC to distribute £5M to support SMEs through colleges and the OU in Scotland.

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Growing the Young Person’s Guarantee
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06 Samh 2020

The first organisations to back the £60 million Young Person’s Guarantee have been announced.

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Draft Gaelic Language Plan 2020-25
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06 Samh 2020

The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has published for public consultation its draft Gaelic Language Plan 2020-25.

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Extra £1.32 million to improve wellbeing
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06 Samh 2020

Students to have access to more support to help deal with the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Demonstration of Web App that makes education pathways clear
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05 Samh 2020

Carole Mooney of Napier University demonstrates how the Pathways Web App is used.

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£12m investment in Scotland’s Laboratories
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29 Dàmh 2020

Scotland’s universities will benefit from a £10.15 million investment into adapting and improving their research laboratories as part of an £88 million UK wide scheme.

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Universities invited to sign up to Concordat
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27 Dàmh 2020

Universities UK and GuildHE have launched the opportunity for institutions to sign up to the Knowledge Exchange (KE) Concordat.

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Fresh guidance to deliver upskilling and reskilling in response to COVID–19
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23 Dàmh 2020

The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has published fresh guidance and college funding allocations for 2020-21’s Flexible Workforce Development Fund.

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A time for change
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20 Dàmh 2020

SFC publishes findings from Phase 1 of its Review of Colleges and Universities.

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