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Barry Faichnie from Glasgow Clyde College looks at how increasing electric vehicle (EV) ownership is helping to tackle the climate emergency, and why colleges are well positioned to meet the demands of training and upskilling that comes with the move to EVs.

This year COVID-19 has upturned so many areas of society and the education sector is no different. Our Director of Access, Learning and Outcomes, James Dunphy explains why the pandemic makes our goals to widen access even more important.

The 2021 CAN DO Innovation Summit was a platform for sharing hard won insights and exciting new ideas for the future according to Dr Stuart Fancey, SFC’s Director of Research and Innovation.

SFC’s Jenny Jamieson makes the case for a larger and more diverse community of innovators

This summer we are looking at a number of Scottish athletes who have come through the Winning Students scholarship scheme.

This Scottish Careers week, Tracey Innes from the University of Aberdeen tells us why she loves working in the career’s team and why Careers Week is so important.

In the hands of the SFC-funded Brain Health ARC, the Bio-Hermes dataset offers the Scottish dementia research community a platform for new ideas, collaboration and early career development. Millie Mather explains more in our latest guest blog. During my working hours, I can be identified as the sole person in the room without a PhD in […]

Our new ‘Data Request Form’ is a short and easy-to-use form which will ask you to tell us about your request, for example, how you intend to use the data provided.

Continuing the theme of international collaboration to share learning, Ken Rutherford talks about the work he’s led with SFC colleagues to support reform in the Republic of Ireland’s further education and training sector.

Interns Maya Zealey and Manuela Vergel joined SFC in our policy team this summer and undertook research into the role of SFC in tackling child poverty. Tackling child poverty is one of the Scottish Government’s highest priorities. The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 established in statute the government’s targets to tackling the issue of one […]

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

How a “bold” decision to apply for college started a journey that’s led to a pioneering trip to Antarctica for Dr Kirsty Robb, antibiotic resistance researcher at the University of Strathclyde.

How the Robertson Trust's scholarship programme helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds into successful graduate careers.

If your business has a computer vision or imaging challenge, we’d love to hear from you, says Helen Sandison, Senior Engineer at CENSIS.

SFC data interns to share insights at Edinburgh event.

The University of Glasgow’s new campus development and what it holds for the future of the West End.

Vonnie Sandlan on Care Day 2019 and the difference it makes in the lives of care experienced people.

How to tackle inequality in a system that isn’t going to “sort itself out”

Scotland shares its experience with our European partners.

Commissioner welcomes “step change” in understanding of what works in widening access.