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Fair Access

Student Interests

Equality and Diversity

Last Updated: 26 An Gearran 2025

Published: 4 An Gearran 2020

We consider equality and diversity in all our priorities.

Research impact

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Research and Innovation

Last Updated: 2 An Dàmhair 2024

Published: 4 Am Faoilleach 2024

Data and Analysis

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Statistics

Last Updated: 30 An Dàmhair 2024

Published: 23 Am Faoilleach 2024

Ensuring an innovative future

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Research and Innovation

Last Updated: 4 Am Faoilleach 2024

Published: 4 An Gearran 2021

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.

Pathfinders_SystemLevelReport

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Last Updated: 6 Am Màrt 2025

Published: 6 Am Màrt 2025

Testing a revised approach to skills alignment

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Skills and Lifelong Learning

Last Updated: 9 Am Faoilleach 2024

Published: 24 An Dàmhair 2022

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

Global experts to address Scotland’s CAN DO Innovation Summit

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Research and Innovation

Last Updated: 16 Am Faoilleach 2024

Published: 17 An t-Samhain 2021

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

Pathfinders_DataReport

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Last Updated: 6 Am Màrt 2025

Published: 6 Am Màrt 2025

Other Ways of Winning

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Skills and Lifelong Learning

Last Updated: 4 Am Faoilleach 2024

Published: 11 An Gearran 2019

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

Pioneering simpler access to Scotland’s public data

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Research and Innovation

Last Updated: 20 An t-Samhain 2024

Published: 20 An t-Samhain 2024

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

Informing future decisions in research assessment

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Research and Innovation

Last Updated: 16 Am Faoilleach 2024

Published: 12 An Dùbhlachd 2022

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

Graduate Apprenticeships – what an opportunity!

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Skills and Lifelong Learning

Last Updated: 9 Am Faoilleach 2024

Published: 20 An Dùbhlachd 2022

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.

Early decisions made towards a more inclusive REF 2028

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Research and Innovation

Last Updated: 16 Am Faoilleach 2024

Published: 15 An t-Ògmhios 2023

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).

Latest REF review reports

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Funding

Research and Innovation

Last Updated: 17 Am Faoilleach 2024

Published: 13 An t-Iuchar 2023

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

How WorldSkills helps accelerate talent and skills to meet industry needs

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Skills and Lifelong Learning

Last Updated: 9 Am Faoilleach 2024

Published: 20 An t-Samhain 2023

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.

Together for equality

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Student Interests

Last Updated: 7 An t-Samhain 2024

Published: 7 An t-Samhain 2024

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.

Turning the tables – using Reverse Vivas to Demystify the PhD Examination Process

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Student Interests

Research and Innovation

Last Updated: 15 An Lùnastal 2024

Published: 15 An Lùnastal 2024

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.

Lessons in world-class skills to benefit Scotland

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Skills and Lifelong Learning

Last Updated: 1 An Gearran 2024

Published: 24 Am Faoilleach 2024

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 […]

Four Scots in ‘Skills Olympics’ line-up

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Skills and Lifelong Learning

Last Updated: 8 An Cèitean 2024

Published: 8 An Cèitean 2024

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

Setting a clear direction

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Funding

Last Updated: 12 An t-Ògmhios 2024

Published: 6 An t-Ògmhios 2024

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

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