Scottish Funding Council

This afternoon Skills Development Scotland’s Evaluation and Research team will present the new findings from views and outcomes from thousands of current and former apprentices across Scotland.

Free one hour webinar at 4pm:

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#ScotAppWeek26

Katieanne Gibson sitting inside the engine bay of a bus

This week Colleges Scotland is celebrating Scottish Apprenticeship Week. We are highlighting the achievements of college apprentices starting with Katieanne Gibson @edinburghcollege.ac.uk. Read her story at bit.ly/4u73xi6 #ScotAppWeek26

SFC is supporting #ScotAppWeek26 . We're celebrating apprenticeships working for individuals, employers and the economy.

This week shines a spotlight on the power of apprenticeships to create careers, build businesses and grow the workforce.

Go to: www.apprenticeships.scot

Have you taken part in #CyberScotlandWeek yet? It's Day 4 and there are lots of events to check out! 📅

Browse the programme and get involved: www.cyberscotland.com/cyberscotlan...

Could you help to design a new national approach to eligibility, pupil targeting and selection for Scotland’s National Schools Programme? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Full details tinyurl.com/yckb7j93 📆Wed 11 March

Faclair na Gàidhlig: A’ Dìon Bun-stèidh Gàidhlig na h-Alba - Scottish Funding Council Airson Seachdain na Gàidhlig, tha Sharon Pearson ag innse mu eachdraidh Faclair na Gàidhlig agus carson a tha a leithid cudromach.

Dè tha a’ stèidheachadh cànan ann an eachdraidh? Tha faclair nàiseanta eachdraidheil na Gàidhlig, Faclair na Gàidhlig, air aon de na freagairtean as cudromaiche airson a’ chànain:

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Faclair na Gàidhlig: Securing the Foundations of Scotland’s Gaelic Language - Scottish Funding Council This National Gaelic Week, Sharon Pearson shares the history of Faclair na Gàidhlig and why it matters.

This National Gaelic Week, Sharon Pearson, centre manager at @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social shares the history of @faclair.bsky.social in our latest blog and why it matters.

www.sfc.ac.uk/faclair-na-g...

New collaborative models of knowledge exchange are needed The traditional commercialisation paradigm isn’t the only way to approach knowledge exchange. Kim Stuart and Audrey Cumberford introduce a new initiative in Scotland spanning modern and smaller univer...

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Fifth Shared Services Fund project announced - Scottish Funding Council The Scottish Safe Haven Network is the fifth recipient of a new stream of Scottish Funding Council funding.

A pioneering initiative from the Scottish Safe Haven Network will receive around £230,000 of SFC R&I shared services collaboration funding in an announcement made today tinyurl.com/r9hhnd45

A call to shift the dial on STEM - Scottish Funding Council A special guest blog for International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026

This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Professor Lesley Yellowlees, fellow at @royalsoced.bsky.social emphasises the need to shift the dial on women and girls in STEM.

www.sfc.ac.uk/a-call-to-sh...

More 16 year olds in colleges - Scottish Funding Council SFC’s latest College Statistics Report covers AY 2024-25 with data trends for the past ten years

Our latest Statistics Report covers AY 2024-25 with data trends for the past ten years www.sfc.ac.uk?news=more-16...

Applications are now open as Converge is on the hunt for the next generation of academic innovators.

International Day of Clean Energy - Scottish Funding Council Clean energy research in Scotland’s universities radiates enthusiasm, passion and pioneering new ideas.

Today is International Day of Clean Energy.

Jennifer Smart from Scottish Partnership in Energy and Engineering Research & Innovation explains how Scottish universities are pushing the boundaries of technology to create clean and sustainable energy.

www.sfc.ac.uk/internationa...

SFC welcomes passing of Tertiary Education and Training Bill - Scottish Funding Council MSPs have voted to pass new legislation on the funding of post-16 education and training

We welcome the Tertiary Education and Training Bill passing the final stage of the legislative process.

SFC will become responsible for the funding of post-16 education & training provision, apprenticeships & national training programmes.

www.sfc.ac.uk?news=sfc-wel...

Collage of student images

Find out how we’re evaluating the Outcomes Framework and Assurance Model and Scotland’s Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework tinyurl.com/bdh27vwu

Launch of STEP Practical Guide to Student Engagement sparqs is delighted to announce the publication of our Practical Guide to Scotland’s Tertiary Enhancement Programme (STEP). This guide has been produced for students’ association officers and staff…

sparqs has developed a Scotland's Tertiary Enhancement Programme (STEP) Practical Guide, with practical suggestions on what students' associations and officers can do at each stage of STEP.

Download the guide and get more information here:
www.sparqs.ac.uk/announcement...

A great new resource for students’ association officers and staff has been made available by @sparqs-scotland.bsky.social . It supports engagement with Scotland’s tertiary enhancement programme (STEP) www.sparqs.ac.uk/announcement...

A special blog today from Helen Cross, SFC’s Director of R&I and Deputy Chair of the @ref2029.bsky.social Steering Group provides details of key updates and changes as the REF exercise resumes

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REF 2029 publishes updates and resumes criteria setting following pause

All updates are now live on our website: 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/ref-202...

CDN College Awards winners announced - Scottish Funding Council Glasgow event marks the 26th annual celebration of Scotland’s colleges.

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners at last night’s #CollegeAwards and well done @coldevnet.bsky.social
for giving everyone such a fantastic night of celebration! tinyurl.com/e7b39frd

We’re delighted to announce that Nic Granger OBE, Chief Information and Financial Officer at the North Sea Transition Authority, has been appointed Chair of The Data Lab Governance Board.

Read more about Nic’s appointment and vision here: thedatalab.com/news/new-cha...

New funding makes collaboration to key to R&I efficiencies - Scottish Funding Council Seventeen universities across Scotland to benefit from SFC’s new Shared Services Collaboration Fund

We’re delighted to announce the first four recipients of our new Shared Services Collaboration Fund @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social, @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, @qmuniversity.bsky.social and @dundee.ac.uk will lead new pioneering partnerships for efficiencies and sustainability tinyurl.com/27wnk982

Transforming Eye Care in Scotland - Scottish Funding Council Professor Anita Simmers describes the steps Glasgow Caledonian University has taken to transform the provision of eye care in Scotland.

In our latest blog, Dean of the School of Health and Life Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University, Professor Anita Simmers describes the steps @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social has taken to transform the provision of eye care in Scotland.

www.sfc.ac.uk/transforming...

New and traditional skills under the spotlight in Wales - Scottish Funding Council Scottish competitors bring home four gold, three silver and three bronze medals from national skills finals

There were an amazing ten Scottish medal winners at the 2025 Worldskills UK finals in South Wales! Huge congratulations to them all. The full story’s on our website tinyurl.com/4zn5n7mt

WorldSkills UK Final graphic - various skills activities

The @worldskills.bsky.social uk finals start today. Best of luck to all the 2025 finalists, especially our 31 Scottish hopefuls!

This week is estranged students solidarity week. SFC is proud to be a part of the Estranged Working Group, find out how we are aiming to improve provision for estranged students in Scotland on the SCAPP website.

#withestrangedstudents #ESSW #ESSW2025

www.fairaccess.scot/connect/estranged-students/

Global Entrepreneurship Case Studies - Scottish Funding Council

This #GlobalEntrepreneurshipWeek we’re showcasing some of the work of Scotland’s universities in working with industry and driving innovation.

Earlier this year every university in Scotland received £5,000 from SFC to support entrepreneurial ambitions.

www.sfc.ac.uk/research-inn...

Inspirational student athlete Archie Goodburn from the University of Edinburgh is the second recipient of the André Reibig Medal for resilience, sporting excellence, and academic commitment tinyurl.com/4ubb6x5v

Consultation on two core research grants launched The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has launched a consultation on two of its core research and innovation funding grants.

If you have views about SFC’s Research Postgraduate Grant or the SFC/DSIT Higher Education Research Capital Grant please share them with us in the consultation which forms part of our review of the two grants tinyurl.com/5n75fyn6 📅Noon 13 Jan.

From Review to Action: Cocreating the Future of the National Schools Programme - Scottish Funding Council Anthea Coleman-Chan and Mary Macgowan take a look at the progress made on the recommendations from the review of the National Schools Programme.

In our latest blog, SFC's Anthea Coleman-Chan and Mary Macgowan take a look at the progress made on the recommendations from the review of the National Schools Programme.

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