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Actions for individual organisations arising from recommendations on the strategic future of colleges

ANNEX F

Scottish Government

• Organise a conference of stakeholders, including colleges and the Scottish Funding Council, to explore:
• • how colleges can develop the position of vocational education and training providers of choice for learners and employers;
  • how the identified key roles of colleges may impact on the future positioning of the college sector ¹²;
  • how the college sector can best contribute to international lifelong learning;
  • new models of partnership;
  • how the capacity of colleges and other stakeholders can be strengthened; and
  • how colleges can be more flexible and responsive.
• Obtain information from colleges and local authorities on their current level of engagement in community planning.
• Examine the range of local partnerships required by government to determine whether they still remain appropriate and ensure clarity about their role.

RoSCo Core Group

• Consider the report of the stakeholder conference and make further recommendations to the Cabinet Secretary by July 2008.
• Consider the report from the Principals' Continuous Professional Development ( CPD) Programme on 'appropriate leadership'.
• Consider the report on shared data, infrastructure and services and make recommendations to the Cabinet Secretary by December 2008.

Scottish Funding Council

• Promote and support the ongoing development of adaptive leadership capacity in the tertiary sector.
• Continue to work together to develop a cohort of potential future leaders.
• Ensure that strategic, funding and regulatory regimes best support the development of leadership capacities.
• Building on the work already undertaken under the Efficient Government Initiative, review with other relevant stakeholders further opportunities for colleges to share data and infrastructure; examine the feasibility and benefits of colleges sharing facilities and other services, including backroom functions such as human resource management and finance; and make recommendations to RoSCo Core Group by September 2008.
• Consider how best to improve the effectiveness and timeliness of market intelligence, including better local interpretation of national and regional data, to ensure more informed decisions by colleges and learners.
• Recognise that colleges should, within the resources available to them, provide attractive modern learning environments and ensure that the location, timing and method of learning meet the changing needs of future learners and employers.
• Support colleges to develop and evaluate their practices by capitalising on the ongoing development of research into the human mind and its implications for learning and teaching.
• Support colleges to continue to exploit the opportunities presented by information and communication technology to support a blended approach to learning and teaching.
• Consider whether to incorporate futures work in to the strategic planning processes for colleges.

Colleges

• Lead by example, in their communities, by demonstrating clear strategic leadership.
• Promote and support the ongoing development of adaptive leadership capacity in the tertiary sector.
• Continue to work together to develop a cohort of potential future leaders.
• Work closely with employers and the Sector Skills Councils to help understand - and respond to - the evolving needs of employers.
• Provide, within the resources available to them, modern learning environments and ensure that the location, timing and method of learning meet the changing needs of future learners and employers.
• Engage with developments arising from a Curriculum for Excellence in order to understand better the changing curriculum needs and aspirations of school pupils and school leavers.
• Supported by the Scottish Funding Council, develop and evaluate their practices by capitalising on the ongoing development of research into the human mind and its implications for learning and teaching.
• Continue to exploit the opportunities presented by information and communication technology to support a blended approach to learning and teaching.

Association of Scotland's Colleges

• Continue to work together to develop a cohort of potential future leaders.
• Ensure that strategic, funding and regulatory regimes best support the development of leadership capacities.
• Consider whether to incorporate futures work in to the strategic planning processes for colleges.

Scottish Further Education Unit

• Continue to work together to develop a cohort of potential future leaders.
• Ensure that strategic, funding and regulatory regimes best support the development of leadership capacities.

Principals' Continuous Professional Development ( CPD) Programme

Share its findings with the RoSCo Core Group on its investigation of a number of current and emerging models of ongoing leadership development by December 2007.

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