Further Education in Scotland 1998
REPORT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND
	ISBN 0 11 497232 X	Publisher The Stationery Office Ltd

Contents

Directory of FE Colleges: Map

Foreword

DEVELOPMENTS IN FE Comprehensive Spending Review Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFEFC) Strategic Fund Strategic Framework Funding • Estates and Capital Funding • Private Finance Initiative (PFI) • Bursaries • Restructuring Fund

FE - CENTRALLY PLACED The New Deal Scottish University for Industry (SUfI) Education for Work and Enterprise The University of the Highlands and Islands Project (UHIP) Information and Communications Technology and the National Grid for Learning

PARTICIPATION Students • Range of Provision of both FE and HE in Colleges • Provision for Students with Learning Difficulties Staffing • Staff Employed in Scottish Colleges • Initial Training of Further Education College Lecturers • Training of Senior Managers • Further Education National Training Organisation (FENTO)

STANDARDS AND QUALITY Assuring Quality • Self-Evaluation • HM Inspectorate - Inspection • Quality Improvement • Curriculum and Qualifications • The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) • Developments in SQA Qualifications • Higher Education / Degrees • Higher Still Development Programme • National Record of Achievement / Progress File

MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE Review of Management Development Planning

FE IN CONTEXT - THE WIDER PICTURE Scottish Further Education Unit (SFEU) Fast-Trac Links with Industry Links with the Community Links with Schools Links with Overseas Colleges and International Initiatives Links with Higher Education Institutions

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Support Plus Project Beattie Committee - Survey of FE Provision for Students with Learning Difficulties Quality Link to Funding Widening Access • The Distribution of FE • New Entrants to FE Study • Cost of FE Provision in Rural, Remote and Island Areas in Scotland

APPENDICES 1.Scottish Further Education Funding Council: Membership 2.Higher Still, Strategic Planning Grant and Widening Access Allocations by College 3.Recurrent Grant-in-Aid, Bursary and Capital Funding Allocations by College 4.Weighted SUMs and Unit Cost Details 5.Overall Financial Position 6.Restructuring Fund Allocations by College 7.Student Enrolments by College 8.Colleges Inspected by HMI since Incorporation 9.Performance Indicators 10.Scottish Further Education Colleges: Addresses

The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department Further Education Funding Division Victoria Quay EDINBURGH EH6 6QQ 0131 244 0276

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First published 1999

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