Scottish Government

FURTHER EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND: 2003
A Report by Scottish Ministers

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD
By the Deputy First Minister & Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning

KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN FURTHER EDUCATION
Guidance to SFEFC
Performance indicators
Proposals to merge the Funding Councils
Scottish Executive Funding

EXTENDING FURTHER EDUCATION TO ALL
Student enrolments and course provision
Inclusiveness
BRITE
People with disabilities
Adult Literacy and Numeracy
Asylum seekers in further education
Articulation

QUALITY AND MODERNISATION
HMIE college and subject reviews
Professional development of lecturers
Partnership between SQA and further education sector
Rationalisation

FURTHER EDUCATION AND THE WORKPLACE
Supply and demand in further education
Careers Scotland

FUNDING FOR LEARNERS
Review of funding of learners
Individual Learning Accounts
Education Maintenance Allowances

FURTHER EDUCATION IN THE WIDER CONTEXT
learndirect scotland
Community planning
Futureskills Scotland
New complaints landscape
Review of school-college collaboration

COLLEGE INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT
Appendices
1. Recurrent Grant-in-Aid
2. Bursary Allocations
3. Capital and Estates Funding
4. Student Enrolments
College Directory