Scottish Government

Footnotes

1. In 2004, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy ( CIPFA) and the Office for Public Management established an Independent Commission on Good Governance in Public Services under the Chairmanship of Sir Alan Langlands to develop a common code and a common set of principles for good governance across the public services. In January 2005, the Commission published "The Good Governance Standard for Public Services" which builds on the Nolan Principles by setting out six core principles of good governance for public bodies, each of which has its own supporting principles.
2. The SPARQS project, run by NUS Scotland, and funded by SFC, has, using NUS data, delivered training to over 3,000 class representatives and student association officers since 2002. NUS Scotland has been awarded a further two-year contract to operate the scheme.
3. The survey was issued to 39 incorporated colleges and 4 unincorporated colleges (Newbattle, Orkney, Shetland and Sabhal Mor Ostaig).
4. One additional survey form was returned following the return cut off date (bringing the total to 37, 84% return rate) but was not incorporated into the analysis due to reporting deadlines.
5. "2006 Guide for College Board Members": Association of Scottish Colleges
6. In 2004, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy ( CIPFA) and the Office for Public Management established an Independent Commission on Good Governance in Public Services under the Chairmanship of Sir Alan Langlands to develop a common code and a common set of principles for good governance across the public services. In January 2005, the Commission published "The Good Governance Standard for Public Services" which builds on the Nolan Principles by setting out six core principles of good governance for public bodies, each of which has its own supporting principles.
7. "The Combined Code on Corporate Governance": July 2003, based on the Derek Higgs Report - 'Review of the Role and Effectiveness of Non-Executive Directors' - Jan 2003; and a review of the audit committees led by Sir Robert Smith - 'Audit Committees Combined Code Guidance' - Jan 2003
8. The Good Governance Standard for Public Services (Jan 2005)
9. Ibid
10. The Good Governance Standard for Public Services (Jan 2005)
11. Ibid
12. "Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992", ISBN 0105437921 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1992/Ukpga_19920037_en_10.htm
13. The Good Governance Standard for Public Services (Jan 2005)
14. "Scotland's Colleges Board of Management Composition"; ASC Executive, 1 ^st Oct 06
15. The Good Governance Standard for Public Services (Jan 2005)
16. "Scotland's Colleges Board of Management Composition": ASC Executive, 1 ^st Oct 06
17. The Good Governance Standard for Public Services (Jan 2005)
18. The survey data is reported throughout using 2 categories formed by combining the 7 categories in the survey form (see Annex 3).
19. Formerly, responsibility for governance training rested with the Committee of University Chairmen ( CUC), and only recently has LFHE taken over this responsibility.
20. The Good Governance Standard for Public Services (Jan 2005)
21. Ibid
22. Ibid
23. Practice endorsed by recent study of the Scottish housing association sector: Communities Scotland Governance Review, 2005.
24. On 21 April 2006, in Circular SFC/27/06, Scotland's colleges were informed that, with effect from September 2006, they will no longer be expected to demonstrate compliance with quality assurance processes associated with SQMS standards as a contractual requirement for funding of vocational training by the Scottish Enterprise Network. SFC and its partners in the Convergence Steering Group ( CSG) - Scottish Enterprise, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, SQA, HMIE and SQMS Scotland - have now agreed that the processes operated by the Council and HMIE constitute a robust and comprehensive regime of externally moderated quality assurance, and that these processes can be recognised by SE and HIE as equivalent in scope and rigour to their own contractual requirements for quality assurance.
25. 'On Board: A Guide for Board Members of Public Bodies in Scotland': Scottish Executive, April 2006
26. The Good Governance Standard for Public Services (Jan 2005)
27. Further Education Funding Unit within the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department
28. " Designation Of College Accountable Officers" Scottish Executive Enterprise, Transport & Lifelong Learning Department's Accountability and Governance Working Group (page 18)
29. At the time of our consultation among colleges, SQMS accreditation was still seen as involving a significant workload. As set out in Section 6, a SFC circular ( SFC/27/06) sets out that from September 2006, as a consequence of evolution of the HMIE audit methodology and scope to include, for example, LEC-funded provision, Scotland's colleges will no longer be expected to separately demonstrate compliance with quality assurance processes associated with the Scottish Quality Management System ( SQMS) standards.
30. SE/2006/16, A Report By The Auditor General For Scotland Under Section 22(3) Of The Public Finance And Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000: The 2004/05 Audit Of Inverness College and subsequent evidence taken by the Audit Committee of the Scottish Parliament
31. In respect of case studies submitted to the Staffing, Learners and Learning Environments ( SLALE) Working Group of RoSCo
32. Scotland's land-based colleges, while having traditionally provided courses relating to agriculture, now have diverse provision serving a number of land-based academic areas, including small animal care, forestry, conservation management, tourism/hospitality and greenkeeping and golf course management among other subjects. This group includes Oatridge College, Elmwood College and The Barony College.
33. "Review of college and HEI teaching funding methodologies" - SFC, 2 June 2006 ( SFC/03/2006)
34. North Highland is to act as the banker and key delivery partner for delivery in two areas: Lochaber College (a non-incorporated brokerage of learning and SQMS accredited provider of a number of streams of training) and HIE Lochaber in Lochaber; and Skye and Lochalsh Learning Centre Network and HIE Skye and Wester Ross in Skye, Lochalsh and Wester Ross
35. Initially the Glasgow Metropolitan College merger discussions also involved Central College of Commerce, but the Board of the college declined the opportunity to merge at the due diligence stage.
36. The Good Governance Standard for Public Services (Jan 2005)
37. "The Good Governance Standard for Public Services": The Independent Commission on Good Governance in Public Services, 2004
38. The six Standards are summarised here as: Focusing on the organisation's purpose; performing effectively in clearly defined functions and roles; promoting values for the whole organisation; taking informed, transparent decisions and managing risk; developing capacity and capability of the governing body; engaging with stakeholders and making accountability real.
39. Scottish Further Education Funding Council: A progress report (Jan 2006), Audit Scotland
40. The seven themes were Corporate Governance; Strategic and Operational Planning; Quality Assurance; Marketing; Human Resources; Financial Management; Estates and Facilities Management.
41. "Governance and financial management at Moray College" - Auditor General, June 2001
42. Effectively each Student Unit of Measurement ( SUM) measures units of 40 student-hours. The number of SUMs delivered falling within each of 18 funding subject groups (also known as dominant programme groups) is then re-weighted according to an SFC assessment of the resource intensity (weighting) of each dominant programme group, to produce weighted SUMs ( WSUMs). The more resource intensive programmes such as 'engineering' receiving a higher weighting, which in turn will result in greater SFC resourcing for those courses than for relatively low-cost programmes, such as 'social studies' and 'business and management'.
43. Students were identified through the SFC Infact database. Small accessible towns, small remote towns, accessible rural areas or remote rural as defined by SFC.
44. 49.4% of Oatridge headcount numbers are rural
45. 36% of Angus headcount numbers are rural, but this college is termed as rural for SFC benchmarking purposes and so have been included in DTZ's definition of rural.