Footnotes
1 Skills for Scotland: A lifelong skills strategy can be found on the Scottish Government's website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/09/06091114/0
2 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/10/02110410/0
3 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/06/13100205/0
4 The Scottish Government announced on 26 September 2007 that the main skills and training elements of the enterprise networks will be part of the new skills body that will be formed through the merger of Careers Scotland and learndirect Scotland.
5 Review of Scotland's Colleges: Accountability and Governance by DTZ Consulting and Research can be found on the Scottish Government's website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/05/30120006/0
6 This recommendation is at present only relevant to nominees from local enterprise companies. Its implementation may therefore be affected by the consideration of this issue as part of the review of schedule 2 to the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (see response to recommendation 38) as a consequence of the reorganisation of the enterprise networks.
7 The Scottish Government announced on 26 September 2007 there will be six regional operations across Scotland in place of 21 separate local enterprise companies. The News Release is at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2007/09/26143846
8 Review of colleges' 2005-06 financial statement can be found at
http://www.sfc.ac.uk/information/info_circulars/sfc/2007/sfc2707/SFC272007.html
9 Governance and management matters can be found at
http://www.sfc.ac.uk/information/info_circulars/sfc/2007/sfc1007/sfc1007.html
10 Given the ongoing responsibilities I envisage for the Core Group in taking forward outcomes from the Review, I consider that it is a more appropriate forum than the Roundtable Forum.
11 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/futures/introdufutures
12 The key roles identified for Scotland's colleges are to:
- provide vocational education and training related to employment in response to national, regional and local needs;
- provide positive and clear routes for learners into employment or into higher education institutions;
- support learners to develop their knowledge and skills so that they can feel confident in their work and in their lives; and
- encourage employer demand for skills and help employers better utilise the skills available to them, especially for small and medium-sized