Public Audit Committee
Scotland's colleges 2022
Background
On 7 July 2022, the Auditor General for Scotland published Scotland's Colleges 2022.
The briefing says:
"Colleges have continued to deliver learning in unprecedented circumstances and responded well to the shift to online learning during the Covid‑19 pandemic. However, the proportion of students successfully completing their course and achieving their intended qualification has fallen. And on average, socially disadvantaged and vulnerable students were less likely to successfully complete their course than their peers. High rates of student withdrawals may affect the life chances of individual students, impact on wider society, and risk not maximising public investment in the college sector. "
Read the report on Audit Scotland's website
Information about the Public Audit Committee's consideration of the report can be found below.
Meetings
22 September 2022
The Committee took evidence from:
Stephen Boyle, the Auditor General for Scotland; Carolyn McLeod, Audit Director and Mark McCabe, Audit Manager, Performance Audit and Best Value, Audit Scotland.
Read the agenda and meeting papers, 22 September 2022
Read the Official Report, 22 September 2022
Read the meeting minutes, 22 September 2022
Decision: The Committee agreed to write to the Education, Children and Young People Committee on issues raised during the meeting.
Decision: At its meeting on 8 December 2022, the Committee agreed to close its scrutiny of the briefing.