PE2200: Provide a sustainable funding model for Scotland’s colleges
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:
- develop, publish, and adopt a multi-year funding settlement for Scotland’s colleges (e.g. 3–5 years), rather than rely on annual decisions
- commit to funding that, at minimum, rises in line with inflation, to prevent real-term erosion of college budgets
- deliver a substantive above inflation funding settlement within the 2026/27 Scottish budget that places all colleges in a financially secure position
- provide safety-net baselines for the provision for additional support needs, core student support services and regional or local community access programmes
- require the Scottish Funding Council to give colleges clearer forward figures and simpler in-year rules, to allow planning flexibility for staffing, curriculum, capital investment and community partnership activities, above the three key baselines set out above.
Petitioner: Melanie Jane Stuart on behalf of EIS/FELA and Unison at Dundee and Angus College
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 30 October 2025
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