Cross-Party Group on Skills Friday 13 February 2026 (0930-1040) Minute Present MSPs Dr Pam Gosal MBE MSP Sharon Dowey MSP Stephen Kerr MSP Michelle Thomson MSP Paul Sweeney MSP Invited Guests James Russell, Co-Chair, Scottish Careers Collaborative Elma Murray CBE, Co-Chair, Scottish Careers Collaborative Suzanne Steel, Area Manager, Skills Development Scotland Lesley English, Regional Lead, DYW Tay Cities Non-MSP Group Members Tom Hall, Colleges Scotland Anastasia Kourtis, Scottish Conservatives Joanne Buchan, Colleges Scotland John McKinney, National Federation of Roofing Contractors Wendy Burton, Scottish Trades Union Congress Stuart Farmer, Institute of Physics Yvonne Wilson, Select Ishabel Bremner, Economic Development Association Scotland Kellie Zdanowicz, JBM Training Stuart McKenna, Scottish Training Federation Robert Bruce, Enginuity Nic MacLeod, Scottish Land and Estates Fiona Stewart, Skills Development Scotland Steven McLennan, CLD Standards Council Scotland Keith Robson, Open University Niall Evans, Lantra Scotland Rachael Nicholls, University of Strathclyde Jason Miles-Campbell, Jisc Amina Chowdhury, Enginuity Kate Young, Enginuity Georgia Marks, UCAS Rebecca.Boyd, Open University 1 Graeme Hendry, Skills Development Scotland Fiona Harper, Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust Derek Young, Institute of Physics Tommy Breslin, Scottish Trades Union Congress Sean Cameron, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Ian Rogers, Scottish Decorators’ Federation Ibiyemi Omeihe, University of the West of Scotland Apologies Vikki Manson, Federation of Small Businesses Dr Liz-Barron Majerik MBE, Lantra Scotland Lauren Pennycook, Construction Industry Training Board Dale Thomson, SNIPEF Miles Briggs MSP, Scottish Conservatives James Owens, i3t Institute of Intelligent Infrastructure Technologies Kevin Kelman, NHS Education for Scotland Welcome The group’s Convener, Dr Pam Gosal MBE MSP, opened the meeting and noted apologies.