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Committee reports
Date published:
21 March 2023
College regionalisation inquiry - Conclusion
If we want to build on that success, then colleges need a clear vision of what is expected of them, and to have sufficient funding to deliver upon that vision. If additional funding is unavailable, and flexibility within current funding arrangements is also not forthcoming, then the Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council need to provide colleges with a clear steer on what they should be prioritising.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2020
COVID-19: impact on businesses, workers and the economy and pre-budget scrutiny - Government policies
Additional investment has been made in supporting retraining and upskilling: £3.7 million to enable the re-opening of Individual Training Accounts and £20 million for the Flexible Workforce Development Fund
Extension of Fair Start Scotland services for a further two years to March 2023 providing support for unemployed people with disabilities, health conditions and other barriers to moving into fair and sustained work
Extra funding for Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) to provide immediate advice to all at risk of being made redundant and additional support to groups at risk of falling further behind (e.g. disabled people and minority ethnic people)
A £5 million investment in Parental Employability Support Fund to help low income parents into and progress in work in 2020/21.
Committees
Published:
8 December 2021
Scottish Retail Consortium submission December 2021
Few retailers have been able to access the Flexible Workforce Development Fund due to the restrictions put in place by the Scottish Government.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
16 April 2019
The expansion of early learning and childcare - Executive summary
A 2018 survey found that the main reason why parents use funded ELC is that they consider it beneficial for their child's learning and development.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 April 2022
Scotland's Supply Chain - Upskilling and re-skilling
He also noted the numbers of older workers and older adults taking part in higher education and highlighted the agility of Scotland’s colleges, saying—
during the pandemic, we have worked to upskill and reskill some 10,000 employees through the flexible workforce development fund. We have developed 125 digital courses on which individuals can be fast tracked. 1Scottish Parliament. (2021, November 10).
Committee reports
Date published:
25 March 2024
Inquiry into a just transition for the North East and Moray - Jobs and skills
Of equal concern are both the Scottish Government's decision to suspend the Flexible Workforce Development Fund which previously allowed SMEs to access up to £5,000 to upskill their staff through local providers and the drop in apprenti...
Committees
Published:
15 December 2021
Scottish Funding Council submission December 2021
Of the 18 subject areas taught, courses in Special programmes, Computing and ICT and Business, Management and administration were the most popular, accounting for 48.1% of all enrolments.
Flexible Workforce Development Fund
SFC is now in its fifth year of delivering the Flexible Workforce Development Fund (FWDF) through Scotland’s colleges.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 March 2023
College regionalisation inquiry - Delivering national economic strategy
Karen Watt, Chief Executive of the SFC agreed that colleges were pivotal to delivering the national strategy, highlighting not only their considerable engagement with employers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through funds such as the Flexible Workforce Development Fund, but also the work that they do to develop entrepreneurial people and new market opportunities.
Committees
Published:
17 September 2021
Scottish Government submission of 17 September 2021
This includes funding the Scottish Rural Medicine Collaborative (SRMC) to develop ways to improve the recruitment and retention of doctors and multi-disciplinary healthcare staff working in remote, rural and island areas.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2025
Stage 1 report on the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill - Part 1 - Functions of the SFC
The Flexible Workforce Development Fund (FWDF) and the Teaching Bursary in Scotland are examples of NTPs.
