Cross-Party Group on Skills Friday, 28 October 2022 (1000-1100) Minute Present MSPs Pam Gosal MSP Stephen Kerr MSP Claire Baker MSP Invited guests Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director of the Energy Transition Institute, Robert Gordon University Jim Brown, Partnership Director, Energy Skills Partnership (ESP) Non-MSP Group Members Joanne Buchan, Colleges Scotland Jenifer Johnston, Colleges Scotland Tom Hall, Colleges Scotland Ian McCulloch, ITC Training Academy Jim Metcalfe, CDN Dale Thomson, Snipef Robert Bruce, Enginuity Sean Mosby, Enginuity Wendy Burton, STUC Rachel Cook, Federation of Small Businesses Robert Orr, Skills Development Scotland Jenny McDonald, Skills Development Scotland William Hardie, Robert Gordon University Donella Beaton, Robert Gordon University Claire Bannister, Universities Scotland Aimee Logan Universities Scotland Lauren Pennycook, CITB Moira Houston, Chartered Banker Institute Simon Williams, NHS Education for Scotland Shona Matthews, Chartered Banker Institute Mariam Lawal, Chartered Banker Institute Stuart McKenna, Scottish Training Federation Anne Galbraith, SECTT 1 Kirsty Summers, The Scotch Whisky Association George Brown, SQA Aileen Ponton, SCQF Partnership George Hannah, CIPD Michael Foxley, UHI Apologies Clare Adamson MSP Michael Marra MSP Beatrice Wishart MSP Gillian Martin MSP Kaukab Stewart MSP Nathan Taylor, West College Scotland Keith Robson, The Open University in Scotland Kirstie Conlon, Universities Scotland Kerri Haynes, SSERC Julie Cavanagh, SCQF Partnership Fiona Harper, Select Geoff Campbell, Nithcree Training Welcome and Apologies The group’s Convener, Pam Gosal MSP, opened the meeting.