Education, Children and Young People Committee
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Official account of @ScotParl's Education, Children and Young People Committee. Tweets pre-May 2021 are from the previous Session 5 committee.
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This week our pre-budget inquiry focussed on early learning and childcare.
We heard the views of local authorities, including Carrie Lindsay Fife Council, who spoke about how funding might impact the flexibility of its childcare service.
Watch the meeting: ow.ly/8zxq50Logpb
Early Learning and Childcare and the implementation of 1140 hours are part of our pre-budget scrutiny work.
This morning we'll hear from SBC, Argyll and Bute Council and Fife Council.
We will also be considering two petitions.
Watch live ➡ ow.ly/mzwo50Ll26J
'There's risk that Scotland doesn't maximise these opportunities of this investment if you haven't got a college sector that can provide the skilled workforce that's needed in these areas.'
Yesterday we heard from Colleges Scotland and Scottish Funding Council: ow.ly/rLRm50L2S8e
🗣 Colleges Scotland's Shona Struthers: '... we have seen our cost base grow way beyond the income levels'
This morning we held our penultimate session on college regionalisation.
Watch the meeting ➡ ow.ly/8uJ150L2jzA
This morning we will hear more evidence as part of our college regionalisation.
We'll hear from Shona Struthers and Andrew Witty of Colleges Scotland and Karen Watt and James Dunphy of Scottish Funding Council.
Watch live from 9:30am: ow.ly/llTT50L1c5Y
.Ellie Gomersall 🍉 gave evidence on behalf of NUS Scotland at this week's meeting on universities.
🗣 '12% of all students in Scotland right now have been homeless at some point in their studies.''
Watch the meeting: ow.ly/fGCp50KYbr0
'I think it's a concern that we don't have appropriate accommodation to deliver education.'
This week Mary Senior, representing UCU Scotland, was one of our witnesses in a meeting focused on universities.
Watch the meeting: ow.ly/Cx2n50KXW3Kmee…
'... We have to deal with what's affordable.'
Professor George Boyne, representing Universities Scotland, was among the witnesses at yesterday's session on universities, where funding was among the discussion topics.
Watch the meeting: ow.ly/EYZa50KX8lI
At 9.15am tomorrow we will be holding an evidence session on universities.
We'll hear from:
⚫ Mary Senior representing UCU
⚫ Ellie Gomersall (is on annual leave!) 🍉 representing NUS Scotland
⚫ Karen Watt representing Scottish Funding Council
⚫ Professor George Boyne representing Universities Scotland
At yesterday's meeting we spoke to college principals about financial planning.
Derek Smeall of Glasgow Kelvin College explained that his college's financial planning was indicating that there would need to be a reduction of his workforce ⤵
Watch the meeting: ow.ly/M7MR50KQ2yk
'We're absolutely tired out...' Sue MacFarlane from UHI Outer Hebrides was among those who gave evidence on our inquiry into college regionalisation this morning.
Watch the meeting: ow.ly/29zY50KPtVG
'We're absolutely tired out...' Sue MacFarlane from UHI Outer Hebrides was among those who gave evidence on our inquiry into college regionalisation this morning.
Watch the meeting: ow.ly/29zY50KPtVG
At 9.15am tomorrow we'll continue our inquiry into College Regionalisation.
We'll hear from college principals from New College Lanarkshire, UHI Outer Hebrides, Glasgow Kelvin College, DandGCollege, Ayrshire College, Fife College and North East Scotland College.
Find out more about the inquiry: ow.ly/BXg250KNHai