About Us
The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Fiona Hyslop MSP, announced in September 2007 that Careers Scotland, Scottish University for Industry, and key skills elements in Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise would be brought together to form a new single skills body to take forward and deliver on the vision set out in the Scottish Government's skills strategy 'Skills for Scotland'.
The Scottish Government set up a programme to establish Skills Development Scotland. The organisation, 'The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited', to be known as 'Skills Development Scotland', was registered as a company limited by guarantee on 20 December 2007. Skills Development Scotland is also a Non-Departmental Public Body and is fully accountable to Scottish Ministers.
Our Vision
Skills Development Scotland will be a catalyst for real and positive change in Scotland's skills performance. We will help individuals to realise their full potential, we will help employers be more successful through skills development, and we will work in meaningful partnership to enhance Scotland's sustainable economic development.
Skills Development Scotland will develop meaningful partnerships at national, regional and local levels. Through these partnerships, we will work towards fulfilling our vision and we will drive forward Ministers' ambitions for real, positive and sustained change in Scotland's skills performance.
Who We Are
Skills Development Scotland has 1,500 staff based throughout Scotland with headquarters in Glasgow.
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning Fiona Hyslop announced the appointment of board members on 2 June 2008. The new members will join Chair Willy Roe, who was appointed on 1 April 2008, and they are:
Evelyn McCann
William Stevely
Anne Douglas
Janet Lowe
Alan McGregor
Cay Stratton
Damien Yeates was appointed as Chief Executive of Skills Development Scotland on 19 June 2008. He was previously the Chief Executive of the Scottish University for Industry.
Further details about the Chair, Chief Executive and non-executive board members are available by clicking here
Various projects are underway to take forward a wide range of business change activity. This includes the development of future delivery models for the various services and activities offered by Skills Development Scotland. More information will be placed on this website as it becomes available.
Contact Us
Skills Development Scotland
150 Broomielaw
Atlantic Quay
Glasgow
G2 8LU
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- 0141 225 6710
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- 0141 225 6711
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- info@skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
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- www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
Draft Corporate and Operating Plan 2009-12
This is our first Corporate and Operating Plan, and focuses on our goals over the next three years. It is a final draft, and comments are invited by 29th April. Subject to approval, we intend to publish our new plan in June 2009.
Corporate and Operating Plan final draft for comment (PDF, 3.0 MB)
Corporate and Operating Plan final draft for comment (DOC, 3.0 MB)
Guidance on how to respond is attached below:
Responses letter (PDF, 43 KB)
Responses letter (DOC, 43 KB)
2008 - 09 Operating Plan
Download the 2008 - 09 Operating Plan (PDF, 3.2 MB)
2008 - 09 Impact Assessments
Download the SDS EIA Operating Plan 2008 - 09 (PDF, 0.65 MB)
Equality Scheme
This is Skills Development Scotland’s first Equality Scheme (including an Easy Read version). We will work on developing a full version in 2009 that will reflect our new business and service delivery model.
As a public sector organisation, Skills Development Scotland has certain legal obligations under existing legislation to promote equality in the areas of Race, Disability and Gender. This includes the requirement to develop and publish an Equality Scheme. The scheme sets out what we will do to meet the general and specific duties and has been extended to include the other equality areas of sexual orientation, age and religion or belief.
SDS Equality Scheme Interim 08 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
SDS Equality Scheme Easy Read 08 (PDF, 0.5 MB)