Skills Development Scotland - Partners and Links

Partners and Links

Below are useful links to other organisations.

Age Positive - Promotes the benefits of employing a mixed-age workforce that includes older and younger people.
Association of Scottish Colleges - The policy and representative voice of Scotland's colleges.
Business Gateway - Helping businesses tap into skills and training.
City and Guilds - A leading provider of vocational qualifications in the United Kingdom.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - The UK Government department responsible for welfare reform.
Determined to Succeed - The Scottish Government's strategy for enterprise in education.
Equality and Human Rights Commission - Offers a guide on equal opportunities in Scotland and the work of the commission.
ESOL Scotland - information about the adult ESOL strategy for Scotland and the new national ESOL panel.
Federation of Small Businesses - The UK's largest organisation lobbying on behalf of and working for small businesses.
FutureSkills Scotland - Provides detailed labour market information. In particular, Key Indicators and Research Online.
Healthy Working Lives - Free occupational health and safety advice for employers in Scotland.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise - Economic development agency for the Highlands and Islands.
Institute of Career Guidance - The largest professional association for guidance practitioners in the UK.
Jobcentre Plus - Provides a wide range of advice for anyone looking for a job and helps employers advertise vacancies and recruit suitable staff.
Learning and Teaching Scotland - Provides advice, support, resources and staff development to the education community.
Low Pay Commission - Government body that advises on the national minimum wage.
National Qualifications Online - Designed to support learning and teaching in Scotland's secondary schools and further education colleges.
National Training Awards - Celebrating investment in training.
Nesta - Age Unlimited in Scotland.
New Deal - A series of programmes run via the DWP to help people get back into work.
Princes Trust Scotland - Offers support to young people and young adults to help make the most of their lives.
Professional and Career Development Loans - Information on loans for vocational education and training.
ProjectScotland - a portal through which young people in Scotland can access hundreds of full time volunteering opportunities in the environment, new media, arts, education and lots more.
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) - National body representing the voluntary sector.
Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) - To help learners and providers of learning to understand how different learning programmes relate to each other.
Scottish Enterprise - Economic development agency for the Lowlands and Uplands.
Scottish Funding Council - The body that distributes funding for teaching and learning, research and other activities in Scotland's colleges and universities.
Scottish Further Education Unit - The key development agency for Scotland's colleges.
Scottish Government - Gateway to a range of information on government in Scotland; key policies, strategies, statistics and how the government operates.
Scottish Learning Partnership - A voluntary organisation supporting and encouraging people who do not traditionally participate within the education system.
Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) - The national body in Scotland responsible for the development, accreditation, assessment and certification of qualifications other than degrees.
Sector Qualifications Strategy - A four countries' initiative to develop a cohesive approach to qualifications.
Scottish Training Federation - Represents training providers operating in the field of work based training across Scotland.
Scottish Union of Supported Employment (SUSE) - Support and advice for jobseekers.
Skills Committee - Shared with the Scottish Funding Council, the Skills Committee provides advice on skills challenges and opportunities.
Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) - A government agency which pays grants and bursaries to Scottish students in higher education and provides other forms of government support for learners.
Student Loans Company - A public sector organisation, established to provide financial services, in terms of loans and grants to students throughout the UK.
Talent Map - A UK-wide resource for businesses which assists in improving performance and competitiveness through funding, courses, contacts and support.
The Alliance Scotland - Works to ensure that the whole of the Sector Skills Council network fully engages in skills and learning policy development and delivery in Scotland.
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) - Identifies small area concentrations of multiple deprivation across Scotland.
The Volunteer Centre Network Scotland - Working to make it easier for people to get involved in volunteering.
UK Commission for Employment and Skills - Aims to raise UK prosperity and opportunity by improving employment and skills.