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Find the latest information on the Skills Development Scotland website

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Welcome to the new corporate website of Skills Development Scotland.

Over the past few months we've been busy creating a new online portal for anyone seeking information on the services delivered by Skills Development Scotland, from the latest employment figures to news on Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland.

For ease-of-use, we've split the information into a number of different categories.

OUR SERVICES
Skills Development Scotland provides a wide variety of skills related information and services to three main audiences in Scotland, which is why we've presented  the information included in this part of the website in three sections:

  • Services for employers
    Whether you want to improve your business performance, engage in industry recognised training, encourage employees to develop new skills or source the right training for your people, this is the place to find the information you need. Plus information on attracting new talent, redundancy issues and pointers to a range of useful resources for employers in Scotland.
  • Services for learning providers
    Skills Development Scotland works with a range of learning providers to deliver training of the highest standard across Scotland. This is where you'll find information on becoming and ILA training provider, national training programmes and how to register your courses on our national database.
  • Services for individuals
    Skills Development Scotland is here to provide you with all of the advice and guidance necessary to get the right job or develop your career. This is the place to access information on careers, national training programmes, funding, improving core skills as well as help and advice for those facing redundancy.

KNOWLEDGE
Skills Development Scotland provides access to the latest thinking and research on learning. Here you'll find the latest labour market reports, briefings, weekly news summaries and signposts to information held by other organisations. This is also the place to find news of events organised by our labour market research team.

NEWS
This is the place to read all the latest media releases issued by Skills Development Scotland.

OUR STORY
Find out more about the history of Skills Development Scotland to date, including information on our strategy, profiles of our management team, our successes so far. This is also the place to access the key publications related to the operation of Skills Development Scotland.

MEDIA CENTRE
Press releases, picture galleries and contact information for our press office.

TOOLS
Here, you'll find a range of tools to help you plan your career and your learning.