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15 September 2025

New location for the career service in Fife

Residents in Fife will benefit from some changes to the career service in the area.

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08 September 2025

Search launched for Scotland’s top apprentices

National skills agency opens entries for Scottish Apprenticeship Awards

New location for the career service in Parkhead
01 September 2025

New location for the career service in Parkhead

Move to Glasgow Kelvin College and more local venues

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28 August 2025

Leadership changes to Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board’s Employer Equalities Group

A leading industry representative and a former apprentice have taken up new leadership positions within SAAB's Employer Equalities Group.

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28 August 2025

SAAB reports progress to support national skills priorities within reform period

Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board (SAAB) Chair’s End of Year Report from the Apprenticeship Approvals Group (AAG)

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14 August 2025

Career Stories – new podcast launches

Conversations from across the world of work

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04 August 2025

Helpline poised to support young Scots getting SQA results

The SDS Results Helpline will open on 5 August to support around 147,000 Scottish pupils and students set to receive their SQA results.

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01 August 2025

Loidhne-cobhair Thoraidhean mar thaic do sgoilearan le toraidhean SQA

Faodaidh daoine òga loidhne-cobhair a dh’aon ghnothaich fhònadh a tha a’ tabhann comhairle eòlach do neach sam bith a tha a’ faotainn làn toraidhean Àrd-Ire, Nàiseanta, agus Adhartach air Dimàirt 5 Lùnastal 2025.  

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28 July 2025

More than 40 years changing lives with careers advice

Renfrewshire careers adviser Lesley MacKay to retire after over four decades in the role

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23 July 2025

Oil and Gas Transition Training Fund offers pathway to clean energy jobs

Funding for training to help oil and gas workers access jobs in Scotland’s growing clean energy sector is now available from Skills Development Scotland (SDS).