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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)

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.

Career Stories – new podcast launches
Conversations from across the world of work

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.

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.

More than 40 years changing lives with careers advice
Renfrewshire careers adviser Lesley MacKay to retire after over four decades in the role

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).

New plan for Forth Valley focuses on growing talent
An action plan to help more people find work, improve skills and boost growth across Forth Valley has been launched.

SDS Gaelic Language Plan 2025-28 consultation
A public consultation is underway regarding Skills Development Scotland's (SDS) draft Gaelic Language Plan 2025-28, focusing on how they can support the Gaelic language and culture in Scotland.

Co-chomhairleachadh Plana Gàidhlig SDS 2025-28
Tha co-chomhairleachadh poblach a’ dol air adhart às leth dreachd Plana Gàidhlig Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba (SDS) 2025-28, a’ cuimseachadh air mar as urrainn dhaibh taic a thoirt don chànan ’s don chultar ann an Alba.