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Delivering Scotland’s Career Service 2022/23
The fifth annual report on our career services outlines the positive contribution made by SDS advisers and our partners through their work in communities across Scotland.

Scotland’s heritage sector publish roadmap to help tackle skills gap
Future skills strategy launched following sector-wide collaboration.

New location for the career service in Hamilton
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is changing location as part of a drive to help more people through closer partnership working.

New chapter for career services in Oban
Residents in Oban are set to benefit from changes to the career service.

New Deputy Chair for Scotland’s Digital Economy Skills Group.
NEOS Networks’ Lesley MacRury takes over the post

Changes to the careers service in Thurso
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is changing location in Thurso as part of a drive to help more people through partnership working in community venues.

Bioeconomy Week Scotland blog: Sarah Hunt
SDS Sector Manager for Life Sciences, Sarah Hunt, highlights and celebrates the achievements of the sector and its importance to Scotland as a whole.

Butcher Marc is a cut above as he’s named Scotland’s Apprentice of the Year
A craft butcher from Falkirk who credits his apprenticeship with changing his life has been named as Scotland’s Apprentice of the Year.

#ScotAppWeek24 Blog: Fiaz Khan, CEMVO Scotland
Fiaz Khan, Race Equality Mainstream Officer at CEMVO Scotland, highlights a partnership with SDS aimed at improving understanding of race equality to support apprenticeship recruitment.

Apprenticeships generating skills for Scotland
Businesses and young people across the country are backing apprenticeships to support skills generation.