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Tha Plana Gàidhlig ùr air fhoillseachadh le Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba
Tha Plana Gàidhlig ùr air fhoillseachadh le Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba

Rising number of female forestry apprentices helps grow equality in sector
Rising number of female forestry apprentices helps grow equality in sector

Growth of employer confidence and investment in apprenticeships
Growth of employer confidence and investment in apprenticeships

Skills Plan for Ayrshire focuses on growing talent
Skills Plan for Ayrshire focuses on growing talent

Fast Track into Financial Services starting September
Fast Track into Financial Services starting September

Scotland remains a magnet for global companies
Exceptional Foreign Direct Investment results announced

Updated Monthly Participation Snapshot published
SDS has today published an update to the Monthly Participation Snapshot.

Apprenticeships part of recovery investment for Scotland’s employers
Employers are backing apprenticeships and supporting young people through Scotland’s economic transition from the pandemic.

Employers develop a new future for Scotland’s engineering sector
Scotland’s major engineering and manufacturing sector has developed a new apprenticeship providing skills in emerging technologies that it can adopt and leverage to thrive.

MSP Mercedes Villalba visits metal fabrication company in Dundee
A Dundee firm which benefited from SDS’s Skills for Growth programme has been explaining the benefits to a local MSP.