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• We realise our full economic potential with more and better employment
opportunities for our people;
• We are better educated, more skilled and more successful, renowned for our
research and innovation;
• We live in well designed, sustainable places where we are able to access the
amenities and services we need;
• Our public services are high quality, continually improving, efficient, and
responsive to local people's needs.
Promoting Excellence (Review of Scotland's Colleges), plus the Scottish
Government response
2.6 The stakeholder-led Review of Scotland's Colleges identified 12 areas in which
colleges can build on their existing activity and expertise. These are
• Improving the flow of knowledge between colleges and business
• Nourishing Scotland's culture of enterprise and entrepreneurship
• Enhancing vocational education for Scotland's School pupils
• Addressing Scotland's 'not in education, employment or training' problem
• Building Scotland's skills base
• Addressing low levels of adult literacy and numeracy in Scotland
• Delivering English language training for Scotland's inward migrants
• Developing Scotland's care and health sector workforce
• Addressing disadvantage in Scotland's most deprived communities
• Developing community hubs across Scotland
• Developing and sustaining Scotland's remote and rural communities
2.7 The Review helped to inform the Government's Lifelong Skills Strategy, and the
Government's spending review.
2.8 In their response to the Review, the Scottish Government reiterate the role that
colleges can play in delivering its more Choices, More Chances agenda, improve the flow of
knowledge between colleges and business, and equipping the workforce with essential skills.
It cites work that shows that the economic return of college investment is high - for every £1
invested in Scotland's colleges, there is an economic return of at least £3.20 through
increasing qualification levels.
2.9 The Scottish Government response also highlights that colleges need to ensure
flexibility of provision which is responsive to the needs of individuals, the economy and wider
society. It notes that more flexible college delivery can mean improved utilisation of college
buildings in evenings and weekends.
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