In February 2012, Scottish Ministers announced changes to the college landscape as part of wider reforms introduced by the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act. This led to the formation of 13 college regions. During this time, college mergers reduced the number of colleges down from 41 in 2011 to 26 currently. The majority of these colleges sit within the 13 regions.
Recent reviews by the Scottish Funding Council have recommended more changes to the way multi-regional colleges are run and closer collaboration between colleges and universities.
The call for views closed on 6 May 2022.
View the responses.
The Committee looked at what has been learned from this over the past decade and how this might inform future change within sector.
It sought views on college regionalisation regarding on the following topics:
The Committee held an informal engagement session with senior figures from Developing The Young Workforce.
Read the notes from the meeting (155KB, pdf) posted 13 June 2023
The Committee published its report of the College Regionalisation Inquiry on 21 March 2023 and received its response to the report from the Scottish Government.
Read the response from the Scottish Government (146KB, pdf) posted 12 June 2023
The Committee took evidence on the 1st, 8th and 15th June, 21st September, 5th October and 2nd November 2022.