Scottish Funding Council
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Making Scotland the best place in the world to learn, educate, research and innovate. Opening up opportunities for over half a million learners.
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Inspirational student athlete Archie Goodburn from the University of Edinburgh is the second recipient of the André Reibig Medal for resilience, sporting excellence, and academic commitment tinyurl.com/4ubb6x5v
November 2025: Swimmer Archie Goodburn awarded André Reibig Memorial Medal | Winning Students
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November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Inspirational student athlete Archie Goodburn from the University of Edinburgh is the second recipient of the André Reibig Medal for resilience, sporting excellence, and academic commitment tinyurl.com/4ubb6x5v
If you have views about SFC’s Research Postgraduate Grant or the SFC/DSIT Higher Education Research Capital Grant please share them with us in the consultation which forms part of our review of the two grants tinyurl.com/5n75fyn6 📅Noon 13 Jan.
Consultation on two core research grants launched
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has launched a consultation on two of its core research and innovation funding grants.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
If you have views about SFC’s Research Postgraduate Grant or the SFC/DSIT Higher Education Research Capital Grant please share them with us in the consultation which forms part of our review of the two grants tinyurl.com/5n75fyn6 📅Noon 13 Jan.
In our latest blog, SFC's Anthea Coleman-Chan and Mary Macgowan take a look at the progress made on the recommendations from the review of the National Schools Programme.
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From Review to Action: Cocreating the Future of the National Schools Programme - Scottish Funding Council
Anthea Coleman-Chan and Mary Macgowan take a look at the progress made on the recommendations from the review of the National Schools Programme.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
In our latest blog, SFC's Anthea Coleman-Chan and Mary Macgowan take a look at the progress made on the recommendations from the review of the National Schools Programme.
www.sfc.ac.uk/from-review-...
www.sfc.ac.uk/from-review-...
Winning Students 100, Scotland’s national sport scholarship programme, has announced its 2025-26 cohort, marking a record-breaking year for applications and reaffirming its status as a world-leading dual-career programme.
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Scotland’s most promising student athletes join national sport scholarship programme - Scottish Funding Council
The Winning Students 100 has announced a record-breaking year for applications.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Winning Students 100, Scotland’s national sport scholarship programme, has announced its 2025-26 cohort, marking a record-breaking year for applications and reaffirming its status as a world-leading dual-career programme.
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www.sfc.ac.uk?news=scotlan...
@stir.ac.uk
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We’re proud to have supported and been part of developing the new net-zero campus at Fife College. Great to see its doors open to students today – a big day for the College, the region and a greener Scotland! tinyurl.com/38kuyra8
First day on net zero campus for Fife College students - Scottish Funding Council
New campus is a milestone for the college sector and Scotland’s net zero future
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October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We’re proud to have supported and been part of developing the new net-zero campus at Fife College. Great to see its doors open to students today – a big day for the College, the region and a greener Scotland! tinyurl.com/38kuyra8
The next phase of the national College Infrastructure Investment Plan was marked last week by an event in Stirling.
Our latest blog reflects back on the event and looks forward to the next steps tinyurl.com/3axxz889
Our latest blog reflects back on the event and looks forward to the next steps tinyurl.com/3axxz889
Milestone for infrastructure planning - Scottish Funding Council
Scotland’s first national plan for strategic investment in college campuses recently moved into its next phase, SFC’s Cliff Barraclough explains more.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The next phase of the national College Infrastructure Investment Plan was marked last week by an event in Stirling.
Our latest blog reflects back on the event and looks forward to the next steps tinyurl.com/3axxz889
Our latest blog reflects back on the event and looks forward to the next steps tinyurl.com/3axxz889
This #CareExperiencedWeek we're celebrating our care experienced learners across Scotland's colleges and universities.
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This #CareExperiencedWeek we're celebrating our care experienced learners across Scotland's colleges and universities.
Today we have published a new report that shows an increase in overall college student satisfaction for the class of 2024-25.
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Report shows increase in overall college student satisfaction - Scottish Funding Council
Report shows increase in overall college student satisfaction
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October 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we have published a new report that shows an increase in overall college student satisfaction for the class of 2024-25.
www.sfc.ac.uk?news=report-...
www.sfc.ac.uk?news=report-...
We’ve published a new report today looking at details of universities’ use of SFC’s main research grants. The accompanying blog provides an expert introduction to the report and suggests what we can learn from it tinyurl.com/z4yc3v38
Detailing success in research and innovation - Scottish Funding Council
Morag Campbell, Assistant Director of Research and Innovation at SFC, introduces new insights into Scottish university research.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We’ve published a new report today looking at details of universities’ use of SFC’s main research grants. The accompanying blog provides an expert introduction to the report and suggests what we can learn from it tinyurl.com/z4yc3v38
Looking forward to the awards already - and another year of fantastic, inspiring entries!
🚨Applications for the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2026 are OPEN!
🎉These awards celebrate the partnerships between business, third sector, and public sector organisations and academia. Uncover the categories and how to apply on our website...
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🎉These awards celebrate the partnerships between business, third sector, and public sector organisations and academia. Uncover the categories and how to apply on our website...
interface-online.org.uk/news/scottis...
Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards open with new categories | Interface Online
The 11th Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards (SKEA),Scotland’s flagship celebration of business–academic collaboration, launches today (8th October) inviting applications from businesses and academics ...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Looking forward to the awards already - and another year of fantastic, inspiring entries!
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Converge announces 2025 award winners with £400K+ in prizes, record @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social funding of £1.26m plus a new Scottish Enterprise partnership to boost university-led innovation.
Discover this year's winners and the full story here:
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#ConvergeAwards
Discover this year's winners and the full story here:
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#ConvergeAwards
October 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Converge announces 2025 award winners with £400K+ in prizes, record @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social funding of £1.26m plus a new Scottish Enterprise partnership to boost university-led innovation.
Discover this year's winners and the full story here:
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#ConvergeAwards
Discover this year's winners and the full story here:
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#ConvergeAwards
This #ScotClimateWeek SFC hosted an event alongside Scotland Beyond Net Zero featuring a range of stakeholders in Scotland to discuss & showcase their work to help fight the climate crisis.
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Tackling the climate emergency - Scottish Funding Council
In our second Scotland’s Climate Week blog, SFC’s Elspeth Nicholson describes this week’s event to illustrate the support of Scottish university research for energy transition and our response to the ...
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October 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This #ScotClimateWeek SFC hosted an event alongside Scotland Beyond Net Zero featuring a range of stakeholders in Scotland to discuss & showcase their work to help fight the climate crisis.
@be-stbuild.bsky.social | @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social | @uofglasgow.bsky.social
www.sfc.ac.uk/tackling-the...
@be-stbuild.bsky.social | @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social | @uofglasgow.bsky.social
www.sfc.ac.uk/tackling-the...
Scottish universities carry out amazing research that plays a vital part in both the national and global response to the climate emergency. For #ScotClimateWeek check out our special Research Searchlight feature tinyurl.com/kv2ebbp8
Spotlight: Tackling the climate emergency - Scottish Funding Council
The Scottish Government’s ambitious target to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2045 will shape the development of the future Scottish economy, change the way businesses and institutions think an...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Scottish universities carry out amazing research that plays a vital part in both the national and global response to the climate emergency. For #ScotClimateWeek check out our special Research Searchlight feature tinyurl.com/kv2ebbp8
We’re delighted to be the latest signatories to the Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice. In #ScotClimateWeek this marks our commitment to eliminating environmental impacts and moving to sustainable practices tinyurl.com/5n88vwk4
October 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
We’re delighted to be the latest signatories to the Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice. In #ScotClimateWeek this marks our commitment to eliminating environmental impacts and moving to sustainable practices tinyurl.com/5n88vwk4
The National Schools Programme is taking submissions from those with expertise in widening access research & evaluation to join a taskforce to co-develop a monitoring and evaluation framework.
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Apply here: forms.office.com/Pages/Design...
For more information: www.sfc.ac.uk/student-inte...
Apply here: forms.office.com/Pages/Design...
October 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The National Schools Programme is taking submissions from those with expertise in widening access research & evaluation to join a taskforce to co-develop a monitoring and evaluation framework.
For more information: www.sfc.ac.uk/student-inte...
Apply here: forms.office.com/Pages/Design...
For more information: www.sfc.ac.uk/student-inte...
Apply here: forms.office.com/Pages/Design...
For #ScotClimateWeek we’ve a special guest blog today by Alice Smith from @theeauc.bsky.social. Alice looks at the extent of support available to Scotland’s colleges and universities to progress towards sustainability goals tinyurl.com/z4prk9t6
October 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
For #ScotClimateWeek we’ve a special guest blog today by Alice Smith from @theeauc.bsky.social. Alice looks at the extent of support available to Scotland’s colleges and universities to progress towards sustainability goals tinyurl.com/z4prk9t6
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As #NationalInnovationWeek wraps up, we’re spotlighting the energy sector's role in Scotland’s net zero journey. We supported the Scottish Climate Intelligence Service, helping 32 councils take data-driven climate action. 🌍
More: thedatalab.com/case-studies...
More: thedatalab.com/case-studies...
The Scottish Climate Intelligence Service
The Data Lab supported ECCI to develop innovative tools to facilitate data-driven decisions and positive climate action by local governments.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
As #NationalInnovationWeek wraps up, we’re spotlighting the energy sector's role in Scotland’s net zero journey. We supported the Scottish Climate Intelligence Service, helping 32 councils take data-driven climate action. 🌍
More: thedatalab.com/case-studies...
More: thedatalab.com/case-studies...
Today we have published two reports that provide an aggregate picture of the financial health of Scotland’s colleges and universities.
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Financial sustainability reports launched - Scottish Funding Council
The Scottish Funding Council has today published two reports that provide an aggregate picture of the financial health of Scotland’s colleges and universities .
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September 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Today we have published two reports that provide an aggregate picture of the financial health of Scotland’s colleges and universities.
www.sfc.ac.uk?news=financi...
www.sfc.ac.uk?news=financi...
This week is #NationalInnovationWeek . Today we want to highlight the work of @dhi-scotland.com
They led multi-sector collaboration testing Colon Capsule Endoscopy for early bowel cancer diagnosis for NHS Scotland.
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They led multi-sector collaboration testing Colon Capsule Endoscopy for early bowel cancer diagnosis for NHS Scotland.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This week is #NationalInnovationWeek . Today we want to highlight the work of @dhi-scotland.com
They led multi-sector collaboration testing Colon Capsule Endoscopy for early bowel cancer diagnosis for NHS Scotland.
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They led multi-sector collaboration testing Colon Capsule Endoscopy for early bowel cancer diagnosis for NHS Scotland.
www.sfc.ac.uk/research-inn...
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We are excited to announce that sparqs is currently recruiting for a Deputy Director to join our staff team.
Please share the details with anyone who may be interested in this exciting new post!
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Please share the details with anyone who may be interested in this exciting new post!
www.sparqs.ac.uk/news-detail....
September 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We are excited to announce that sparqs is currently recruiting for a Deputy Director to join our staff team.
Please share the details with anyone who may be interested in this exciting new post!
www.sparqs.ac.uk/news-detail....
Please share the details with anyone who may be interested in this exciting new post!
www.sparqs.ac.uk/news-detail....
This week is #NationalInnovationWeek .
Today we want to highlight the work of @thedatalab.bsky.social and their work with Canon Medical to explore how smart meter data can be used to infer many health and wellbeing issues.
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Today we want to highlight the work of @thedatalab.bsky.social and their work with Canon Medical to explore how smart meter data can be used to infer many health and wellbeing issues.
www.sfc.ac.uk/research-inn...
September 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This week is #NationalInnovationWeek .
Today we want to highlight the work of @thedatalab.bsky.social and their work with Canon Medical to explore how smart meter data can be used to infer many health and wellbeing issues.
www.sfc.ac.uk/research-inn...
Today we want to highlight the work of @thedatalab.bsky.social and their work with Canon Medical to explore how smart meter data can be used to infer many health and wellbeing issues.
www.sfc.ac.uk/research-inn...
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We’re celebrating #NationalInnovationWeek by spotlighting the SMDH – a £54M UK-wide programme helping SME manufacturers innovate with data. In Scotland, The Data Lab led the data science strand, delivering:
⚡ 28% energy savings
🌍 30% CO₂ reduction
⚙️ 40+ new tools
🔍: thedatalab.com/case-studies...
⚡ 28% energy savings
🌍 30% CO₂ reduction
⚙️ 40+ new tools
🔍: thedatalab.com/case-studies...
September 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We’re celebrating #NationalInnovationWeek by spotlighting the SMDH – a £54M UK-wide programme helping SME manufacturers innovate with data. In Scotland, The Data Lab led the data science strand, delivering:
⚡ 28% energy savings
🌍 30% CO₂ reduction
⚙️ 40+ new tools
🔍: thedatalab.com/case-studies...
⚡ 28% energy savings
🌍 30% CO₂ reduction
⚙️ 40+ new tools
🔍: thedatalab.com/case-studies...
This week is #NationalInnovationWeek . We’re celebrating Scotland’s proud legacy of innovation & global leadership in pioneering the transformative technologies & industries of the future.
Today we're celebrating BE-ST and their programme Next Gen
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Today we're celebrating BE-ST and their programme Next Gen
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September 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This week is #NationalInnovationWeek . We’re celebrating Scotland’s proud legacy of innovation & global leadership in pioneering the transformative technologies & industries of the future.
Today we're celebrating BE-ST and their programme Next Gen
www.sfc.ac.uk/research-inn...
Today we're celebrating BE-ST and their programme Next Gen
www.sfc.ac.uk/research-inn...
It’s #SCQFWeek25 & we’re proud to support this year’s theme: #AllLearningCounts Whether you're learning at school, college, uni, on the job, through volunteering, or in life - SCQF helps understand the value of learning & plan your next steps.
Learn more at scqf.org.uk
Learn more at scqf.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It’s #SCQFWeek25 & we’re proud to support this year’s theme: #AllLearningCounts Whether you're learning at school, college, uni, on the job, through volunteering, or in life - SCQF helps understand the value of learning & plan your next steps.
Learn more at scqf.org.uk
Learn more at scqf.org.uk
Really important toolkit from @coldevnet.bsky.social for Scotland's institutions👇
🎉 Big news! We’ve launched the Tertiary Self-Evaluation Toolkit (TSET) – your new go-to guide for shaping Self-Evaluation & Action Plans.
Think case studies, podcasts, & practical tips 💡
Start exploring on CDN LearnOnline 👇
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#TQEF #Enhancement
Think case studies, podcasts, & practical tips 💡
Start exploring on CDN LearnOnline 👇
bit.ly/4mpAktY
#TQEF #Enhancement
September 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Really important toolkit from @coldevnet.bsky.social for Scotland's institutions👇