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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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A special blog today from Helen Cross, SFC’s Director of R&I and Deputy Chair of the @ref2029.bsky.social Steering Group provides details of key updates and changes as the REF exercise resumes

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December 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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REF 2029 publishes updates and resumes criteria setting following pause

All updates are now live on our website: 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/ref-202...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Congratulations to all the finalists and winners at last night’s #CollegeAwards and well done @coldevnet.bsky.social
for giving everyone such a fantastic night of celebration! tinyurl.com/e7b39frd
CDN College Awards winners announced - Scottish Funding Council
Glasgow event marks the 26th annual celebration of Scotland’s colleges.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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We’re delighted to announce that Nic Granger OBE, Chief Information and Financial Officer at the North Sea Transition Authority, has been appointed Chair of The Data Lab Governance Board.

Read more about Nic’s appointment and vision here: thedatalab.com/news/new-cha...
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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We’re delighted to announce the first four recipients of our new Shared Services Collaboration Fund @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social, @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, @qmuniversity.bsky.social and @dundee.ac.uk will lead new pioneering partnerships for efficiencies and sustainability tinyurl.com/27wnk982
New funding makes collaboration to key to R&I efficiencies - Scottish Funding Council
Seventeen universities across Scotland to benefit from SFC’s new Shared Services Collaboration Fund
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December 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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In our latest blog, Dean of the School of Health and Life Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University, Professor Anita Simmers describes the steps @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social has taken to transform the provision of eye care in Scotland.

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Transforming Eye Care in Scotland - Scottish Funding Council
Professor Anita Simmers describes the steps Glasgow Caledonian University has taken to transform the provision of eye care in Scotland.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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There were an amazing ten Scottish medal winners at the 2025 Worldskills UK finals in South Wales! Huge congratulations to them all. The full story’s on our website tinyurl.com/4zn5n7mt
New and traditional skills under the spotlight in Wales - Scottish Funding Council
Scottish competitors bring home four gold, three silver and three bronze medals from national skills finals
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December 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The @worldskills.bsky.social uk finals start today. Best of luck to all the 2025 finalists, especially our 31 Scottish hopefuls!
WorldSkills UK Final graphic - various skills activities
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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This week is estranged students solidarity week. SFC is proud to be a part of the Estranged Working Group, find out how we are aiming to improve provision for estranged students in Scotland on the SCAPP website.

#withestrangedstudents #ESSW #ESSW2025

www.fairaccess.scot/connect/estranged-students/
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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This #GlobalEntrepreneurshipWeek we’re showcasing some of the work of Scotland’s universities in working with industry and driving innovation.

Earlier this year every university in Scotland received £5,000 from SFC to support entrepreneurial ambitions.

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Global Entrepreneurship Case Studies - Scottish Funding Council
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November 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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This #CareExperiencedWeek we're celebrating our care experienced learners across Scotland's colleges and universities.
Has the text, "In the college sector a record proportion of one in ten entrants to full time FE were care experienced in 2023-24." Followed by, "For the last two successive years in the National Student Survey, overall satisfaction of the university experience is higher amongst care experienced students compared to non care experienced students."
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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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
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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
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Looking forward to the awards already - and another year of fantastic, inspiring entries!
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🚨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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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
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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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October 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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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
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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
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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
Researchers at work. Photo courtesy of the University of Glasgow
October 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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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...
October 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM