Engage NewsThe Scottish Government’s consultation period on post-16 reform ends shortly. The post-16 reform team are seeking your input.

“The consultation period on the Scottish Government’s proposed reforms of post-16 education ends on 23 December – so don’t miss the chance to feed in your views. We want to hear from as many people as possible before considering the key questions and policy proposals.

Putting Learners at the Centre: Delivering our Ambitions for Post-16 Education sets out an ambitious programme of reform across a range of areas, including:

- Efficient, flexible learner journeys
- Widening access
- Aligning non-advanced learning and skills with jobs and growth
- Maintaining Scotland as a global leader in university research
- Fair and affordable student support
- Effective and sustainable delivery
- Simplifying funding and increasing income generation
- Performance, governance and accountability.

Submit your views to the consultation:
Send in your responses either by email or by post to:

Putting Learners at the Centre
Scottish Government
Colleges and Adult Learning – Funding and Policy Division
5 Atlantic Quay
150 Broomielaw
Glasgow
G2 8LU

You can also contribute to a consultation paper specifically on college regionalisation, which explores how best to address the challenges of moving to the new vision for college education in Scotland. This is being run jointly by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council – the deadline is also 23 December and details of how to contribute are available on the SFC’s website.

What happens next?
Once the consultations have finished, the responses will be analysed and we will consider what action to take. An official response to the consultations will be published early in 2012.”

The Post-16 Reform Team,
Scottish Government