Item 5 Colleges Regionalisation Update for GCCP Strategic Board

1. Purpose of this Report

This report provides an overview of college regionalisation developments as related to Glasgow colleges, within the context of national college reforms. In doing so, it describes the Glasgow college regional structure as planned for academic year 2013/14.

2. College Regionalisation Update

The current ’s post-16 education reform priorities are to improve life chances, to support jobs and growth and to ensure sustainable post-16 education. Regionalisation of the college sector forms a key part of the policy implementation process related to this, and thirteen regions have been identified across (see Appendix 1). As currently constituted, the Glasgow College Region will serve , and have shared responsibility for East Renfrewshire and East Dunbartonshire (see Appendix 2).

As part of national college regionalisation processes and the desire for fewer colleges in Scotland, in academic year 2013/14, the seven colleges within the Glasgow region will reduce to three through the mergers of Anniesland, and Langside Colleges and John Wheatley, North Glasgow and Stow Colleges. The map below shows the resultant 3 Glasgow colleges and their campus buildings.

Figure 1. Locations of the Three Glasgow Region Colleges

Glasgow Clyde College 1. Anniesland College 2. 3. Langside College

4. City of Glasgow College

North and East Colleges* 5. Stow College 6. North Glasgow College 7. John Wheatley College

* The name of this new merged college has yet to be confirmed. Item 5 3. Glasgow College Regional Outcome Agreements for 2013/14

Regional Outcome Agreements were introduced by the (SFC) in academic year 2012/13 as the primary means for SFC and colleges to work together to demonstrate the impact of the sector and its contribution to Scottish Government priorities.

The 2013/14 Glasgow Regional Outcome Agreement seeks to show how Glasgow Colleges contribute to delivering these priorities; how Glasgow’s colleges work together to contribute to reducing unemployment; how Glasgow’s colleges ensure cohesive and coherent provision which meets national, regional and local learner and employer needs; and how Glasgow’s colleges deliver this in an efficient way.

Following an analysis of the demographic and socio-economic context for Further Education in Glasgow, and in the context of the college regionalisation process, a priority impact has been identified for each of the Glasgow Region outcomes as shown below.

Figure 2. Glasgow Region College Outcomes and Priority Impacts

Outcome Priority Impact 1. Efficient Regional Structures ƒ an efficient, sustainable regional college structure that & Sustainable Institutions meets the needs of Glasgow and Scotland 2. Right Learning in the Right ƒ fewer people in Glasgow and Scotland not in employment, Place education or training 3. High Quality & Efficient ƒ more learners achieve qualifications and can progress to Learning further study 4. A Developed Workforce ƒ more learners develop the appropriate skills needed to get a job, keep a job or get a better job

Appendix 3 provides more detail on the planned outcomes and outputs for Glasgow’s Regional Outcome Agreement in 2013/14.

4. Operational Delivery of Regional Outcome Commitments

In August 2014, a new legally constituted Regional Strategic Board will take responsibility for college delivery in Glasgow. This Board will be responsible for ensuring the strategic planning of college provision across the Glasgow region, and the according allocation of funding to colleges within the region. This Regional Strategic Board will also monitor the performance of Glasgow colleges and have regard to ensuring that its funds are used as economically, efficiently and effectively as possible.

In advance of the development of the Glasgow Regional Strategic Board, and in the context of fewer colleges in Glasgow, a simplified Glasgow College Regional structure has been developed for partners to engage with at an operational level, and the diagram overleaf provides an overview of this structure as planned for 2013/14. Item 5 Figure 3. Glasgow College Regional Operational Structure 2013/14

The functional role of the Glasgow College Operational Leadership Group will be to: ƒ deliver college services to meet regional needs; ƒ coordinate the work of operational regional college groups including development, delivery and monitoring of Regional Outcome Agreements; ƒ report operational and other relevant information related to the regional and national delivery and policy context to the shadow Glasgow Regional Board and stakeholders; and ƒ liaise with local, regional and national stakeholders.

In terms of the three sub-groups, the table below provides a summary of the proposed areas of functional responsibility.

Figure 4. Roles of Glasgow Regional Work Groups

Curriculum Group Workforce Development Sustainable Institutions Group Group ƒ Portfolio planning and ƒ Employer engagement ƒ Financial planning and delivery ƒ Assessment of employer monitoring ƒ Learner progression and economic needs ƒ Estates development and within education ƒ Development of college maintenance ƒ Quality enhancement services to meet employer ƒ Workforce planning and ƒ Learner engagement and economic needs organisational ƒ Learner progression into development employment

A key function of these work groups will be to engage directly with stakeholders relevant to their area of responsibility. For example, the Curriculum Group will progress a range of provision-related developments in close partnership with local authority education services and higher education providers, and the Workforce Development Group will engage directly with employers and employment support agencies.

Robin Ashton Regional Outcome Agreement Coordination Manager Contact: Tel. 0141 272 3615, Email: [email protected] Item 5 Appendix 1. Map of College Regions as shown in Delivering Ambitious Change, Scottish Funding Council Strategic Plan 2012-15

College Regions Item 5

Appendix 2. College Regions as Described in College Regionalisation: Proposals for Implementing Putting Learners at the Centre, Scottish Funding Council and Scottish Government, 2012

Predominant local authority Region College(s) serving the region areas City of Aberdeen, Aberdeen College and Banff & Buchan College of North East Aberdeenshire Further Education Fife and Carnegie College Angus College and Dundee Tayside Dundee City, Angus College Glasgow and parts of East Anniesland College, North Glasgow College, Stow Dunbartonshire and East College, John Wheatley College, Cardonald Glasgow Renfrewshire and in some College, Langside College and City of Glasgow subjects a wider regional College and national coverage Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, parts of East Renfrewshire, Reid Kerr College and James Watt College West West Dunbartonshire and (Greenock campus) and Clydebank College parts of Argyll and Bute East, South and North Ayr College and Kilmarnock College and James Ayrshire Ayrshire Watt College (Kilwinning campus)

Dumfries & Dumfries & Galloway College(with a possible Dumfries & Galloway Galloway HE/FE link through the Crichton campus)

North and South Coatbridge College, Cumbernauld College, Lanarkshire Lanarkshire, parts of East Motherwell College and South Lanarkshire College Dunbartonshire – with a possible link to Edinburgh Borders Scottish Borders and the Lothians

Edinburgh Jewel & Esk College, Stevenson College, Edinburgh, East and Mid and Edinburgh's Telford College and West Lothian Lothian, West Lothian, Lothians College Falkirk, Stirling, – with a possible link to West Forth Valley Lothian College Perth College, , , Highland, Perth and , , Moray Highlands & Kinross, Moray, parts of College, , Argyll College and Islands Argyll and Bute, Western (with a possible HE/FE link Isles, Orkney, Shetland to UHI) Item 5

Appendix 3. Summary of Glasgow College Regional Outcome Agreement Outcomes and Outputs

Outcome 1: Efficient Regional Structures & Sustainable Institutions

Priority Impact 1: An efficient, sustainable regional college structure that meets the needs of Glasgow and Scotland.

Intermediate Level Outcomes Outputs 1.1 Colleges provide an efficient regional o A more effective regional structure for partners to engage structure for regional and national with. partners to engage with. 1.2 College are financially sustainable and o Maintained financial sustainability. provide efficient services. o Delivery of an 5.27% efficiency saving. o Updated college and regional sustainability frameworks. o Increased non-SFC income. 1.3 College estates are well-managed and o Delivery of an improved and fit for purpose regional estate. maintained, fit for purpose and o City of Glasgow New Campus Development project environmentally sustainable. progress in line with planning. o A regional carbon management plan.

Outcome 2: Right Learning in the Right Place

Priority Impact 2: Fewer people in Glasgow and Scotland not in employment, education or training.

Intermediate Level Outcomes Outputs 2.1 People access a wide range of o Delivery of a comprehensive and cohesive regional education and training courses in curriculum. Glasgow. 2.2 Young people study and train at o A 1% increase in the proportion of college activity related Glasgow’s colleges. to ages 16-24 years as compared to 2011/12 levels. 2.3 People access flexible and inclusive o Evidence of colleges supporting accessibility and inclusion. college programmes and services. 2.4 Employer needs are met, economic o Rationalisation of Glasgow’s college portfolio in line with growth sectors are supported and college economic and government needs. learning leads to job opportunities and/or o College learners progress through stages within the further training or education. Strategic Skills Pipeline. 2.5 Young people access school/college o An appropriate volume of school/college activity. courses as part of the Senior Phase of Curriculum for Excellence. Item 5

Appendix 3. Cont’d

Outcome 3: High Quality & Efficient Learning

Priority Impact 3: More learners achieve qualifications and can progress to further study.

Intermediate Level Outcomes Outputs 3.1 Learners sustain their learning and o An increase in the proportion of learners completing their achieve qualifications. course. 3.2 Learners progress to positive o An increase in the proportion of learners progressing from destinations. each of the different SCQF levels to a higher level of study or to employment. o Progression routes are available from all courses. 3.3 Learners progress efficiently onto o An increase in the proportion of learners at SCQF level 7&8 degree level provision. articulating to degree level courses 3.4 Glasgow’s colleges have effective o Effectiveness is confirmed by Education Scotland. arrangements to maintain and improve the quality of learning and are delivering high quality learning experiences.

Outcome 4: A Developed Workforce

Priority Impact 4: More learners develop the appropriate skills needed to get a job, keep a job or get a better job.

Intermediate Level Outcomes Outputs 4.1 People are job ready and able to o An increased proportion of learners: access a range of employment - achieving vocationally relevant qualifications opportunities. - undertaking employability skills units; - undertaking work placements; and - gaining employment. 4.2 Colleges identify and respond to the o An increased proportion of college courses related to local, needs of local, regional and national regional and national employer needs. employers. 4.3 People can access apprenticeship o An increase in the number and range of apprenticeships opportunities. delivered by GCSP colleges.