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Plastic Free July

For #PlasticFreeJuly, we caught up with some Scottish colleges to find out what action they are taking to cut back on plastic…...

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Ayrshire College continue Passing Positivity with charity single

After winning the Innovation Award and the Judges’ Award at the 2020 College Awards for their #PassingPositivity mental health initiative,...

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Developing Digital Skills – Part 4

In the fourth of his blog-series, Education Consultant Walter Patterson provides an update on CDN's research into staff digital capability....

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Meet The Course Leader – Valerie Jackman

Valerie Jackman is Leadership and Governance Lead at CDN. She is an experienced educator, a skilled facilitator, a creative catalyst and an ...

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Developing Digital Skills – Part 3

In the third of his blog-series, Education Consultant Walter Patterson provides an update on CDN's research into staff digital capability. ...

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College Expo21 – Recap

Thanks to the hundreds of attendees and participants who made the two days of College Expo 21 such an incredible success!...

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Working in partnership to deliver for Scotland’s learners

Thanks to SQA for being a Virtual College Expo21 headline sponsor. ...

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Why every job is a green job

Thanks to The Verdancy Group for being a Virtual College Expo21 headline sponsor. ...

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Developing Digital Skills – Part 2

In the second of a new series of blogs, Education Consultant Walter Patterson tells us about the early findings of CDN's research into digi...

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Fit for Purpose? Digital Capability Frameworks in a Post-COVID Era

In the first of a new series of blogs, Walter Patterson, Education Consultant, tells us about CDN's new digital skills project....

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Tackling racism on campus

CDN Curriculum and Teaching Lead Suzanne Marshall writes about the important resources that are available to support colleges and universit...

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Colleges Counselling Network Scotland: Increasing counselling provision in colleges

Kirsten Amis, Glasgow Clyde College, explains how additional funding for counsellors in Scotland’s colleges has resulted in the rebirth an...

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CDN Research and Enhancement Centre

To coincide with the launch of CDN's Research and Enhancement Centre, CDN's National Research and Improvement Manager Dougie Smith explains...

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Game On!

Ahead of the Esports in Education Conference, Kenji Lamb, CDN’s Digital and Innovation Lead, explains how the Scottish college sector is d...

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CDN College Hall of Fame: Nominations welcome

We are looking for your nominations for the CDN College Hall of Fame! Do you know, or can you think of, an inspirational individual who you...

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