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Scotland’s colleges collaborate on new national #ChooseCollege campaign

Friday 05 March 2021

First Ever Scottish Esports in Education Conference

In partnership with the British Esports Association, CDN is hosting the first ever Esports in Education Conference in Scotland on 24 March....

Monday 01 March 2021

New! Joint Curriculum Development Groups

In response to feedback from college colleagues, CDN is developing a set of new Joint Curriculum Development Groups which will commence at t...

Tuesday 12 January 2021

Looking back at why we #LoveScotlandsColleges

College staff, students and partners from across Scotland took to social media recently to say why they love college. As part of a sector wi...

Thursday 17 December 2020

Virtual Governance Research Report Published

CDN has partnered with the Association of Colleges (AoC) to commission a research report exploring the ways in which college boards have ada...

Friday 04 December 2020

Esports College Cup brought to Scotland for the First Time

CDN and British Esports Association have teamed up with Rocket Kingdom TV to bring an annual esports – competitive video gaming – colleg...

Wednesday 25 November 2020

CDN partners with Education Scotland for Thursday Virtual Bridge webinars

CDN has partnered with Education Scotland to bring you additional Virtual Bridge webinar sessions every Thursday. This means that, for the f...

Wednesday 18 November 2020

John Muir Award in Scotland’s colleges 2019-20

The John Muir Trust has produced its annual John Muir Award in Scotland’s Colleges 2019-20 summary, with a slightly different focus this y...

Wednesday 14 October 2020

New Digital Ambitions report published for the college sector

Today sees the publication of Our Digital Ambition for Scotland’s Colleges, which was commissioned to provide evidence on the sector’s d...

Friday 09 October 2020

CDN and Carers Trust Scotland launch new digital training module for colleges to improve support for student carers

CDN and Carers Trust Scotland have joined forces to help improve support to over 12,000 student carers in Scotland, who are studying alongsi...

Monday 21 September 2020

Event Summary: CDN launches college sector International Ambitions research report

Read the report here This week we launched the first in a new series of CDN research reports. This important piece of research, titled 'I...

Thursday 17 September 2020

Equality, Diversity and Inclusiveness in Learning & Teaching

We’re delighted to tell you about our newly updated Equality, Diversity, and Inclusiveness resource on CDN Learn Online. We spoke to Su...

Tuesday 15 September 2020

CDN welcomes Jonny Rees as Head of Professional Development

CDN is delighted to announce the appointment of Jonny Rees as Head of Professional Development. Jonny has worked in the further educ...

Wednesday 02 September 2020

CDN welcomes new Fellow and Associate Director

CDN is delighted to welcome Grant Ritchie, former Principal of Dundee and Angus College, as a Fellow and Associate Director. The first an...

Friday 21 August 2020

CDN launches new three-year Strategic Framework

The CDN team and Board are excited to publish our new and ambitious Strategic Framework, setting out the organisation’s aims and objective...

Friday 14 August 2020

Tackling racism in Scotland's colleges and Universities

CDN fully supports the declaration to tackle racism on college and University campuses. The call to sign-up to this declaration is a key ...

Wednesday 12 August 2020

CDN partners with Young Scot for money advice webinars

CDN has partnered with Young Scot and Fast Forward for ‘CashChats’, a new series of online discussions for young people about money and ...

Monday 06 July 2020

Funding Opportunity: Mentor an Overseas College Cluster

The British Council, the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, has an excellent opportunity...

Wednesday 01 July 2020

Get your entries in for CDN's College Awards!

Entry fees have been waived for the 2020 College Awards, which means that this year you can enter for free! The College Awards are a cele...

Tuesday 23 June 2020

Virtual College Expo20: What to look out for

CDN’s much anticipated College Expo will take place on Thursday 11 June and for the first time ever, the event will take place online, and...

Thursday 28 May 2020

New grant funding available for colleges

The charity Ufi is offering grant funding for FE colleges in Scotland and applications are now open. The charity's mission is to support ...

Wednesday 22 April 2020

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