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John Muir Award in Scotland’s colleges 2019-20

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

This week we launched the first in a new series of CDN research reports. This important piece of research, titled 'International Ambitions �...

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

Support For College Teams

To support our colleagues in the college sector, CDN is offering an online programme that has been designed to support college teams as they...

Tuesday 21 April 2020

Virtual College Leadership and Governance Series

The 10-year lens – colleges in 2030 Monday 27 April - Friday 1 May CDN's Leadership team will be hosting a series of free workshops in...

Thursday 09 April 2020

Urgent Help for PPE Required: Do you have a 3D printer in your college?

The maxillofacial department for Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board are urgently seeking support from colleges with 3D printers. They...

Monday 06 April 2020

How to avoid Coronavirus scams

As most of us are now working from home, please be vigilant as there has been much reporting of so-called 'Coronavirus scams'. Look out fo...

Monday 30 March 2020

COVID-19 (Coronavirus): CDN’s Events and Meetings

Protecting the health and wellbeing of our people and those we work with is our main priority. Following the latest government advice CDN...

Thursday 12 March 2020

Public Sector Accessibility Regulations - What you need to know (and do!)

We partnered with Jisc’s accessibility specialist Kellie Mote to deliver the webinar ‘Public Sector Accessibility Regulations - What you...

Thursday 27 February 2020

Invitation to Tender for Commissioned Research

Invitation to Tender for Commissioned Research: Analysis of the Scottish College Sector’s capacity to undertake International Business Dev...

Tuesday 14 January 2020

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