Start your week by reading our latest Talking Student Engagement interview, with @erica_hensens who reflects on her work at sparqs during our early days, and all the changes since. An important reflection given our #sparqs20years celebrations on Thursday! sparqs.ac.uk/announcement-d…

It's our birthday! We look forward to seeing lots of people later tonight for our #sparqs20years celebrations and Student Engagement Awards.

Delighted to be at sparqs ‘planning for the year ahead’ workshop this afternoon, exploring their work plan for the year ahead, and the future of student engagement in our new tertiary quality arrangements. Scottish Funding Council

Delighted to attend the Scottish Land & Estates Helping it Happen Awards 2023 as a guest of SRUC! A wide range of innovative projects and inspiring individuals will be celebrate tonight, showcasing the best of rural Scotland. Scottish Funding Council

And we have just updated our student engagement jobs board again today, as Stirling SU have a new vacancy for a Student Voice Manager. Find out more: sparqs.ac.uk/sector.php?pag…

✨We are excited to be working with the fantastic Impact -Improving Midlothian Parents and Caregivers Time- on a brand new employability support programme starting in January 2024. ✨ 👉For more information nac.ac.uk/news/ or email [email protected]

Save The Date 📅 Equity in Attainment & Student Success RAISE Annual Conference 2024 11-12th September 2024: University of Leicester (In Person & Hybrid/Online) Find out more about the theme for next year's conference via our website 👇 raise-network.com/post/raise-202…

Out and about today on a visit to 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲. Love this train journey. Scottish Funding Council

Great to be at the formal launch of 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲’s new e-sports classroom. This initiative will expand provision across levels 5-8, enhance progressions opps in cybersecurity & software development & see opps in e-sports competitions regionally and beyond. Scottish Funding Council

Always great to visit NewbattleTweets and hear more about their vital work to support our most vulnerable and in need students back into education, as well as details of their growing partnerships with schools and communities. Scottish Funding Council

The Rural and Veterinary Innovation Centre (RAVIC), a pioneering new hub established to drive innovation and job creation in Scotland's health, agriculture and aquaculture sectors, has been officially opened by HRH The Princess Royal in Inverness. buff.ly/3ximw0g

Our ambition and our place at the epicentre of tertiary education and research make the role of SFC’s CEO one of the most rewarding in the Scottish public sector. If you have what it takes to be our next chief executive we’re waiting to hear from you join-sfc.com

Excited to be in Leeds for Advance HE #StudentConf24! Looking forward to listening & learning. But first, an enjoyable evening catching up with old friends Simon Varwell Tom Lowe , both speakers at the event who I’m sure will pose some thought provoking questions to the sector.

Grateful to The Glasgow School of Art for their invitation to preview this years Degree Show. An absolute joy to see the range of creative possibilities from this graduating cohort, and speak to the students behind the creations, their inspiration and what comes next. The show is open 31/5 - 9/6.

QAA Scotland is consulting on the proposed new external review method for Scotland’s colleges and universities - Tertiary Quality Enhancement Review (TQER). To find out more, please visit qaa.ac.uk/scotland/news-…

Every day is a learning day & yesterday was a good one! Thankful for the opportunity to visit SRUC’s #GreenShed and find out more about this unique initiative which uses cattle waste products to power a methane capturing system and grow indoor crops. Scottish Funding Council

Glasgow today for QAA Scotland’s ‘TNE in Scotland’ Forum. Good discussion so far looking at Scottish context and role of coordinating staff in successful TNE delivery. Moving onto the student experience later which I’m particularly interested to hear more about Scottish Funding Council

.Scottish Funding Council Learning & Quality Team at Glasgow Caledonian University today for #OurTetitaryFuture hosted by QAA Scotland & CDN. We are discussing #TQEF with the sector, with AD Karen Gray & DD Erica Russell-Hensons both speaking. Great to see colleagues from across the sector here

ICYMI... yesterday we launched our latest resource, Scotland’s Ambition for Student Partnership. The ambition & its accompanying features & indicators of practice form a key sector benchmark in Scotland’s Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework (TQEF). sparqs.ac.uk/news-detail.ph…

It’s great to see a packed room for the welcome session at today’s Pathfinders dissemination event. There’s a busy agenda right through till 3:30 this afternoon. Lots to learn about and discuss! #Pathfinderslearning