Audit of higher education in Scottish Universities
Scotland's higher education sector is financially healthy but faces future challenges, and tough choices are likely to lie ahead if public funding is to deliver government policy ambitions.
Please note that pages 5, 20 and 54 of this report have been updated post publication to correct an error identified in supporting data.
Oral evidence session - 6 October 2016
The Committee took evidence from the Auditor General for Scotland and Audit Scotland. The Committee agreed to take further oral evidence from the Scottish Government, Scottish Funding Council and Universities Scotland. The Committee also agreed to invite written submissions. Please read the Official Report 6 October (582KB pdf)
Meeting correspondence and follow-up
Oral evidence session - 1 December 2016
The Committee took evidence from the Scottish Government, Scottish Funding Council and Universities Scotland. The Committee agreed to seek oral evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on both this report and the AGS report entitled "Scotland's colleges 2016". Please read the Official Report 1 December 2016 (580KB pdf)
Meeting correspondence and follow-up
Oral evidence session - 2 February 2017
The Committee took evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. The Committee agreed to write to the Education and Skills Committee to highlight issues arising from the report, and to close its consideration of the report. You can read the Official Report here: Official Report of 2 February 2017 (536KB pdf)
Meeting correspondence and follow-up