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Thursday, 29 November 2007

Despite broadly welcoming its cash allocation from the Government in its Budget, the colleges sector yesterday warned that there could be negative implications.

Acting chief executive of the Association of Scotland's Colleges, Howard Mackenzie, told the Parliament's Education Committee that the capital investment of £50m was welcome but "not quite enough" and that revenue for the Spending Review period was "enough to keep doing what we are doing now but not anything else".

"It's a settlement that allows us to survive but not to move forward." Mackenzie warned that if the Government then expects colleges to undertake any new initiatives, there may be a resulting need to cut the more expensive courses, including construction, engineering and special needs.

"We may have to change our curriculum profile to maintain financial viability rather than doing what students want us to do," he warned MSPs.

He also said that the tight spending settlement would mean that some colleges with marginal surpluses might move back into financial deficit.

Roger McClure, chief executive of the Scottish Funding Council, reassured MSPs that the sector was on a better footing to avert financial disaster than it was four or five years ago.
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