Looking ahead - 2025/2026
- Continue to engage with Scottish Government and CoSLA on how we collectively seek to address the recommendations from the Independent Review of CLD
- Undertake a committee recruitment campaign and implement the revised Standing Orders
- Continue to work with Scottish Government, CoSLA and ADES to mitigate the impacts on professional practice and workforce development as a result of ongoing resource reduction in the CLD sector
- Work with our colleagues across FE and HE Institutions to improve our data collection and reporting on CLD programmes and student demographics.
Establish a calendar of approval visits and panels to revalidate existing CLD programmes - Work with CLD Managers Scotland to continue to build awareness of CLD as a valued career choice.
Our team members
- Alan Sherry, OBE Chair of CLD Standards Council
- Marion Allison Director
- Ross Martin Assistant Director
- Kirsty Gemmell Development Officer - Practice Standards and Development (she/her)
- Steven Maclennan Development Officer - Approvals (he/him)
- Susie Bisset Development Officer - Approvals
- Lorna Renton Development Officer - Registration (she/her)
- Vikki Carpenter Development Officer - Policy and Practice (she/her)
- Jensen Morton Business Support Assistant - Joined February 2025 (they/them or he/him)
- James Muir Corporate Performance Officer - Joined January 2025 (he/him)