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)