Looking ahead - 2026/2027

  • Continue to engage with National Strategic CLD Group on how we collectively seek to address the recommendations from the Independent Review of CLD.
  • Undertake a committee recruitment campaign to fill recent vacancies across all 4 committees.
  • Continue to lead the Developing the CLD Workforce & Standards group to publish a National CLD Workforce plan
  • Work with our colleagues across FE and HE Institutions to improve our data collection and reporting on CLD programmes and student demographics.
  • Continue to improve the CLD Standards Council Governance and corporate reporting
  • Work with key stakeholders 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)