Category: Public Sector

We are the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, more commonly known as the Scottish Funding Council (SFC). We are Scotland’s tertiary education and research authority and our purpose is to sustain a world-leading system of tertiary education, research and innovation that enables students to flourish, changes lives for the better, and supports social, economic and environmental wellbeing and…

The Cairngorms National Park Authority provides leadership for the Cairngorms National Park, tackling the big issues in the Park in a collaborative way, based on the aims as set out in the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000

Crown Estate Scotland is the public corporation of the Scottish Government responsible for the management of land and property in Scotland owned by the monarch ‘in right of the Crown’. It devolved from the Crown Estate of the United Kingdom under the Scotland Act of 2016.

TRANSFORMING PLACES FOR PEOPLE AND NATURE Covering 10,000 square kilometres and with a 40-year timeframe, the CSGN is one of the largest and most ambitious green infrastructure programmes in Europe. Through the support of the Scottish Government and over 80 members, its focus is to address climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental inequality by connecting people to greenspace where it…

Argyll and Bute covers the second-largest administrative area of any Scottish council. The council area adjoins those of Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. Its border runs through Loch Lomond.

Aberdeenshire Council is a large local authority in North East Scotland with a wide and diverse selection of employment opportunities on offer. We provide a vast array of essential services across a wide remit; from the education of our school children, support for community learning groups and care at home for our vulnerable residents through to the maintenance of our…

The Marine Scotland Directorate is a directorate of the Scottish Government. Marine Scotland manages Scotland’s seas and freshwater fisheries along with delivery members NatureScot and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee is the public body that advises the UK Government and devolved administrations on UK-wide and international nature conservation. Originally established under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, JNCC was reconstituted by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.

The Scottish Funding Council, referred to more formally as the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, is the non-departmental public body charged with funding Scotland’s further and higher education institutions, including its 26 colleges and 19 universities

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is Scotland’s environmental regulator and national flood forecasting, flood warning and strategic flood risk management authority. Its main role is to protect and improve Scotland’s environment.