CeLLS Partners
The University of Dundee has an international reputation for excellence across a range of activities.
- First in the UK in teaching quality - The Times and Times Higher Education Supplement league tables 2005.
- Scottish University of the Year 2004-5 - Sunday Times Good University Guide.
- Best place to work in Europe according to an international poll of scientists by The Scientist magazine 2004.
- Research in medical and life sciences was rated 5* in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise.
- 95% of staff work in areas of national or international excellence. We rank in the UK's top three for research income per capita and in the top 20 for research income.
- An ambitious £200m redevelopment programme for the city centre campus is now underway.
Napier University, Edinburgh is one of the largest of the modern Universities in Scotland, and is known for the relevance and innovative nature of its teaching and applied research. The largest provider of education for nurses and midwives in Scotland, its Life Science provision is focussed primarily on Health and the Environment, engaging with such issues as the remediation of contaminated land, and the safety of nanoparticles. The University has invested heavily in the latest infrastructure to support e.learning, and sees this activity as central to its objectives of growing post-graduate education and providing high quality undergraduate education for the broadest possible range of students.
Scottish Colleges Biotechnology Consortium
A consortium of 5, Bell, Dundee, Falkirk, Fife, and James Watt Colleges. Our aim is to provide technical and management training for companies in the Life Science sector within the Scottish market. With the backing of Scottish Enterprise, SCBC has, over the last 5 years, developed a range of courses designed to meet the specific requirement of Life Science organisations. These generic courses have been further enhanced by close co-operation with the commercial sector to create highly specific training output to satisfy immediate needs of business and employees. Each SCBC College provides a comprehensive range of full and part time HN courses serving Life
Interactive University is a market-led organisation and an international education specialist for the development and delivery of accredited distributed learning programmes within the global post compulsory education sector. The university’s primary objective is to become a centre of excellence in e-learning and the leading source of e-learning products, services and technology. Interactive University transferred business to its partners and closed in May 2007.
The Scottish Qualifications Authority
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) is the national statutory body in Scotland with responsibility for the development, awarding, and accreditation of all qualifications, with the exception of university degrees. SQA is accountable to the First Minister in Scotland. Its sponsor department is the Scottish Executive Education Department.
SQA's functions are to:
- Advise the Scottish Government on issues relating to education and training and implement government policy on qualifications
- Develop and promote high quality national, higher national and vocational qualifications
- Accredit and validate qualifications
- Approve education and training establishments to offer SQA qualifications
- Make arrangements for, assist in and carry out, assessments and examinations
- Carry out a quality assurance function
- Certificate achievement
The overall aim of SQA is to manage the qualification system below degree level to allow students to fulfil their potential to participate in the economy, society and communities of Scotland.
SQA is primarily funded through qualification entry charges and has an annual turnover of approximately £51 million. It employs approximately 650 staff located at its Glasgow