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Colleges from Orkney to Dumfries and Galloway are taking part in a week-long initiative, to raise awareness of the assistance and expertise available to the business world.

As part of ‘Business Week’, colleges throughout Scotland will be opening their doors to employers to build stronger ties with enterprise and offer advice on how the college sector can support enterprise.

Scotland’s college sector currently assists more than 10,000 businesses across the country through workshops, training, certification programmes and apprenticeships.

Throughout the week a series of events will be taking place, designed to further strengthen the ties between business and further education.

Thursday 21 June 2012, Edinburgh

For further information on the conference visit http://colleges.holyrood.com

We are delighted to announce the publication of a new newsletter from Scotland's Colleges.

Through this quarterly publication, we hope to keep you up-to-date with the latest news, inform you of new developments and highlight work that we are undertaking on behalf of colleges in Scotland.

There are so many different streams of activity continually taking place throughout the organisation that we felt it important to ensure that colleges are kept well informed of these activities.

In this issue:

• Response to Griggs Review
• Governing in a Regional Structure
• Establishment of Communities of Interest
• Developing a National Strategy with Industry Sectors
• Promoting Partnership Working in Health and Social Care
• Copyright Success
• Online Tutor Resource Packs
  

... and much more.

You can read and/or download a copy of Scotland's Colleges Quick Newsletter.

On Sunday 3rd June 2012, millions of people will be taking part in The Big Lunch, a very simple idea from the Eden Project in Cornwall. The aim is to get as many of the 61 million people in the UK as possible to have lunch with their neighbours on one day of the year as a simple act of community, friendship and fun. Once people start talking to one another good things happen, neighbours start sharing resources and communities grow stronger.

Big Lunches have been taking place in all types of communities across the UK since 2009 and this year the event forms part of the celebrations for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Colleges in Scotland have a unique presence in their local communities and have lots to bring to the table – cookery students and lecturers could give advice on street party menus, music students could provide entertainment, while marketing and event management students can promote the event and make sure as many people are included as possible.

Why not invite the local community along to your college for a Big Lunch, or encourage students to get involved and host events with local groups and organisations?

To find out more or request an organiser’s pack, visit The Big Lunch website.