Key Futureskills Scotland Links

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Our key partners and labour market links are listed below. More specific links may be found to the right side of pages, under the "See Also" section.

Partner Organisations

• Careers Scotland - Careers Scotland provide services, information and support to individuals at all ages and stages of career planning as well as employers wanting to recruit and maintain a productive workforce.

• Highlands and Islands Enterprise - HIE is a government-sponsored development agency which sets the strategic background to which its LECs operate.
• Scottish Enterprise - Scottish Enterprise is lowland Scotland's main economic development agency, funded by the Scottish Executive. Our mission is to help the people and businesses of Scotland succeed. In doing so, we aim to build a world-class economy.

Key Labour Market Links

• EUROSTAT - Official statistical agency of the European Union.
• General Register for Scotland - Provides a wide range of actual and projected information, data and analysis on Scotland's population trends.
• Higher Education Statistics Agency - HESA is the central source for the collection and dissemination of statistics about publicly funded UK higher education.
• NOMIS - NOMIS is a web-based database of labour market statistics based in Durham.  NOMIS is run by the University of Durham on behalf of the Office for National Statistics. First launched in 1981, NOMIS houses an extensive range of government statistical information on the UK labour market including Employment, Unemployment, Earnings, Labour Force Survey and Jobcentre Plus vacancies.
• ONS - National Statistics Online - Online portal for official UK Government statistics.  
• ONS - Neighbourhood Statistics - Online tool of the Office for National Statistics, which provides data on issues such as employment, gender, ethnicity and crime from UK to regional and local level.
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macro-economics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation.
• Scottish Census Results Online - SCROL is the easy and free way to access all of the results from the 2001 Census in Scotland. This online resource was developed by the General Register for Scotland to widen access to, and improve the use of, Census output.

Other Organisations

• Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services - The Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) is the professional association of careers professionals in Higher Education.
• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities - COSLA, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, is the representative voice of Scottish local government and also acts as the employers' association on behalf of all Scottish councils.
• Learn Direct Scotland - The mission of learndirect scotland is to help individuals and small businesses across Scotland to realise their potential through learning, at a time, place, pace and style that suits their needs.
• North East Scotland Economic Research - North East Scotland Economic Research is run in partnership between Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Forum and presents a wide range of socio-economic information on Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire.
• Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - SCVO seeks to advance the values and interests shared  by voluntary organisations by fostering co-operation, promoting best practice and through the delivery of sustainable common services.
• Scottish Executive - Website of the devolved government of Scotland.
• Scottish Funding Council - The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC) is the body that distributes funding for teaching and learning, research and other activities in Scotland's colleges and universities.
• Scottish Further Education Unit - The Scottish Further Education Unit works in partnership with Scotland's 46 colleges as well as other key national agencies supporting the development of learning and teaching in Scotland.
• Scottish Qualifications Authority - The SQA is the national body in Scotland responsible for the development, accreditation, assessment and certification of qualifications other than degrees.
• Sector Skills Alliance Scotland - Sector Skills Alliance Scotland (SSAScot) aims to assist in the development of a competitive Scotland through increasing the skills of the Scottish workforce by providing a focus for information exchange, development and promotional activities. In particular SSAScot seeks to assist its Sector Skills body members to play a significant role in upskilling the Scottish workforce.
• Sector Skills Development Agency - The Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) is responsible for funding, supporting and monitoring the network of Sector Skills Councils (SSCs).

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