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The Convener Con Committee
08 Jun 2022
Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
I need to do a bit of a U-turn, because I omitted Stephanie Callaghan’s questions. It will seem as though we are stepping back a bit. Sorry, Stephanie—over to you.
The Convener Con Committee
26 Oct 2022
Petitions
Thank you for that, Stephanie. As I was saying, we have probably come to an agreement that we would like to close the petition, but there are some caveats associated with that, because we want to make sure that what is intended in the guidance is what is actually happening in...
The Convener Con Committee
23 Nov 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I can bring in Iona Colvin, but I remind the panel that we are focusing on the children’s services element. We know that there is extensive work going on with the national care service across adult services, but we really need to drill down on children’s services, on which Ste...
The Convener Con Committee
17 May 2023
Universities and Colleges Funding 2023-24
Thank you, Mr Dey. We now move to questions from Stephanie Callaghan. Thank you for your patience, Stephanie.
The Convener Con Committee
21 Jun 2023
Scottish Education Exchange Programme and Further and Higher Education Issues
I call Stephanie Callaghan. Over to you, Stephanie.
The Convener Con Committee
01 Nov 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
We come to questions from Stephanie Callaghan. I know that some of the topics that you want to address might have been covered already, Stephanie, so please take some time to develop your line of questioning if you need to.
The Convener Con Committee
21 Feb 2024
Additional Support for Learning Inquiry
Something strange is going on with broadcasting. Is it Stephanie Callaghan who needs to be muted? Interruption. Stephanie, could you mute, please? We are hearing some background noise. I am sorry, Matthew—carry on.
Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con) Con Committee
16 Nov 2021
Session 6 Priorities
I hope that my question will follow on nicely from those of Stephanie Callaghan and Carol Mochan. I want to ask you about health inequalities across Scotland, minister. You mentioned the established and successful CAMH service in Grampian but, in Lothian, it is quite a differ...
The Convener Con Committee
01 Jun 2022
Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
Stephanie Callaghan has a supplementary question. Who would you like to direct it at?
The Convener Con Committee
01 Jun 2022
Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
Thank you. Nora Senior has typed R in the chat function. Would you like to come back in? That might be to respond to Stephanie Callaghan’s question.
The Convener Con Committee
15 Jun 2022
Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
Thank you. I invite Stephanie Callaghan to put some questions to the group.
The Convener Con Committee
15 Jun 2022
Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
Luckily, Amy Monks had an answer, too. Heather, do you want to come in on Stephanie Callaghan’s question?
The Convener Con Committee
15 Jun 2022
Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
Stephanie Callaghan has a question on this.
The Convener Con Committee
29 Jun 2022
Bòrd na Gàidhlig
I have questions on this subject from Stephanie Callaghan before we move on to the other members.
The Convener Con Committee
07 Sep 2022
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Stephanie Callaghan and Graeme Dey have some supplementary questions.
The Convener Con Committee
21 Sep 2022
Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
We will move to questions from Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
21 Sep 2022
Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
I invite Stephanie Callaghan to ask a question on the theme, although other witnesses might wish to contribute in response to Michael Marra’s question.
The Convener Con Committee
28 Sep 2022
Universities
Keeping on this theme, we have some questions from Willie Rennie, who will be followed by Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
28 Sep 2022
Universities
Stephanie Callaghan has a question. Please be concise.
The Convener Con Committee
05 Oct 2022
Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
We move to questions from Stephanie Callaghan on community learning.
The Convener Con Committee
26 Oct 2022
Pre-budget Scrutiny: Early Learning and Childcare
While we are on the topic of finance and costings, can we move to some questions from Stephanie Callaghan?
The Convener Con Committee
26 Oct 2022
Pre-budget Scrutiny: Early Learning and Childcare
Thank you, Mr Kerr. Stephanie Callaghan has a follow-up question on modern apprenticeships.
The Convener Con Committee
09 Nov 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Stephanie Callaghan also has some questions on this topic.
The Convener Con Committee
09 Nov 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Thank you for that reassurance. Stephanie Callaghan has a brief supplementary question to clarify some of the statements that have been made.
The Convener Con Committee
09 Nov 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Thank you very much. That was short and sharp. We move to questions from Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
09 Nov 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
There was a lot in your answer, Cameron-Wong. Members will pick up on many of those topics separately in their questions. Impact assessments are a particular example. I ask Stephanie Callaghan to continue with the human rights theme. 11:15
The Convener Con Committee
09 Nov 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I will let you proceed, if that is all right with Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
09 Nov 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
We move on to questions from Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
16 Nov 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
We will now take evidence from our second panel on the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill. I welcome to the meeting Martin Crewe, director of Barnardo’s Scotland, and Jude Currie, chair of the Scottish Association of Social Work. Good morning to both of you, and thank you f...
The Convener Con Committee
23 Nov 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
We move to questions from Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener (Sue Webber) Con Committee
18 Jan 2023
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
Good morning, and welcome to the second meeting in 2023 of the Education, Children and Young People Committee. We have received apologies from Stephanie Callaghan. I welcome Natalie Don, who is attending the meeting in her place. The first item on our agenda is an evidence se...
The Convener Con Committee
01 Feb 2023
Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I have a short supplementary from Stephanie Callaghan, but it must just be the question.
The Convener Con Committee
22 Feb 2023
Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Stephanie Callaghan has a specific question. I am looking at the clock, but I will give her the opportunity to ask it.
The Convener Con Committee
22 Feb 2023
Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
We will go to Stephanie Callaghan, although I might have a further question.
The Convener Con Committee
01 Mar 2023
Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I did not want to cut you off, but we were going round in circles a little bit there. We move to questions from Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
01 Mar 2023
Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I call Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
22 Mar 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Stephanie Callaghan, do you have a brief supplementary question? I am double checking, as you are online.
The Convener Con Committee
22 Mar 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Sticking with the same thread, I will bring in Stephanie Callaghan, who is online, as she has a follow-up question.
The Convener Con Committee
29 Mar 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I want to circle back and bring in Stephanie Callaghan, who has a supplementary question on additional support needs.
The Convener Con Committee
29 Mar 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Thank you. We will move on to questions from Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
26 Apr 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
In the interests of time, I will move on to questions from Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
26 Apr 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Stephanie Callaghan has a brief supplementary question on this issue, and then we will have questions from Ross Greer.
The Convener Con Committee
03 May 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Thank you, minister. I call Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
17 May 2023
Universities and Colleges Funding 2023-24
Mr Rennie, I am going to move on. I am not going to ask the minister to respond to that, because I am really conscious of the time. I am going to bring in Stephanie Callaghan—and I am not going to let Mr Rennie sneak in.
The Convener (Sue Webber) Con Committee
07 Jun 2023
Subordinate legislation
Good morning, and welcome to the 18th meeting in 2023 of the Education, Children and Young People Committee. Stephanie Callaghan has sent her apologies. Our first item of business is consideration of subordinate legislation. The regulations—Scottish statutory instrument 2023/...
The Convener Con Committee
14 Jun 2023
Violence in Schools
On the Morgan review, I would just note that, on 8 June 2022, we minuted our intention to carry out an inquiry into additional support needs and, in two weeks’ time, we will have an initial committee discussion about that inquiry and what it might look like. The issue is very ...
The Convener Con Committee
14 Jun 2023
Violence in Schools
Thank you for putting that number on the record. Stephanie Callaghan directed the question to you initially, Carrie Lindsay. Would you like to add anything further?
The Convener Con Committee
28 Jun 2023
Additional Support for Learning
Sorry—Stephanie Callaghan, please. 09:45
The Convener Con Committee
13 Sep 2023
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Thank you very much. It is Stephanie Callaghan now. Thank you for your patience this morning.
The Convener Con Committee
20 Sep 2023
Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment
That line of questioning leads nicely into that of our next questioner, Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
20 Sep 2023
Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment
I want to bring in Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
27 Sep 2023
Pre-Budget Scrutiny and the Scottish Attainment Challenge
As a committee, we keep a close eye on colleges. Stephanie Callaghan has a brief supplementary on that issue, too.
The Convener Con Committee
25 Oct 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
If Pam Duncan-Glancy does not mind, Stephanie Callaghan has a small supplementary question on that theme. We can go to her first.
The Convener Con Committee
01 Nov 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Stephanie Callaghan has a supplementary question on this theme.
The Convener Con Committee
01 Nov 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
I will come in on that issue, too. The evidence that we heard from the secure settings that we visited was that they were not equipped to deal with that right now, which is contrary to your comment in response to Stephanie Callaghan’s questioning. I wonder whether you could re...
The Convener Con Committee
01 Nov 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
I will bring in Stephanie Callaghan on that question theme.
The Convener Con Committee
08 Nov 2023
Education Reform
Thank you very much. As convener, I always have to keep my eye on the clock, so I apologise to my fellow committee members for the length of time that it has taken the deputy convener and me to get through our questions. However, we have taken really important evidence. We w...
The Convener Con Committee
08 Nov 2023
Education Reform
Exactly. Stephanie Callaghan, do you have any more questions?
The Convener Con Committee
15 Nov 2023
Education Reform
I apologise to Peter Bain, but we must move on to Stephanie Callaghan.
The Convener Con Committee
15 Nov 2023
Independent Review of the Skills Delivery Landscape
Stephanie Callaghan, do you want to ask a supplementary on that?
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Education, Children and Young People Committee 08 June 2022

08 Jun 2022 · S6 · Education, Children and Young People Committee
Item of business
Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
Webber, Sue Con Lothian Watch on SPTV
I need to do a bit of a U-turn, because I omitted Stephanie Callaghan’s questions. It will seem as though we are stepping back a bit. Sorry, Stephanie—over to you.

In the same item of business

The Convener (Sue Webber) Con
Good morning, and welcome to the 17th meeting in 2022 of the Education, Children and Young People Committee. The first item on our agenda is to take evidenc...
Oliver Mundell (Dumfriesshire) (Con) Con
It is almost impossible to talk about the college sector without talking about funding. It is hard to believe that, off the back of the pandemic and from a G...
The Convener Con
We will go round the panel alphabetically; first is Stuart Brown from the Educational Institute of Scotland.
Stuart Brown (Educational Institute of Scotland)
The Further Education Lecturers Association, which is the part of the EIS that organises in the college sector, will always want more funding for further edu...
The Convener Con
Thank you, Mr Brown. Ms Lewis, do you have something you wish to contribute?
Eve Lewis (Student Partnership in Quality Scotland)
Yes. Colleges do an amazing job in terms of providing access to education, routes into different types of work and into higher education. Students get so man...
The Convener Con
Thank you very much, Eve. Lorcan Mullen, it is over to you now.
Lorcan Mullen (Unison Scotland)
I echo Stuart Brown’s comments. The Scottish Government has some very difficult budget choices to make, but we have been saying on the record for years that ...
The Convener Con
Thank you to the panel. Oliver, do you have a follow-on question from anything you have heard?
Oliver Mundell Con
Are colleges that operate in more rural and remote parts of the country getting a fair deal, and are young people, learners and those returning to education ...
The Convener Con
As that is about students and learners, can we ask Eve Lewis to respond first?
Eve Lewis
Funding models are not within my area of expertise, but our view is that students in every part of Scotland deserve the best experience, so the funding model...
The Convener Con
I will go round the panel. I am not getting any Rs in the chat box; I am not sure whether that means that nobody wants to respond. Perhaps I can go to Mr Brown.
Stuart Brown
Part of my answer is a reflection on the regionalisation process. Regionalisation led to a number of college mergers, with some colleges becoming significant...
The Convener Con
Thank you very much. Is there anything further from Oliver Mundell?
Oliver Mundell Con
No. I am happy with that.
The Convener Con
Thank you. The next suite of questions is from my colleague Ruth Maguire.
Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP) SNP
Good morning to the panel. Obviously, colleges provide important access to education and routes to employment, as you have said. Will you share your reflecti...
Stuart Brown
I first want to apologise to the committee, because it seems that there is a gardener outside with a very loud piece of equipment. I apologise if that is cau...
Eve Lewis
The way in which colleges respond to the needs of learners depends on how they approach that and listen to students about their needs. In that regard, there ...
Ruth Maguire SNP
I want to press you for an example of that good practice. It is good to hear exactly what that looks like for a student. Obviously, I acknowledge that studen...
Eve Lewis
Good practice is about how colleges work with their student bodies and make decisions in partnership with them. When colleges review what is happening in the...
Lorcan Mullen
Speaking honestly, the trade union experience will always skew more towards the poor practice and the negative examples, because that tends to be where we ar...
The Convener Con
Mr Brown wants to come back in on that point before Ruth Maguire moves on.
Stuart Brown
I want to pick up on Eve Lewis’s point about digital delivery. I am sure that we can all understand that there is massive potential in digital delivery. Duri...
The Convener Con
I think that Lorcan Mullen wants to come back in again as well.
Lorcan Mullen
Very briefly on the digital point, our union is not against innovation or a greater use of digital tools in education. Obviously, great work was done during ...
Ruth Maguire SNP
On that issue of responsiveness to communities and to business and routes to work, how much influence do staff have on the choice and design of the qualifica...
Stuart Brown
That is a good question. In all honesty, the situation is inconsistent at best. One thing that regionalisation has caused and that is of major concern to the...
The Convener Con
I notice that Eve Lewis has put an R in the chat bar. Do you want to respond to that question, Eve?