Motion
New Partnership between the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen FC Community Trust
S5M-15203 · Standard Motion · lodged by Macdonald, Lewis
Lodged on
19 Dec 2018Heard / answered on
UnknownThat the Parliament welcomes the launch of a new partnership between the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen FC Community Trust (AFCCT), which aims to strengthen the university’s links with the city's schools and encourage participation in higher education; understands that it will build on AFCCT’s Partner Schools Initiative, which sees Aberdeen players go to schools in the area in a bid to widen access to university courses for young people across the city who might not have been considering higher education; recognises that it will also involve the university’s Business School, which will use the example of the club to help pupils develop skills in business and economics; notes that there are plans to expand the collaboration to include placement opportunities for university students in AFCCT and opportunities for skills development for the football club's staff; acknowledges what it sees as the important contribution that AFCCT makes in communities across the city and region, and hopes that this partnership will provide an opportunity for young people to learn new skills, as well as widen access to higher education for Aberdeen's school pupils.
Backed by
Supported by 12 additional MSPs
Lab 5
SNP 4
Con 3
Lodged by
Macdonald, Lewis
(Scottish Labour).
- Stewart, David (Lab)
- Briggs, Miles (Con)
- Kidd, Bill (SNP)
- Gray, Iain (Lab)
- Kerr, Liam (Con)
- Adamson, Clare (SNP)
- Torrance, David (SNP)
- Burnett, Alexander (Con)
- Smyth, Colin (Lab)
- Baillie, Jackie (Lab)
- Findlay, Neil (Lab)
- Beattie, Colin (SNP)
No division on record.
Either the chamber agreed this motion without a vote, it was withdrawn before debate, or it predates 2011 — vote-by-vote records only run from then.
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That the Parliament welcomes the launch of a new partnership between the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen FC Community Trust (AFCCT), which aims to strengthen the university’s links with the city's schools and encourage participation in higher education; understands that it will build on AFCCT’s Partner Schools Initiative, which sees Aberdeen players go to schools in the area in a bid to widen access to university courses for young people across the city who might not have been considering higher education; recognises that it will also involve the university’s Business School, which will use the example of the club to help pupils develop skills in business and economics; notes that there are plans to expand the collaboration to include placement opportunities for university students in AFCCT and opportunities for skills development for the football club's staff; acknowledges what it sees as the important contribution that AFCCT makes in communities across the city and region, and hopes that this partnership will provide an opportunity for young people to learn new skills, as well as widen access to higher education for Aberdeen's school pupils.
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S5M-15203Selected item19 Dec 2018 · Standard Motion · Macdonald, LewisThat the Parliament welcomes the launch of a new partnership between the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen FC Community Trust (AFCCT), which aims to strengthen the university’s links with the city's schools and encourage participation in higher education; understands that it will build on AFCCT’s Partner Schools Initiative, which sees Aberdeen players g...