Provide a sustainable funding model for Scotland’s colleges

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:
• develop, publish, and adopt a multi-year funding settlement for Scotland’s colleges (e.g. 3–5 years), rather than rely on annual decisions
• commit to funding that, at minimum, rises in line with inflation, to prevent real-term erosion of college budgets
• deliver a substantive above inflation funding settlement within the 2026/27 Scottish budget that places all colleges in a financially secure position
• provide safety-net baselines for the provision for additional support needs, core student support services and regional or local community access programmes
• require the Scottish Funding Council to give colleges clearer forward figures and simpler in-year rules, to allow planning flexibility for staffing, curriculum, capital investment and community partnership activities, above the three key baselines set out above.