Outcome Agreements
Dr Dee Bird
Assistant Director
Research Intensive & Small Specialist Institutions
Why Outcome Agreements (OAs)?
• ‘Something for something’
• Demonstrating contribution to Scottish Gov’t priorities
• Improving life chances
• Supporting jobs and economic growth
• Supporting world-class research
Areas Covered in AY2013/14 OAs
Five areas covered:
• Patterns of participation
/ learner journey
• Patterns of provision
• Research
competitiveness
• Knowledge exchange
• Graduate skills
Patterns of Participation / Learner Journey
• Efficiency / diversity of
routes
• Greater participation from
most deprived 20%
• Increased retention /
completion rates
Patterns of Provision: ‘The right learning in the right place’
Research Competitiveness
• Producing world-leading
research
• Sustaining benefits of
research pools
• Increasing diversity of
the research base
Knowledge Exchange
• Delivering a step-change in Scotland in
engagement of business and industry with
universities
• Removing barriers to industry application of
research findings
Graduate Skills
Preparing graduates and
postgraduates for the world of
work, especially in key priority
areas
SFC’s Additional Investment
• Widening Access – 725 FTE places
• Articulation – 1,000 FTE places
• Skills Priorities – 350 FTE UG places; 850 PGT places
Other Recent Investments: Innovation Centres
“This is an exciting new collaboration
between all parts of public life, with Scottish
industry, higher education institutions,
multinationals, our small and medium sized
enterprises and our public sector partners
working together to provide solutions to
demand-led problems facing industry in
Scotland by supporting innovation for future
growth.” Alex Salmond
Questions?