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The Scottish Funding Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Maoineachaidh na h-Alba; SFC), formally the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, is the non-departmental public body charged with funding Scotland's further and higher education institutions, including its 26 colleges and 19 universities. [3] [4]
There are seven Research Councils in the UK (see table below), all of which are now part of UK Research and Innovation.Each council receives funding from the Government's Science Budget (administered through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) to fund research in a different area of research with a view to improving the UK economy, society and creating a sustainable world. [1]
The Accounts Commission for Scotland is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. [2] The Commission audits Scottish local government and associated public bodies. With the passing of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 the Commission's staff were transferred to Audit Scotland , and it has not ...
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The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) is a "research pool" funded by the Scottish Funding Council.A research pool is a collaboration of Scottish university departments whose broad objective is to create a coherent research community that will improve the quality of research carried out in Scotland in the pool-related discipline.
Higher Education Funding Council for England, a public body of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the United Kingdom; Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, an intermediary body in Wales; Scottish Funding Council, the body in Scotland that distributes funding from the Scottish Executive to the country's colleges
The Universities Funding Council (UFC) was a UK body established under the Education Reform Act 1988 replacing the University Grants Committee.It distributed funds provided by central government to universities for the provision of education and the undertaking of research.
Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) (Scottish Gaelic: Buidheann-tabhartais Oileanach na h-Alba) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government. It supports eligible Scottish students by paying their tuition fees , as well as offering bursaries and supplementary grants.