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Contents |
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Committee
Remit and Membership |
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Report
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A.
Introduction |
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B.
The Current Arrangements for the Governance of the SQA |
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Theoretical
Basis
Practical Application
Distinctive Characteristics of the SQA
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C.
Did the Current Arrangements Lead to Confusion and Contribute
to the Difficulties? |
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The
Role of Governance
Weaknesses in Governance - The Board and Chief Executive
Weaknesses in Governance - Ministerial
Weaknesses in Governance - Risk Assessment and Project Management
Weaknesses in Governance - Board Member's Role
Weaknesses in Governance - Board Structure
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D.
Is There A Better Operational Model? |
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Introduction
The Board
Assessors
Management Information
Risk Assessment and Project Management
Ministerial Relationships
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E.
New Models of Governance? |
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Introduction
Creation of a Commissioner or Intermediary?
The
SQA as an Agency?
Dividing Up the SQA's Functions?
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Annexes |
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Annexe
A: Extracts From Minutes |
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September 2000 (20th Meeting, Session 1 (2000))
26 September 2000 (21st Meeting,
Session 1 (2000))
29 September 2000 (22nd Meeting,
Session 1 (2000))
4 October 2000 (23rd Meeting,
Session 1 (2000)) |
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Annexe
B: Oral Evidence And Associated Written Evidence |
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September 2000 (20th Meeting, Session 1 (2000))
Written Evidence
Scottish Executive Enterprise
and Lifelong Learning Department (SEELLD):
Annex B Scottish Qualifications
Authority: Statutory Powers of the Scottish Ministers
Annex D SQA Membership of
the Board of Management
Annex F Non Departmental Public
Body Status
Annex G SQA Management Statement
and Financial Memorandum
Oral
Evidence
SEELLD:
Mike
Foulis, Head of Economic Development, Advice and Employment
Issues
Group
Alistair Aitken, Head of Qualifications and Skills Division
David Stewart, former Head of Qualifications and Skills Division
Supplementary
Written Evidence
SEELLD:
Letters to Dr. D. Giles, Director
External Relations, SQA of 15th May 2000 and 7th August 2000
Letters to Enterprise and
Lifelong Learning Committee of 15th September 2000 and 26th
September 2000
Note on Governance Process
Letter to Enterprise and Lifelong
Learning Committee of 29th September 2000
Extract from Non Departmental
Public Bodies: A Guide for Departments: Chapter 4: Management
of NDPBs
Note of Extraordinary SQA/SEELLD
Liaison Group Meetings of 16th July 1999, 10th August 1999,
10th November 1999, 8th February 2000 and 10th May 2000
Acronyms used by SEELLD
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26
September 2000 (21st Meeting, Session 1 (2000))
Written Evidence
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Board (SQA)
Ron Tuck, former Chief Executive
of SQA
Oral
Evidence
SQA:
David Miller, Chair
Ann Hill, Board Member
Iain McMillan, Board Member
Brian Minto, Board Member
Ron Tuck, former Chief Executive of SQA
Supplementary
Written Evidence
Minutes of SQA Board Meetings
of 25th March 1999, 24th June 1999, 23rd September 1999, 9th
December 1999, 23rd March 2000, 22nd June 2000
Extract of the submission
from SQA to Education, Culture and Sport Committee: SQA Committee
Structure
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29 September 2000: (22nd Meeting, Session 1 (2000))
Written Evidence
Association of Scottish
Colleges (ASC)
Committee of Scottish Higher
Education Principals (COSHEP)
Scottish Higher Education Funding
Council (SHEFC) and Scottish Further Education Funding Council
(SFEFC)
Oral Evidence
ASC:
Tom Kelly, Chief Officer
Iain Ovens, Principal Dundee College
COSHEP:
Professor Joan Stringer, Vice-Convener
Robin McAlpine, Public Affairs Officer
SHEFC/SFEFC:
Chris Masters, Chair of SHEFC
Esther Roberton, Board member of SFEFC
John Gray, Board member of SHEFC and SFEFC
Professor John Sizer, Chief Executive of SHEFC and SFEFC
Supplementary Written Evidence:
Letter from Henry McLeish MSP
Minister of Enterprise and Lifelong Learning to Dr. Chris Masters,
Chairman of SHEFC
Management Statement between
Scottish Executive and SHEFC
Letter from Henry McLeish MSP
Minister of Enterprise and Lifelong Learning to Mr Robert Beattie,
Chairman of SFEFC
Management Statement between
Scottish Executive and SFEFC
Submission from COSHEP - Clarification
of Points
SHEFC/SFEFC Code of Conduct
for Staff |
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4 October 2000: (23rd Meeting, Session 1, (2000))
Oral Evidence
Sam
Galbraith MSP, Minister for Education and Children
Henry McLeish MSP, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning |
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Annexe
C: Other Written Evidence |
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Submission
from the Educational Institute of Scotland
Scottish Parliament Information
Centre Research Note: Status of Public Bodies: Implications
for the SQA
The
following written evidence was received but is not printed
here. Copies may be obtained from the Clerk.
Submission
from Church of Scotland Department of Education
Submission from Forum on Scottish Education
Submission from Socialist Education Association
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