Report highlights success of Highland and Islands colleges
A new report has revealed that 70.3% of full-time students successfully completed their studies at Highlands and Islands colleges in the 2017 to 2018 academic year. This is considerably higher than the national average figure, which shows that 66.1% of students passed further education courses at Scottish colleges in the period. The region’s results are also higher than the previous year, increasing by 2.8 percentage points.
The statistics were published in the Scottish Funding Council鈥檚 college performance indicators report this week. The number of part-time students who successfully completed their courses at Highlands and Islands colleges was also found to be higher than average.
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The Scottish Funding Council鈥檚 College Performance Indicators 2017-18 statistical publication is available on the .