Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
| Comhairle Maoineachaidh na h-Alba | |
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The English-language logo of the SFC,
used since 2008.
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| Non-departmental public body overview | |
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| Formed | October 3, 2005 |
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| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Headquarters | Apex 2,
97 Haymarket Terrace,
Edinburgh, EH12 5HD 55°56′45″N 3°13′25″W / 55.9457°N 3.2235°W |
| Motto | Promoting further and higher education |
| Employees | 103 FTE (2014/15) |
| Annual budget | £1.71 billion (2014/15) |
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| Parent department | Scottish Government |
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| Website | www |
The Scottish Funding Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Maoineachaidh na h-Alba; SFC), referred to more formally as 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 25 colleges and 19 universities.
The council was established by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005. It supersedes the two separate funding councils, the Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFEFC) and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC), which were established by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992. On its formation, the SFC acquired all employees and assets of those councils.
The SFEFC and SHEFC were defined by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992. The Act made further education (FE) institutions independent from local authorities, a side effect of which was the shifting of funding responsibility from those authorities to the Scottish Office of HM Government. This Act also formed a "higher education (HE) sector" in Scotland, transferring various powers and duties related to HE institutions to the funding councils.
The 1992 Act, which was paralleled by an Act applying only to England and Wales, was not brought into force immediately. Instead, the SHEFC was established by commencement order on 1 June 1992, and the SFEFC was established by a further commencement order on 1 January 1999.
As part of Scottish devolution under the Scotland Act 1998, powers, duties, and responsibilities related to the councils and education institutions were, in June 1999, transferred from the Scottish Office to the then-Scottish Executive.
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