📢 Launch: Scotland’s Essential Skills Network
🗓 29 April 2026
Join this new national forum to strengthen essential, meta & core skills across curriculum & practice.
Hear from sector leaders, explore college examples & join the discussion.
Register: bit.ly/4tBlFQ6
Lead with Purpose. Lead with Confidence.
Applications now open for #YourCDN Leadership Programmes 2026/27!
From emerging managers to senior leaders - build the skills to lead with impact 🧑🤝🧑
Learn more👉https://bit.ly/41nKcMD
New CDN Masterclasses for College Senior Leaders & Board Members in partnership with Colleges Scotland.
With Pinsent Masons & Zurich Resilience Services covering strategic risk, governance & political engagement.
📅 14 May (Stirling) | 28 May or 2 June
💷 £150 each or £250 both
Book: bit.ly/4c1D9iZ
The April #EqualityMatters EDI Digest is out now!
This month focuses on standing up to racism and how practitioners can be actively anti-racist.
Explore this month's EDI Digest here:
bit.ly/4vgJHBP
🚨 Deadline this Friday!
Submit your proposal for #STEPConference2026
CDN & @qaa.ac.uk Scotland invite contributions on belonging & inclusion in Scotland’s tertiary sector
Share your ideas on learner journeys 👇
bit.ly/4bXVlda
Join the launch of Scotland’s Essential Skills Network!
📅 Wed 29 April - Online
Explore how essential, meta & core skills are shaping curriculum & practice across colleges
Hear from sector leaders, connect with peers & help shape national priorities
➡️ bit.ly/4sLGbgY
Well done the many HISA officers involved in this project. Here's to clear language in our sector!
The STEP Network has launched the National Language Accessibility Promise at STEP 7 - driving clearer, more inclusive communication across Scotland’s tertiary sector.🙌
Backed across the sector, this pledge is already building real momentum.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/47UMw1x
🚀 The March CDN Update is here!
Explore the latest from across #YourCDN — including leadership opportunities, the Elevate LT Programme, Essential Skills Network launch & SOOOO much more.
Find out what’s new 👇
bit.ly/414B7IC
Ready to make your #CollegeAwards entry stand out? 🏆
Discover top tips to help you shine 🌟
Plus:
🎥 Judge insights bit.ly/4d5pjwR
📘 Past shortlist examples bit.ly/4bKUD1A
💡 NEW ideas resource bit.ly/4rW5pbo
Get started 👉http://cdn.ac.uk/college-awards-2026/
💬 “The Executive Leadership Series was a game-changer for me.” – Diane Mitchell, @fifecollege.bsky.social
Whether you're stepping into leadership or working at executive level, our programmes give you the skills, confidence and insight to lead effectively.
Learn more 🔗 bit.ly/4cvohtJ
Supporting ILQR in your organisation? 💡
Check out our practical, user-friendly guide which supports staff through the full Internal Learning and Quality Review cycle.
The toolkit features the @srucnews.bsky.social route map, podcasts, flipbooks and other resources.
🔗 bit.ly/4bcqnwg
Showcase your brand to Scotland’s college sector at the #CollegeAwards 🌟
Why get involved:
➡️ Raise your profile across the sector
➡️ Build connections with key stakeholders
➡️ Align your brand with excellence and innovation in education
Find out more: bit.ly/4sl2Osw
Scotland’s new Essential Skills Network launches soon!
Join colleagues from Scotland’s colleges and partner organisations to explore how essential, meta, and core skills can be strengthened across curriculum and practice 🤝
📅 29 April 2026
🕛 09:30–11:30
💻 Online via Microsoft Teams
🔗 bit.ly/4bm3jva
📢 Call for programme proposals: STEP Conference
Join CDN and @qaa.ac.uk on 27 May to explore Belonging & Inclusion in Scotland’s Tertiary Sector.
We’re inviting proposals from students, staff & partners.
📅 Deadline: 10 April
Submit your proposal: bit.ly/4bFf5C2
📢 CAIRN Journal – Call for Submissions
CDN proudly hosts the CAIRN Journal, showcasing research & innovation from across the sector.
🗓 Deadline for submissions: 27 March
✉️ research@cdn.ac.uk
Share your research, reflections, or practice insights.
bit.ly/4lsGqe8
Join our sector-wide campaign, led by CDN’s EDI Strategic Network, with Show Racism the Red Card.
CDN is starting with our own selfie – now we want to see yours!📷
Colleges and partners – send a photo showing your support for anti-racism
📩 marketing@cdn.ac.uk by 27 March
Learn more bit.ly/4ldrBvH
📣 Colleges are invited to add their voice.
Join a collective campaign led by CDN’s EDI Network, aligned with Show Racism the Red Card, highlighting the sector’s shared commitment to tackling racism and promoting inclusion.
Submit content by 27 March
🔗 bit.ly/3ORHxYC
🚀 Ready to step up your leadership?
Applications are now open for #YourCDN Leadership Programmes – for emerging managers to senior executives across colleges, universities and education organisations.
Take the next step in your leadership journey👇
bit.ly/4cvohtJ
📢#EqualityMatters March Issue Out Now!
This month we’re focusing on gender inequality and how colleges can help narrow gender equity gaps.
Discover practical resources linking the UN SDGs to inclusive leadership and everyday practice.
Read March issue:
bit.ly/4r4SZgR
#YourCDN February Update is out now!
Celebrating collaboration, innovation & opportunity across Scotland’s colleges - incl the launch of #CollegeAwards 2026 🏆
Plus:
📌 Generative AI Series
📌 Marketing Conference recap
📌 #EqualityMatters
And more!
📖 bit.ly/4qZv6HB
🌟 The CDN #CollegeAwards 2026 are now open for entries! 🌟🤩
Celebrate the talent, creativity & achievements of Scotland’s colleges, staff & learners.
⏳Entry Deadline: 24 June
Submit your entry & shine a spotlight on excellence 👇
cdn.ac.uk/college-awar...
#YourCDN
🎥 Highlights are here!
Over 100 college sector colleagues joined CDN’s Marketing & Communications Conference 2026 at New College Lanarkshire, exploring Making the Message Matter.
Special thanks to Charley Redmond, Vision Media LTD for capturing 🌟
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/txVw_EgKUMk
🔬 Researcher Development Programme is back!
Next week (25 Feb): From Practice to Possibility with Prof. Tara Brabazon (Flinders Uni)✨
📅 Coming up:
• Assessment Design & Compassionate Pedagogies – 25 Mar
• Quiet Camaraderie – 29 Apr
📩 Email CDN's Jo for more info: jo.turbitt@cdn.ac.uk
📣 Making the Message Matter!
CDN’s Marketing & Communications Conference brought 100+ colleagues from across Scotland’s college sector together for a day of learning & connection.
Huge thanks to our amazing speakers & delegates! 👏
Read the full recap: bit.ly/4aB0LZI
Check out our latest news story with @qaa.ac.uk, Our Latest STEP 📰
Highlighting the recent STEP Day , new collaborative projects, and how STEP is supporting inclusive learner journeys across Scotland’s tertiary sector.
👉 Read more in the full story: cdn.ac.uk/our-latest-step/
February focus: Intersectionality in Practice #EqualityMatters Out Now!💜
Putting inclusion at the heart of your work.
Discover Equality Matters, CDN’s monthly digest supporting staff to embed equality, diversity & inclusion across colleges.
📖https://bit.ly/3ZMqLMV
⏳ Less than 2 weeks until the CDN Marketing & Comms Conference!
Spotlight on Keynote Eleanor Bradford – Crisis, What Crisis?
Practical, low-cost strategies to manage media during a crisis & drive positive coverage 🎯
🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/3ZPOCuW
✨ Researcher Development Programme ✨
Bringing researchers together to build skills, confidence and networks.
Coming up:
📅 25 Feb – From Practice to Possibility
📅 25 Mar – Assessment Design & Compassionate Pedagogies
📅 29 Apr – Quiet Camaraderie
📩 jo.turbitt@cdn.ac.uk
📘 CAIRN Journal Issue 4 is live!
Today we’re highlighting “A Collaborative Trip to Belgium for Creative Industry Students” by @fvcollege.bsky.social College lecturers, showing how the Turing Scheme supports skills, confidence & employability through international study.
🔗 bit.ly/4abZ58V