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Teacher education University intake, course provision and the link between training and the workforce.
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Heriot-Watt University 2024/25
Teacher training quotas and Scottish Government communications The response dated 8 November 2024 says that it did not offer the named teacher-training programmes and therefore held no relevant information
Context and source Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Information not held; any redacted supporting communications remain member-only.
Archived document 01040f2d (TXT) · lines 8-11 Reviewed 2026-09-07
University of St Andrews 2024/25
Teacher training quotas and Scottish Government communications The response dated 15 November 2024 says that it did not offer the named teacher-training programmes and therefore held no relevant information
Context and source Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Information not held; any redacted supporting communications remain member-only.
Archived document 1b55a442 (PDF) · page 1 Reviewed 2026-09-07
University of Stirling 2024/25
Teacher training quotas and Scottish Government communications The response dated 20 November 2024 says that it was not asked to increase its teacher-training intake quota for the 2024/25 academic year
Context and source Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; any redacted supporting communications remain member-only.
Archived document 4cf1aac8 (TXT) · lines 37-38 Reviewed 2026-09-07
Shetland UHI 2021-22 to 2024-25
PGDE entrants and completions Shetland UHI reported primary PGDE entrants/completions for 2021-22 (2/2), 2022-23 (no intake), 2023-24 (2/2) and 2024-25 (3 entrants); secondary included one exit in 2021-22.
Context and source Institution-specific.
Archived document 5d8d27e6 (TXT) · response body Reviewed 2026-09-07
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University of the Highlands and Islands · 2024-10-26
Scottish Government communications and teacher-training quotas Not yet assessed · 5 recovered files
Archived April 2026: Successful
University of Aberdeen · 2024-10-26
Scottish Government communications and teacher-training quotas Not yet assessed · 10 recovered files
Archived April 2026: Successful
University of Dundee · 2024-10-26
Scottish Government communications and teacher-training quotas Not yet assessed · 3 recovered files
Archived April 2026: Partially successful
Heriot-Watt University · 2024-10-26
Scottish Government communications and teacher-training quotas Substantive material verified · 9 recovered files
Archived April 2026: Information not held
Shetland UHI · 2024-10-26
Scottish Government communications and teacher-training quotas Not yet assessed · 3 recovered files
Archived April 2026: Awaiting internal review
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh · 2024-10-26
Scottish Government communications and teacher-training quotas Not yet assessed · 4 recovered files
Archived April 2026: Successful