EDM 1675: North-East Scotland College Herald Education Award

That this House congratulates North-East Scotland College on their Herald Education Award for their work with partners at the National Energy Skills Accelerator in responding to energy transition opportunities in upskilling, training and retraining the existing workforce as well as supporting new entrants to the energy industry to address the changing needs of this sector; applauds them for their important contribution to the just transition, which this award highlights, and, in particular, for training more than 700 individuals in fully-funded places across 37 courses in the last year and for their work on new initiatives to respond to the rapid pace of change and innovation in the energy industry; notes their important collaboration with Robert Gordon University, the University of Aberdeen and support from Skills Development Scotland and the Energy Skills Transition Zone; and applauds North-east Scotland College for reaching the final in the Widening Access category at the Herald Education Awards, in recognition of innovation in curriculum design in the creative industries.