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Education
Good education starts at an early age in
Lanarkshire. The councils have invested
over £500m to improve learning facilities for
nurseries, schools and local communities with
further capital investment expected in the future.
Better facilities have led to better results
and there have been improved educational
attainment levels; in North Lanarkshire, the
Higher exam candidates in S5 and S6 in 2014
outstripped previous results to give the best
attainment levels in the past 10 years.
Lifelong learning and education is highly
valued in Lanarkshire and the region is proud
to have award winning colleges and its very
own university campus, the University of the
West of Scotland (UWS). New College
Lanarkshire, which was recently awarded ‘Best
in the UK’ at WorldskillsUK, and UWS provide
vocational courses and a wide range
of degree level qualifications respectively,
supporting almost 40,000 students every year.
South Lanarkshire College was recently
confirmed by the Scottish Funding Council as
one of the top performing colleges in Scotland.
With awards for innovation, workforce
development, marketing and working with
businesses, Lanarkshire’s education institutions
are a major attraction for new businesses,
each producing high quality and motivated
graduates and PhD students every year.
From engineering and science, to law and
information technology, social care to business
management and renewable energy, education
is truly at the heart of Lanarkshire and key to its
successful and growing economy.
