Removal of Glasgow Clyde College Board Correspondence

Dear Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council,

I write Per the Freedom of information act (Scotland) 2002:

Please supply in electronic format, copies of all correspondence, appertaining to the series of meetings that took place between May and September 2015, which involved Scottish Government officials, the funding council, the Glasgow Colleges Regional Board, Glasgow Clyde College, the then Board of Glasgow Clyde College and Angela Constance the then Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong learning, in relation to the order laid before the Parliament to remove from office the chair and members of the board of Glasgow Clyde College and to appoint a new chair and members in their place by the then The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning (Angela Constance):

There has also been extensive correspondence between the funding council, the board and the Scottish Government, in which it was made clear the concerns and they sought to understand the facts. The board was given the opportunity to make its case, and Angela Constance states she considered its responses carefully.

To be clear I am making a request for all correspondence, that the Scottish Funding Council hold as recorded information, appertaining to the above that includes but is not limited to internal letters, emails, memos, minutes of meetings, external letters to and between the aforementioned institutions, governmental letters, opinions, telephone records or findings between the SFC/ Glasgow Clyde Board of Management/Glasgow Clyde College/Glasgow Colleges Regional Board/The Scottish Government between the dates of May and September 2015.

I refer you to the public record at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentary...

Please acknowledge receipt of this FOI request and respond within the statutory time limit of 20 working days

Yours faithfully,

Tracy Watt

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Please find attached an acknowledgement of your request for information.

 

Marcelyn Akun, Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

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Dear Ms Watt,

 

Please see attached Final response letter to your FOI request.

 

Kind regards,

 

Marcelyn Akun

Interim Information Compliance Officer

Oifigear Rianachd Fiosrachaidh & Tèarainteachd

Scottish Funding Council

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Tha am post-dealain seo (a' gabhail a-staigh faidhle sam bith na lùib)
dìomhair agus air a dhìon le còraichean foillseachaidh. Mur robh
còiragaibh am post-dealain seo fhaighinn, cuiribh fios thugainn gun dàil
lefreagairt post-dealain, dubhaibh às e, agus na dèanaibh feum,
foillseachadh no lethbhreac dheth. Chan eil sinne cunntachail
airsonbhìorasan agus tha e an urra ribhse faidhleachan a sgrùdadh. 'S e
nabeachdan taobh a-staigh a' phost-dealain seo beachdan an neach a chuir
eagus dh'fhaodadh nach buin iad do bheachdan Comhairle Maoineachaidh na
h-Alba.

Tha sinn a’ cur fàilte air co-sgrìobhadh Gàidhlig agus nì sinn ar dìcheall
freagairt innte, le bhith a’ toirt fios- freagairt an ceann 20 latha
cosnaidh.

Dear Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council's handling of my FOI request 'Removal of Glasgow Clyde College Board Correspondence'.

I have reasonable doubt as to the veracity of your claim that the only recorded information that you hold is the letter from the then Cabinet Minister, as the accountable body for overseeing the and initiating the original DLA Piper review, the Scottish Minister did consult with SFC with regard to her office's investigation into the SFC's alleged governance issues at Glasgow Clyde College, as the DLA piper review's evidence was not substantial to the point where it warranted the removal of the existing board as there was insufficient evidence to do so.

I find that as the accountable body for overseeing the college sector for you not to hold any recorded information on such a high profile case, would in it's self be a serious lack of governance as an NDPA.

I shall look forward to a full and frank disclosure from your office in due course whether that be by disclosure upon request or by appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner's office.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/r...

Yours faithfully,

Tracy Watt

Dear Marcelyn Akun,

Additionally, it may be prudent for me to advise you that under FOISA, it is a criminal offence to conceal or destroy information that has been requested under the provision of the act.

Yours sincerely,

Tracy Watt

Marcelyn Akun, Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

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Please send your queries to the office on [SFC or the Scottish Funding Council request email]

 

Marcelyn

 

 

 

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Tha am post-dealain seo (a' gabhail a-staigh faidhle sam bith na lùib)
dìomhair agus air a dhìon le còraichean foillseachaidh. Mur robh
còiragaibh am post-dealain seo fhaighinn, cuiribh fios thugainn gun dàil
lefreagairt post-dealain, dubhaibh às e, agus na dèanaibh feum,
foillseachadh no lethbhreac dheth. Chan eil sinne cunntachail
airsonbhìorasan agus tha e an urra ribhse faidhleachan a sgrùdadh. 'S e
nabeachdan taobh a-staigh a' phost-dealain seo beachdan an neach a chuir
eagus dh'fhaodadh nach buin iad do bheachdan Comhairle Maoineachaidh na
h-Alba.

Tha sinn a’ cur fàilte air co-sgrìobhadh Gàidhlig agus nì sinn ar dìcheall
freagairt innte, le bhith a’ toirt fios- freagairt an ceann 20 latha
cosnaidh.

Info, Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

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Please find attached a response to your request for an internal review.

 

 

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This request has now been escalated to the Scottish Information Commissioner.