Review of the Regional Strategic Bodies within the Glasgow and Lanarkshire college regions

Glasgow region

The Regional Strategic Body (RSB) for the Glasgow region, known as the Glasgow Colleges' Regional Board (GCRB), was established by the 2013 Act, by way of amendment to the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005. From August 2014, GCRB assumed responsibility for the planning and delivery of coherent, high quality further and higher education in the Glasgow region via its three assigned colleges. At the same time, a statutory instrument assigned the three existing colleges in Glasgow (City of Glasgow College, Glasgow Clyde College and Glasgow Kelvin College) to GCRB as the RSB.

Lanarkshire region

In 2014 the Lanarkshire Colleges Order 2014 designated the board of management of New College Lanarkshire (NCL) as a regional college as well as making it the Regional Strategic Body with overarching responsibility for the planning and delivery of coherent, high quality further and higher education via the two colleges in the region (New College Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire College). The Lanarkshire Colleges Order 2014 also assigned South Lanarkshire College (SLC) to NCL as the RSB and made bespoke provision for the board of management of NCL to reflect the relationship with SLC.