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I know that my colleague will come in specifically on international students later. Does Shona Struthers want to comment on that question?

Going back to the flexible workforce development fund and the length of time that it took for the decision to be made, I knew of the disruption and the uncertainty that it was causing colleges. What was the impact on your members of that protracted wait?

Before Willie Rennie comes in again, I will bring in Professor McKendrick online.

Do you know when you will have that? We made that recommendation in 2023. I am sure that each college is aware of its individual challenges, and I would have thought that it would be—I am choosing these words carefully—relatively easy to pull that information together from the various institutions in order to give us a number.

That is super. Are the clerks content with that? I see that they are—good. I am just checking that they got everything down that they need.

How do you make the decisions about how to allocate your £2 billion? I note that Robert Gordon University is getting 4.3 per cent less than before, which is the third-deepest cut of all. How did you decide to do that? How are you making those decisions on an institution basis?

Good morning, and welcome to the 19th meeting in 2024 of the Education, Children and Young People Committee. We have apologies from Stephanie Callaghan, and our deputy convener, Ruth Maguire, is joining us online.

Item 1 is consideration of a piece of subordinate legislation under the negative procedure. Do members have any issues that they would like to raise on the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024?

Liam Kerr will pick up on a specific thread.

I hope that we will pick up on some of those themes as we move on. I go to Pam Duncan-Glancy for her questions.

I have a question for Professor McKendrick, who has been waiting patiently online this morning. What concerns do you have about the impact of funding challenges on students coming from college to university?