I will be attending the next meeting of the McShib group next friday, and I am looking forward to it very much!

As part of my preparation, I had a quick look at the UK federation membership status for all of the institutions in Scotland. Currently:

• Two FE Colleges within the remit of RSC Scotland North and East are members - Dundee College and Borders College. By my rough calculations, that leaves 21 to go.
• One FE College within the remit of RSC Scotland South and West is a member - Reid Kerr College. Again, that leaves about 19 to go.

It strikes me that these colleges might well think about a joint approach to the recent JISC call offering direct support to smaller FE colleges in adopting federated access management.

• 10 of the 18 Higher Education Institutions in Scotland are members of the UK federation, and most are fairly well advanced in the deployment of federated access technologies. A focus on the roll-out to users and library concerns would be helpful for these institutions.
• 3 Scottish HE institutions are considered to be in the most at risk category in terms of adopting federated access: University of the West of Scotland, RSAMD and Robert Gordon University.
• 2 Scottish HE institutions are considered to a risk 4 (out of 5): Glasgow School of Art and Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
• 2 Scottish HE institutions are considered to be a risk 2 (out of 5): University of St Andrews and Edinburgh College of Art
• 1 Scottish HE is considered to be a risk 1 (out of 5): Glasgow Caledonian University.

UK federation Members

Heriot-Watt University
Napier University
University of Aberdeen
University of Abertay Dundee
University of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
UHI
University of Stirling
University of Strathclyde

Scottish Higher Education - non members

Risk 5 - University of the West of Scotland
Risk 5 - Robert Gordon University Now Member!
Risk 5 - Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Risk 4 - Glasgow School of Art
Risk 4 - Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Risk 2 - University of St Andrews Now Member!
Risk 2 - Edinburgh College of Art
Risk 1 - Glasgow Caledonian University

RSC Scotland North and East

Aberdeen College, Aberdeen
The Adam Smith College, Glenrothes
Angus College, Angus
Banff and Buchan College, Fraserburgh
Borders College, Galashiels MEMBER
Dundee College, Dundee MEMBER
Edinburgh’s Telford College, Edinburgh Now Member!
Elmwood College, Cupar
Forth Valley College, Falkirk
Inverness College, Inverness
Jewel and Esk Valley College, Dalkeith
Lauder College, Dunfermline
Lews Castle College, Isle of Lewis
Moray College, Elgin
Newbattle Abbey College, Dalkeith
Oatridge Agriculture College, Broxburn
Orkney College, Orkney
Perth College, Perth
Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Isle of Skye
Shetland College of Further Education, Lerwick
Stevenson College, Edinburgh
The North Highland College, Thurso
West Lothian College, Livingston

RSC Scotland South and West

Anniesland College, Glasgow Now Member!
Ayr College, Ayr
Barony College, Parkgate
Cardonald College, Glasgow Now Member!
Central College of Commerce, Glasgow
Clydebank College, Clydebank
Coatbridge College, Coatbridge
Cumbernauld College, Cumbernauld Now Member!
Dumfries and Galloway College, Heathhall
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, Glasgow
Glasgow Metropolitan College, Glasgow
James Watt College of Further and Higher Education, Greenock
John Wheatley College, Glasgow
Kilmarnock College, Kilmarnock
Langside College of Glasgow
Motherwell College, Motherwell
North Glasgow College, Springburn
Reid Kerr College, Paisley MEMBER
South Lanarkshire College, Cambuslang
Stow College, Glasgow