New College Lanarkshire Board

Drivers of equality through education.

New College Lanarkshire now operates under a single Board.

The Lanarkshire Region is served by two colleges of Further Education, New College Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire College and covers three local authority areas, East Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

NCL Regional Board update

We’re currently updating our website following recent changes to The Lanarkshire Board. Some pages may be moving or temporarily unavailable while we make improvements.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please contact Dianne McGill, Board Secretary, at Dianne.McGill@nclan.ac.uk, and she’ll be happy to help.

Historic context: Dissolution of the Lanarkshire Board

The Lanarkshire Board – the Regional Strategic Body (RSB) ceased to exist on the 30th July 2025 following the approval by the Scottish Parliament of the Regional Strategic Bodies and Regional Colleges (Glasgow and Lanarkshire) Order 2025 which came into force on 30th July 2025.

This order followed on from a review of the RSB’s by the SFC which was published on the 20th October 2020 and a subsequent consultation by the Scottish Government launched in June 2024 with responses required by the 20th September 2024. The decision was taken to dissolve the Lanarkshire Board (RSB) and the Glasgow Colleges’ Regional Board (GCRB). Following that decision, the Scottish Government laid the Regional Strategic Bodies and Regional Colleges (Glasgow and Lanarkshire) Order 2025 before parliament.

The order was approved and from the 30th July 2025, there are now two regional colleges in Lanarkshire: New College Lanarkshire (NCL) with its Board and South Lanarkshire College (SLC) with its Board. NCL is no longer a Regional Strategic Body and the Lanarkshire Board no longer exists but NCL remains as a regional college. SLC is no longer an assigned college but is now also a regional college.

Board papers

Pre dissolution

Quarterly Board and Committee minutes outline the discussions and decisions made at meetings of The Lanarkshire Board.

Detailed minutes from each meeting have been published for the period January 2020 to 30 July 2025.

Board and Committee Papers

Post dissolution

Quarterly Board and Committee minutes outline the discussions and decisions made at meetings of the New College Lanarkshire Board.

Updates are currently in progress, and detailed minutes from each meeting will be published soon. Please check back for the latest information.

Board and Committee Papers

Key dates

Contact us

If you can't locate what you're searching for, please don't hesitate to reach out to Diane McGill, Board Secretary for assistance.