ILA Scotland is a Scottish Government scheme that helps you pay for learning that you can do at a time, place, pace and in a way to suit you. 

If you are over 18 and living in Scotland, you could get up to £200 towards the cost of learning new skills with an individual learning account from ILA Scotland. 

If you earn £18,000 a year or less, you could get £200 a year towards the cost of learning. If you earn more than £18,000 a year, you could get £100 a year.

There’s a wide range of courses available – just give ILA a call on 0808 100 1090 for more details or take a look at te Course Search on the ILA website to find out what is available in your area.

Visit the ILA Scotland website for more information.

Students from Clackmannanshire are top of the class in the latest set of figures released by Forth Valley College,

Figures show that 101 local people achieved Higher Education qualifications (HNC or HND) in the last year, up on last year’s figure of 89 people.

Another 1509 people successfully completed non-advanced awards in areas like construction, care, engineering, computing, beauty therapy, hairdressing and business.

Elaine Petrie, Associate Principal for the Clackmannan Campus said: “Our Clackmannan campus is thriving and these figures show that education is increasingly important to people in Clackmannanshire. Local people have a real sense of the value of further education and they can also see the good work being done at Forth Valley College.