Public Audit Committee

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Scotland's colleges 2026 The Committee will take evidence on the Auditor General for Scotland's report from— Neil Rennick, Director General, Education & Justice, Amanda Callaghan, Deputy Director Governance and Assurance, and Sara Grainger, Institutional Sustainability and Reform Unit Head, Scottish Government. Paul Devoy, Interim CEO, Tiffany Ritchie, Director of Finance, and Helen Cross, Director of Investment and Research, Scottish Funding Council. 3. Scotland's colleges 2026 The Committee will take further evidence on the Auditor General for Scotland's report from— Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland, Cornilius Chikwama, Audit Director, and Derek Hoy, Senior Manager, Audit Scotland. 4. Scotland's colleges 2026 The Committee will consider the evidence heard at items 2 and 3 and agree any further action it wishes to take.