SCOTLAND'S colleges face major challenges as they struggle to cope with cuts of £74 million while going through a period of reorganisation that will see more than one-third merged, the public spending watchdog has said.
A report by Audit Scotland into the sector says that while its current financial position is sound, a cut in funding from the Scottish Government will add increasing pressure to the ability of colleges to offer educational services to their students.
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