Insights and Innovations Hub

Ready to spark creativity and build futures-thinking in your college? Whether you’re looking for training, facilitation, or guidance on embedding these approaches, we’re here to help.

CDN's Ideation Illuminations videos have been posted weekly on Linkedin to provide sparks of inspiration, different ideas and a range of strategies, methods, approaches that could be applied within discussions or brainstorming sessions to help generate new innovations. Here you'll find the library of videos, please dip in and out, using these to 'Illuminate' projects and change within your college.

This is the storage box for the resources, recordings and all additional related documents and resources for CDN's Researcher Development Programme. 

In this section you can read about the projects that have been happening across the sector. These have been drawn from a variety of sources and some have inspired the starting points in Catalyst.

Explore a curated collection of starting points and inspiration for your next project. Dive into key themes and discover ideas, resources, and examples to ignite your creativity and help you take the first step toward your goals.

In here you'll find links to podcasts, to our 'Mini bites' series, a range of case studies, research projects and reports.

A light touch, practical resource designed to support those undertaking research in institutions where formal ethics processes (like committees or approval panels) are not in place.

UCT (Understanding Colleges Today) aims to be a quick, accessible resource designed to help you get to grips with the college sector in Scotland. Whether you're new to your role or just looking for a refresher, these different blocks offer a clear overview of how colleges work, the wider context they operate in, and your place within it all. It's here to support your journey—whenever you need it. Work your way through each one, jump in and out, or just know that it's here, it's totally up to you.