Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 2. Section 23 report - Audit of higher education in Scottish universities: The Committee will take evidence on the Auditor General for Scotland report entitled "Audit of higher education in Scottish universities" from— John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, and Aileen McKechnie, Director of Advanced Learning and Science, Scottish Government. 3. Section 23 report - Scotland's colleges 2016: The Committee will take evidence on the Auditor General for Scotland report entitled "Scotland's colleges 2016" from— John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, and Aileen McKechnie, Director of Advanced Learning and Science, Scottish Government. 4. Section 23 reports - Audit of higher education in Scottish universities and Scotland's colleges 2016: The Committee will consider the evidence received at agenda items 2 and 3 and take further evidence from— Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland; Antony Clark, Assistant Director, Stuart Nugent, Audit Manager, and Kirsty Whyte, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland