As The Herald's series into The State of Scotland's Colleges draws to a close, its impact has been noted across the sector.

For students it has offered a platform to show their achievements, highlighted the demands on the sector and for some simply given them a voice.

Here one lecturer, who wished to remain anonymous, tells James McEnaney what this week has meant.

For Lecturers, a decade of industrial dispute has exhausted us. I have quite literally lost count of the number of strike days I have taken in the last 10 years (and in some colleges there have been local strikes on top of that). It has really taken its toll on people in so many ways, but this week, college staff like me feel heard and seen for the first time in a very long time.

The due process to even get to the point of strike is........

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