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SMO to offer BA Honours courses via distance learning

From September this year Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI, the Gaelic college on Skye, will be equipped to offer all levels of its degree programme via distance learning for the first time. Students who wish to learn Gaelic and learn through Gaelic will now be able to follow an education programme which will allow them to go from beginner to degree holder, all by distance learning. Sabhal Mòr Ostaig began delivering its Cùrsa Inntrigidh (Access Course) for beginners in 2000 through distance learning, and over 1,500 people have...

 
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Loch Duart Artisan Smokehouse awarded for great taste

Hot Smoked Salmon with Honey and Thyme, produced by the Loch Duart Artisan Smokehouse, has received a “Great Taste” Gold Award for the second year running. The Great Taste awards, held annually by the Guild of Fine Food, saw 8,807 food and drink products blind-tasted and whittled down by 350 experts over the course of 45 days. The Loch Duart Artisan Smokehouse, ...

 
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New Sgoil Dhalabroig completed

On 1 August 2012, the new Daliburgh Primary School in South Uist was successfully completed to an extremely high standard and quality finish by the main contractor FMP and handed over to the facilities management contractor FES FM Ltd. The facility will open as planned to welcome its first pupils at the start of the new academic year on 16 August 2012. While not originally conceived as forming part of ...

 
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Special 72-hour sale from Loganair offers 25 percent discount on Western Isles flights

Loganair, Scotland’s airline, is offering a summer bonus to its customers this weekend with a seat-sale on flights to and from the Western Isles. Passengers travelling on the flights, which the airline operates under its franchise agreement with Flybe, will be able to enjoy a 25 percent discount off fares for every seat on every flight if they book online between 0.01am on this Friday and 11.59pm on Sunday 5 August. Air Discount Scheme (ADS) members will be eligible for the weekend ...

 
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Comhairle announces Community Development Conference

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar will host a strategic Community Development Conference in October. It will allow a range of agencies responsible for delivering community economic development work to present and coordinate service remits, strategies and objectives with sectoral stakeholders and interested parties. The nature of development work that serves communities across the islands ‘on the ground’ has become increasingly complex – and this Conference, which takes place on Wednesday 10th October, will seek to gain a greater understanding of the community development landscape and partners’ objectives for the coming period. The conference will focus on moving the agenda forward in a cohesive manner to ensure that duplication of resources across agencies is avoided. It will put a greater focus on the wider community development agenda...

 
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Allan welcomes record number of free heart check-ups in islands

Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP MSP, Alasdair Allan, today welcomed the publication of statistics by ISD Scotland, the Information Services Division of NHS Scotland, which show particularly high numbers of island residents obtaining cardio-vascular disease focussed ‘keep well health check ups’. These check-ups are offered free to 40 to 64 year olds ...

 
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