Education in Inverness - Schools in Inverness, Uhi Millennium Institute, Holm Primary School, Inverness Royal Academy, Donnie Munro (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Schools in Inverness, Uhi Millennium Institute, Holm Primary School, Inverness Royal Academy, Donnie Munro, Millburn Academy, Culloden Academy, Perth College, Inverness High School, Bun-Sgoil Ghidhlig Inbhir Nis, Sabhal Mr Ostaig, Orkney College, Lews Castle College, Shetland College, Ionad Chaluim Chille le, Charleston Academy. Excerpt: The UHI Millennium Institute (Scottish Gaelic: ) is a federation of 13 colleges and research institutions in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland delivering higher education. It is incorporated as a charity and limited company and its executive office is in Inverness, in the Highland council area. In April 2001 the Scottish Parliament awarded UHI Higher Education Institute status, and it now provides university level courses. UHI degrees were authenticated by the Open University Validation Service, the University of Strathclyde and the University of Aberdeen until 2008 when the UHI was awarded taught degree awarding powers (tDAP) by the Privy Council under recommendation from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA); Higher National Certificate and Higher National Diploma courses are awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority. University status in the UK is awarded by the Privy Council and has not yet been granted to the UHI, but taught degree awarding powers are a major step towards this. If granted, the 'University of the Highlands and Islands' has been touted as the likely name for the institution. The UHI logo in GaelicUHI has a number of distinctive undergraduate, Masters and research programmes. All use the Highlands and Islands as the starting point to look to the wider world and most can be studied at a range of locations across the area. In the Faculty of Arts, Humanities ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2626773