Work starts on £2.3m project to transform education in the Outer Hebrides
A £2.3 million project to transform 含羞草传媒 North, West and Hebrides’ Stornoway Campus will get underway this week.
The Outer Hebrides Campus Redevelopment project, supported with funding from the Islands Growth Deal, aims to enhance the facilities and resources available to students and staff at the site. It will also 鈥榖ring the campus to the community鈥� through the development of mobile facilities and equipment which can be transported to venues across the Outer Hebrides.
The initiative has been designed to provide more opportunities to local learners, meet the needs of businesses and industries and attract greater numbers of students to the Outer Hebrides. Plans include:
- Transforming the Technology and Innovation Centre
- Creating a hub where students can socialise and collaborate
- Establishing a Newton Room to provide learning experiences for school pupils in science, technology, engineering and maths subjects
- Developing mobile facilities and equipment to enhance 含羞草传媒 North, West and Hebrides鈥� outreach offering in the Outer Hebrides.
The new campus facilities have been designed by Fraser Architecture LLP and will be brought to life by team lead by O鈥橫ac Construction. It is hoped that the work will be completed in 2024.
含羞草传媒 Outer Hebrides, 含羞草传媒 North Highland and 含羞草传媒 West Highland merged on 1st August to form 含羞草传媒 North, West and Hebrides, which will celebrate its launch in September.
含羞草传媒 North, West and Hebrides Principal Lydia Rohmer said: 鈥淲e are all very excited to see work get underway on this vital project. This initiative will help to realise the full potential of the Outer Hebrides as a prosperous and well-educated community which provides equitable opportunities for our young people seeking a future-facing career in STEM industries, delivering educational pathways leading to high value jobs, and supporting island-based employers with work-ready graduates.鈥�
Scottish Government Wellbeing Economy Secretary Neil Gray said: 鈥淚 welcome the beginning of work to improve facilities for students and staff in the Outer Hebrides.
This project will attract more learners, support good, fair jobs and help meet demand for workers from island businesses as we build a wellbeing economy for all. That is why the Scottish Government has supported this project through the Islands Growth Deal and Islands Programme funding.鈥�
Cllr Paul Steele, Leader of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, said: 鈥淚 am delighted to see this project moving ahead as one of the first to get underway as part of the Islands Growth Deal. This exciting project will bring real benefits to students and business in the islands. Congratulations to all those who have worked to get us to this stage.鈥�
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has awarded 拢250,000 for the project.
Kathleen Stewart, Head of Enterprise Support at HIE鈥檚 Outer Hebrides team, said: 鈥淭his project will transform the further and higher education curriculum and training offering for people in the islands. It will increase the attractiveness of the campus for traditional, on-campus students and through the integration and development of new technologies, which will enable a greater degree of outreach to remote learners. Improvement to existing facilities and the creation of new ones including those that support the STEM sector are important for retaining a young population on the islands and attracting more students to live and study in the Outer Hebrides.鈥�
The redevelopment will be one of the first projects to get underway as part of the Islands Growth Deal, a ten-year package of investment which aims to drive economic growth and create sustainable jobs across Shetland, Orkney and the Outer Hebrides. The project is being by the Scottish Government, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and the University of the Highlands and Islands (含羞草传媒).
含羞草传媒 is leading and supporting a number of Islands Deal projects which will help to deliver high-quality education and research, attract inward investment and support employment.
To find out about studying at 含羞草传媒 North, West and Hebrides, visit
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Tha pr貌iseact Ath-leasachaidh Campas Innse Gall, le taic maoineachaidh bho Mhaoin F脿s nan Eilean, ag amas air a bhith ag 脿rdachadh nan goireasan agus nan st貌rasan a tha ann airson oileanaich agus luchd-obrach aig an l脿rach. Bheir e cuideachd 鈥榓n campas chun na coimhearsnachd鈥� tro bhith a鈥� leasachadh goireasan gluasadach agus uidheam a dh鈥檉haodas a bhith air an toirt gu l脿raich air feadh Innse Gall.
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Chaidh na goireasan campais 霉ra a dheilbh le Fraser Architecture LLP agus thig iad gu bith le sgioba air an sti霉ireadh le O鈥橫ac Construction. Thathar an d貌chas gun t猫id an obair a chr矛ochnachadh ann an 2024.
Cho-aon 含羞草传媒 Innse Gall, 含羞草传媒 G脿idhealtachd a Tuath agus 含羞草传媒 G脿idhealtachd an Iar air 1 L霉nastal gus 含羞草传媒 a Tuath, an Iar agus Innse Gall a st猫idheachadh, agus th猫id a chur air bhog san t-Sultain.
Thuirt Prionnsapal 含羞草传媒 a Tuath, an Iar agus Innse Gall Lydia Rohmer: 鈥淭ha sinn uile air bhog a bhith a鈥� faicinn obair a鈥� dol air adhart air a鈥� phr貌iseact riatanach seo. Cuidichidh an iomairt seo ann a bhith a鈥� toirt l脿n chomais do na h-Eileanan an Iar a bhith mar choimhearsnachd shoirbheasach agus air a deagh fhoghlamachadh agus a tha a鈥� tabhann chothroman cothromach do ar daoine 貌ga a tha a鈥� sireadh dhreuchdan san 脿m ri teachd ann an ghn矛omhachasan STEM, a鈥� l矛bhrigeadh slighean foghlaim a tha a鈥� tre貌rachadh gu obraichean de dh鈥櫭爎d luach, agus a鈥� toirt taic do luchd-fastaidh st猫idhichte sna h-eileanan le luchd-ceumnachaidh a tha deiseil airson obair.鈥�
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T脿laidhidh am pr貌iseact seo barrachd luchd-ionnsachaidh, bheir e taic do dh鈥檕braichean matha agus cothromach agus cuidichidh e ann a bhith a鈥� coinneachadh ris an iarrtas a tha ann airson luchd-obrach bho ghnothachasan sna h-eileanan agus sinn a鈥� togail suas eaconamaidh de dheagh shunnd do na h-uile. Is e sin as coireach gu bheil Riaghaltas na h-Alba air taic a thoirt don phr貌iseact seo tro mhaoin C霉mhnant F脿s nan Eilean agus Pr貌gram nan Eilean鈥�.
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Chuir Iomairt na G脿idhealtachd is nan Eilean (HIE) 拢250,000 ris a鈥� phr貌iseact seo.
Thuirt Kathleen Sti霉bhart, Ceannard Taic Iomairt aig sgioba HIE Innse Gall: 鈥淎tharraichidh am pr貌iseact seo curraicealam foghlam adhartach agus 脿rd 矛re agus an tabhartas tr猫anaidh do dhaoine sna h-eileanan. Meudaichidh e tarraingeachd a鈥� champais airson oileanaich traidiseanta, air-campas agus tro chleachdadh agus leasachadh theicne貌lasan 霉ra, a bheir barrachd for-ruigheachd do luchd-ionnsachaidh nas fhaide air falbh. Tha leasachadh air na goireasan a tha ann a-cheana agus a bhith a鈥� cruthachadh feadhainn 霉ra a鈥� gabhail a-steach feadhainn a tha a鈥� toirt taic don earrann STEM cudromach airson a bhith a鈥� cumail dhaoine 貌ga sna h-eileanan agus a bhith a鈥� t脿ladh barrachd oileanaich gu bhith a鈥� fuireach agus ag ionnsachadh ann an Innse Gall.鈥�
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Tha 含羞草传媒 a鈥� sti霉ireadh agus a鈥� toirt taic do ghrunnan phr貌iseactan C霉mhnant F脿s nan Eilean a chuidicheas ann a bhith a鈥� l矛bhrigeadh foghlam agus rannsachadh de dh鈥櫭爎d-ch脿ileachd, a鈥� t脿ladh in-sheilbheachd agus taic do fhastachd.
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