summer short courses 2025
Welcome to the Summer Short Course programme for 2025!
This year’s summer courses will be running from 30th June – 15th August 2025.
We are currently working on confirming courses. Please bookmark and keep an eye on this page as we add courses over the coming months.
SUMMER SHORT COURSES: 30TH JUNE – 15TH AUGUST 2025
30 June – 04 July
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
- Gaelic Level 1
- Gaelic Level 3
- Gaelic Level 5
- Gaelic Level 7
- Gaelic Level 9
- Ensemble with Ross Couper & Michael Biggins
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
Coming soon.
07 – 11 July
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
- Family Learning Week – information will be published here when available.
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
Coming soon.
14 – 18 July
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
- Gaelic Level 2
- Gaelic Level 4
- Gaelic Level 6
- Gaelic Level 8
- Language Enrichment with Alec MacDonald
- Flute and Whistle with Hamish Napier
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
Coming soon.
21 – 25 July
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
Coming soon.
28 July – 01 August
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
- Gaelic Level 2
- Gaelic Level 4
- Gaelic Level 6
- Gaelic Level 8
- Gaelic Level 10
- Gaelic Song with Christine Primrose
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
Coming soon.
04 – 08 August
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
- Gaelic Level 1
- Gaelic Level 3
- Gaelic Level 5
- Gaelic Level 7
- The Music in the Fiddle with Charlie McKerron
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
Coming soon.
OFF CAMPUS – 5 days, Sunday to Thursday
11 – 15 August
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
- Gaelic Level 2
- Gaelic Level 4
- Gaelic Level 6
- Gaelic Level 8
- Strings ‘n’ Things with Adam Sutherland & Emma Tomlinson
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
Coming soon.
For information on the course content of each Gaelic Level, click on the links below:
| Gaelic Level 1 | Gaelic Level 2 |
| Gaelic Level 3 | Gaelic Level 4 |
| Gaelic Level 5 | Gaelic Level 6 |
| Gaelic Level 7 | Gaelic Level 8 |
| Gaelic Level 9 | Gaelic Level 10 |
| Gaelic Level Equivalences | |
Accommodation
Accommodation will be offered on campus again (subject to availability) at Easter and during the summer programme. You may of course make your own arrangements for accommodation offsite, and we also allow course participants to camp on our grounds, though please be aware we are not an official campsite and our facilities are limited. Full details may be found on our Accommodations page.
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is the National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture. Based in Sleat, Isle of Skye, we are the only centre of Higher and Further Education in the world that provides its learning programmes entirely through the medium of Gaelic in an immersed, language-rich environment. We celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2023, having been established before the first Gaelic-medium units appeared in primary schools throughout Scotland. Today, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is the biggest employer of Scottish Gaelic speakers in the world.