Easter Short Courses 2026
Welcome to our 2026 Easter Short Course programme!
Let us know if you have a Young Scot card, or if you are 26 or under and care experienced (this includes adoption, foster care, care homes or kinship care), as you could get up to a 30% discount on your course!
Please note, there will be no courses held online during our 2026 Easter and Summer Short Courses, but there will be courses running online during the winter months as usual. If you have a suggestion for an online Short Course, please email:
EASTER SHORT COURSES: 06–17 APRIL 2026
06 – 10 April 2026
GAELIC LEVEL 1
This course is ideal for complete beginners with no knowledge of Gaelic – i.e. those who have NO previous learning such as Duolingo or local classes.
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, 06 – 10 April 2026
GAELIC LEVEL 3
This course is ideal for learners who understand Gaelic at a lower intermediate level and who can hold a conversation using basic structures.
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, 06 – 10 April 2026
GAELIC LEVEL 5
This course is ideal for learners who understand Gaelic at an upper intermediate level and who can hold a conversation using more detailed structures.
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, 06 – 10 April 2026
GAELIC LEVEL 7
This course is ideal for advanced learners who have a good understanding of Gaelic and are able to communicate well, demonstrating good speaking and writing skills.
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, 06 – 10 April 2026
GAELIC LEVEL 9
This course is ideal for advanced learners of Gaelic that have already completed Level 1–8 of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig’s Gaelic short courses, or their equivalent elsewhere. This course is also suitable for native or fluent speakers who wish to improve their language skills.
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, 06 – 10 April 2026
GAELIC SONG WITH CHRISTINE PRIMROSE
Join one of Scotland’s finest Gaelic singers for this 5 day course at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig where you will cover a range of song types, such as lullabies, waulking songs, love songs and puirt-à-beul (mouth music); and themes including homesickness, nostalgia, emigration, sailing and the supernatural.
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, 06 – 10 April 2026
BÀRDACHD WITH RODY GORMAN
This five-day course at Sabhal Mòr ostaig is designed for people wishing to develop their Gaelic poetry skills. It will be taught through both Gaelic and English. On the course, led by poet Rody Gorman, participants will write Gaelic poems in an open environment, and discuss and edit their work.
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, 06 – 10 April 2026
13 – 17 April 2026
GAELIC LEVEL 2
This course is ideal for those who have recently started learning Gaelic, or who have previously done some Gaelic. In this level, you will be introduced to:
- new prepositions, such as ‘anns’ and ‘às’;
- prepositional pronouns, such as ‘aig’ and ‘ann’;
- and comparative structures.
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, 13 – 17 April 2026
GAELIC LEVEL 4
This course is ideal for those have an understanding of the Gaelic language at a lower intermediate level and who can hold a more detailed conversation using basic structures. As part of the course, participants will gain an understanding of grammar, have opportunities to practice conversation skills and learn new language techniques and relevant vocabulary.
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, 13 – 17 April 2026
LANGUAGE ENRICHMENT WITH ALEC ‘BHALTOS’ MACDONALD
This course is designed for advanced students who would like to enrich their understanding of the Gaelic language, and will concentrate on the vernacular as it is spoken in native communities. This will include proverbs, idiomatic expressions, metaphors and vocabulary, which otherwise might not be encountered in a formal learning environment.
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, 13 – 17 April 2026
For information on 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
Accommodation
Accommodation will be offered on campus again (subject to availability) at Easter and during June, July and August. 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.