Summer Short Courses 2022
Welcome to our summer 2022 programme of Short Courses! We are delighted to be able to welcome you back on campus this summer after the challenging times of COVID. We’ll be phasing in our return to normal over the course of several weeks. Full details can be found below.
Let us know if you have a Young Scot card, you could get up to a 30% discount on your course!
Click on a Course title below to find out more and book a place.
New courses are being added to this page daily.
27 June – 01 July
11 – 15 July
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 2
Gaelic Level 6
Gaelic Level 10
Gàidhlig for Irish Speakers (Beginners)
Piping and Drumming (for under 21s)
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 3 – online – This course is now full. Alternative available on 15 August.
Gaelic Level 7 – online
18 – 22 July
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 2 – This course is now full. Alternative available on 11 July or 15 August.
Gaelic Level 4
Gaelic Level 6 – This course is now full. Alternative available on 11 July or 01 August.
Gaelic Level 8 – This course is now full. Alternative available on 25 July.
Small Pipes with Ross Ainslie
The Music in the Fiddle with Charlie Mckerron – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 2 – online
Gaelic Level 5 – online
25 – 29 July
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 1 –This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
Gaelic Level 3
Gaelic Level 5
Gaelic Level 7
Gaelic Level 8
Gaelic Level 9 –This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
Gaelic Song with Christine Primrose
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 4 – online –This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
Gaelic Level 8 – online
Tobar an Dualchais: Creative Connections
01 – 05 August
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 4
Gaelic Level 6
Gaelic Level 8 – This course is now full. Alternative available on 25 July.
Gàidhlig for Irish Speakers (Beginners) – This course is now full. Alternative available on 11 July.
Gàidhlig for Irish Speakers (Advanced) – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
The Voyage of the Hector with John Somerville
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 1 – online
Gaelic Level 5 – online
Welsh for Gaelic Speakers – online
08 – 12 August
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 3 – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
Gaelic Level 5
Gaelic Level 7 – This course is now full. Alternative available on 25 July.
Digital Photography with Cailean Maclean
Place-names of Scotland with Dr Jacob King and Eilidh Scammell
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 2 – online – This course is now full. Alternative available on 18 July.
Gaelic Level 4 – online
Gaelic Level 8 – online
Online Courses, 1 day
Gaelic in the Landscape with Janni Williams, Wednesday 10/08
15 – 19 August
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 1
Gaelic Level 2
Gaelic Level 4
Gaelic Level 6
Learning through Living Culture in Flodigarry
Onsite Courses, 4 days, beginning Tuesday
Fiddle Course with Ross Couper
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 3 – online
Gaelic Level 5 – online
Gaelic Level 7 – online
Online Courses, 1 day
Gaelic in the Landscape with Janni Williams, Wednesday 17/08
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 |
| Gaelic Level 9 | Gaelic Level 10 |
| Gaelic Level Equivalences | |
Assistance for those who are unfamiliar with the course booking system can be found here.
Help with the UHI system may also be obtained at +44 (0) 1463 279 150 or via helpdesk@uhi.ac.uk .
If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Team on +44 (0)1471 888 246 or by email on sm00cg@uhi.ac.uk.
Accommodation
Accommodation will be offered on campus again (subject to availability) 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.
Celebrating our 50th anniversary in 2023, we were established before the first Gaelic-medium ‘primary units’ in schools throughout Scotland. Today, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is the biggest employer of Scottish Gaelic speakers in the world.
Student Life
The Isle of Skye
Summer Short Courses 2022
Welcome to our summer 2022 programme of Short Courses! We are delighted to be able to welcome you back on campus this summer after the challenging times of COVID. We’ll be phasing in our return to normal over the course of several weeks. Full details can be found below.
Let us know if you have a Young Scot card, you could get up to a 30% discount on your course!
Click on a Course title below to find out more and book a place.
New courses are being added to this page daily.
27 June – 01 July
11 – 15 July
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 2
Gaelic Level 6
Gaelic Level 10
Gàidhlig for Irish Speakers (Beginners)
Piping and Drumming (for under 21s)
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 3 – online – This course is now full. Alternative available on 15 August.
Gaelic Level 7 – online
18 – 22 July
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 2 – This course is now full. Alternative available on 11 July or 15 August.
Gaelic Level 4
Gaelic Level 6 – This course is now full. Alternative available on 11 July or 01 August.
Gaelic Level 8 – This course is now full. Alternative available on 25 July.
Small Pipes with Ross Ainslie
The Music in the Fiddle with Charlie Mckerron – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 2 – online
Gaelic Level 5 – online
25 – 29 July
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 1 –This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
Gaelic Level 3
Gaelic Level 5
Gaelic Level 7
Gaelic Level 8
Gaelic Level 9 –This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
Gaelic Song with Christine Primrose
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 4 – online –This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
Gaelic Level 8 – online
Tobar an Dualchais: Creative Connections
01 – 05 August
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 4
Gaelic Level 6
Gaelic Level 8 – This course is now full. Alternative available on 25 July.
Gàidhlig for Irish Speakers (Beginners) – This course is now full. Alternative available on 11 July.
Gàidhlig for Irish Speakers (Advanced) – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
The Voyage of the Hector with John Somerville
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 1 – online
Gaelic Level 5 – online
Welsh for Gaelic Speakers – online
08 – 12 August
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 3 – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting-list.
Gaelic Level 5
Gaelic Level 7 – This course is now full. Alternative available on 25 July.
Digital Photography with Cailean Maclean
Place-names of Scotland with Dr Jacob King and Eilidh Scammell
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 2 – online – This course is now full. Alternative available on 18 July.
Gaelic Level 4 – online
Gaelic Level 8 – online
Online Courses, 1 day
Gaelic in the Landscape with Janni Williams, Wednesday 10/08
15 – 19 August
Onsite Courses, 5 days, beginning Monday
Gaelic Level 1
Gaelic Level 2
Gaelic Level 4
Gaelic Level 6
Learning through Living Culture in Flodigarry
Onsite Courses, 4 days, beginning Tuesday
Fiddle Course with Ross Couper
Online Courses, 3 days, beginning Tuesday
Gaelic Level 3 – online
Gaelic Level 5 – online
Gaelic Level 7 – online
Online Courses, 1 day
Gaelic in the Landscape with Janni Williams, Wednesday 17/08
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 |
| Gaelic Level 9 | Gaelic Level 10 |
| Gaelic Level Equivalences | |
Assistance for those who are unfamiliar with the course booking system can be found here.
Help with the UHI system may also be obtained at +44 (0) 1463 279 150 or via helpdesk@uhi.ac.uk .
If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Team on +44 (0)1471 888 246 or by email on sm00cg@uhi.ac.uk.
Accommodation
Accommodation will be offered on campus again (subject to availability) 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.
Celebrating our 50th anniversary in 2023, we were established before the first Gaelic-medium ‘primary units’ in schools throughout Scotland. Today, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is the biggest employer of Scottish Gaelic speakers in the world.
