Summer Short Courses 2024
Welcome to this year’s Summer Short Course Programme 2024!
This year’s Summer Short Courses will be running from 01 July to 16 August 2024.
You can view a full list of the courses available below.
SUMMER SHORT COURSES 2024: 01 JULY – 16 AUGUST
01 – 05 July
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
Our accommodation for this week is now full. You may still make a course booking and make your own arrangements for accommodation outside of the College, or camp on our grounds.
- Gaelic Level 1
- Gaelic Level 3 – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list.
- Gaelic Level 5
- Gaelic Level 7
- Gaelic Conversation with Alec ‘Valtos’ MacDonald – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list.
- Ensemble Week with Ross Couper and Hamish Napier
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
08 – 12 July
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
15 – 19 July
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
- Gaelic Level 2
- Gaelic Level 4
- Gaelic Level 6
- Gaelic Level 8
- Gaelic for Irish Speakers (Beginners) – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list.
- Gaelic Song with Christine Primrose – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list.
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
22 – 26 July
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
Our accommodation for this week is now full. You may still make a course booking and make your own arrangements for accommodation outside of the College, or camp on our grounds.
- Gaelic Level 1
- Gaelic Level 3
- Gaelic Level 5 – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list.
- Gaelic Level 7
- Gaelic for Irish Speakers (Advanced) – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list.
- Button Box with Robert Nairn
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
29 July – 02 August
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
Our accommodation for this week is now full. You may still make a course booking and make your own arrangements for accommodation outside of the College, or camp on our grounds.
- Gaelic Level 2
- Gaelic Level 4 – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list.
- Gaelic Level 6
- Gaelic Level 8
- Gaelic for Irish Speakers (Beginners) – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list.
- Flute and Whistle with Hamish Napier
- Small Pipes with Ross Ainslie
- Art in a Gaelic Environment with Sharon Cooper
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
05– 09 August
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
- Gaelic Level 1
- Gaelic Level 3
- Gaelic Level 5
- Gaelic Level 7
- Language Enrichment with Alec ‘Valtos’ MacDonald – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list.
- The Music in the Fiddle with Charlie Mckerron – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list, or you might like Strings ‘n’ Things, Ensemble Week or Flute and Whistle.
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
12 – 16 August
ON CAMPUS – 5 days, Monday to Friday
- Gaelic Level 2
- Gaelic Level 4
- Gaelic Level 6
- Gaelic Level 8
- Learning through Living Culture in Flodigarry with Alec ‘Valtos’ MacDonald – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list.
- Place-names of Scotland – This course is now full. Please ask about the waiting list.
- Strings ‘n’ Things with Adam Sutherland and Emma Tomlinson
ONLINE – 3 days, Tuesday to Thursday
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 | |
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 .
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 .
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.