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Shetland College

Shetland College

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Shetland College is a further and higher education college in Lerwick
Lerwick
Lerwick is the capital and main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Great Britain on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland...

, Shetland. It is part of the UHI Millennium Institute
UHI Millennium Institute
The UHI Millennium Institute is a federation of 15 colleges and research institutions in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland delivering higher education...

, and thus an outlying campus of the proposed University of the Highlands & Islands.

The main campus is located at Gremista, on the outskirts of Lerwick. There are also dedicated premises in Lerwick for teaching Hospitality, at Anderson High School; and Health and Care at North Ness Business Park.
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Shetland College is a further and higher education college in Lerwick
Lerwick
Lerwick is the capital and main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Great Britain on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland...

, Shetland. It is part of the UHI Millennium Institute
UHI Millennium Institute
The UHI Millennium Institute is a federation of 15 colleges and research institutions in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland delivering higher education...

, and thus an outlying campus of the proposed University of the Highlands & Islands.

The main campus is located at Gremista, on the outskirts of Lerwick. There are also dedicated premises in Lerwick for teaching Hospitality, at Anderson High School; and Health and Care at North Ness Business Park. Outside Lerwick there are Teaching Centres based in more remote parts of Shetland from which daily travel to Lerwick would not be practicable. These are to be found at Unst
Unst
Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third largest island in Shetland after the Mainland and Yell. It has an area of .Unst is largely grassland, with coastal cliffs...

, Whalsay
Whalsay
Whalsay is the sixth largest of the Shetland islands in Scotland.-Geography:Whalsay, also known as "The Bonnie Isle", is a peat-covered island in the Shetland Islands. It is situated east of the Shetland Mainland and has an area of . The main settlement is Symbister, where the fishing fleet is based...

, North Mainland, West Mainland and Ness, in the south mainland.

The college also uses video conferencing to deliver some course material.

The college offers subsidised day-care facilities to students via a nursery near Anderson High School in Lerwick.