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The UHI Millennium Institute is a federation
Federated school

A federated school, federated college, federated university, or affiliated school is an educational institution which is independent in some respects, but is ultimately governed by a larger institution....
 of 15 college
College

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s and research institutions in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Scotland

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 delivering higher education
Higher education

Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided by university, vocational university, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, Institute of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as Vocational school, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic degrees or professional certifications....
. It is incorporated
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
 as a charity
Charitable organization

The definition of charitable organization, and of charity, varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates....
 and limited company
Limited company

A limited company in the United Kingdom is a corporation whose limited liability is Private company limited by shares , which is the most common form of privately held company....
 and its Executive Office is in the city of Inverness
Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
, capital of the Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands

The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
.

In April 2001 the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the Devolution national, Unicameralism legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh area of the capital Edinburgh....
 awarded UHI Higher Education Institute
Institute

An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Often it is a research organization created to do research on specific topics....
 status, and it now provides university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 level courses. UHI degrees were authenticated by the Open University Validation Service
Open University

The Open University is the UK's Distance education government-supported university notable for having an open entry policy, i.e. students' previous academic achievements are not taken into account for entry to most undergraduate courses....
, the University of Strathclyde
University of Strathclyde

The University of Strathclyde , is a university in Glasgow, Scotland. It takes its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde, the name of which also served as a Strathclyde from 1975 to 1996....
 and the University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen

The University of Aberdeen is an ancient university founded in 1495, in Old Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the fifth oldest university in what is now the United Kingdom, and in the wider English-speaking world....
 until 2008 when the UHI was awarded taught degree awarding powers (tDAP) by the Privy Council
Privy council

A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation on how to exercise their Executive , typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchy....
  under recommendation from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education was established in 1997 to provide an integrated quality assurance service for United Kingdom higher education....
 (QAA); Higher National Certificate
Higher National Certificate

A Higher National Certificate is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom.In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the HNC is a BTEC qualification awarded by Edexcel, and in Scotland, an HNC is a Higher National awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority....
 and Higher National Diploma
Higher National Diploma

A Higher National Diploma is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom.In England, Wales and Northern Ireland the HND is a BTEC qualification awarded by Edexcel and in Scotland is a Higher National awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority....
 courses are awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority
Scottish Qualifications Authority

The Scottish Qualifications Authority is a Scottish public bodies responsible for the development, accreditation, assessment and certification of qualifications, other than academic degrees, in Scotland....
.






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The UHI Millennium Institute is a federation
Federated school

A federated school, federated college, federated university, or affiliated school is an educational institution which is independent in some respects, but is ultimately governed by a larger institution....
 of 15 college
College

File:Government college for Women Dhoke Kala Khan.JPGCollege is a term most often used today to denote an education institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of collegialitys, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals....
s and research institutions in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 delivering higher education
Higher education

Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided by university, vocational university, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, Institute of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as Vocational school, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic degrees or professional certifications....
. It is incorporated
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
 as a charity
Charitable organization

The definition of charitable organization, and of charity, varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates....
 and limited company
Limited company

A limited company in the United Kingdom is a corporation whose limited liability is Private company limited by shares , which is the most common form of privately held company....
 and its Executive Office is in the city of Inverness
Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
, capital of the Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands

The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
.

In April 2001 the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the Devolution national, Unicameralism legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh area of the capital Edinburgh....
 awarded UHI Higher Education Institute
Institute

An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Often it is a research organization created to do research on specific topics....
 status, and it now provides university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 level courses. UHI degrees were authenticated by the Open University Validation Service
Open University

The Open University is the UK's Distance education government-supported university notable for having an open entry policy, i.e. students' previous academic achievements are not taken into account for entry to most undergraduate courses....
, the University of Strathclyde
University of Strathclyde

The University of Strathclyde , is a university in Glasgow, Scotland. It takes its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde, the name of which also served as a Strathclyde from 1975 to 1996....
 and the University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen

The University of Aberdeen is an ancient university founded in 1495, in Old Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the fifth oldest university in what is now the United Kingdom, and in the wider English-speaking world....
 until 2008 when the UHI was awarded taught degree awarding powers (tDAP) by the Privy Council
Privy council

A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation on how to exercise their Executive , typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchy....
  under recommendation from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education was established in 1997 to provide an integrated quality assurance service for United Kingdom higher education....
 (QAA); Higher National Certificate
Higher National Certificate

A Higher National Certificate is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom.In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the HNC is a BTEC qualification awarded by Edexcel, and in Scotland, an HNC is a Higher National awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority....
 and Higher National Diploma
Higher National Diploma

A Higher National Diploma is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom.In England, Wales and Northern Ireland the HND is a BTEC qualification awarded by Edexcel and in Scotland is a Higher National awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority....
 courses are awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority
Scottish Qualifications Authority

The Scottish Qualifications Authority is a Scottish public bodies responsible for the development, accreditation, assessment and certification of qualifications, other than academic degrees, in Scotland....
. University status in the UK is awarded by the Privy Council
Privy council

A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation on how to exercise their Executive , typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchy....
 and has not yet been granted to the UHI, but a major step has been taken with taught degree awarding powers (tDAP) recently being granted. If granted, the 'University of the Highlands & Islands' has been touted as the likely name for the institution.

UHI has a number of distinctive undergraduate, Masters and research programmes. All use the Highlands and Islands as the starting point to look to the wider world and most can be studied at a range of locations across the area.

In the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, courses such as MSc Interpretation: Management and Practice, BA (Hons) Child & Youth Studies, BA (Hons) Gaelic & Related Studies, , BA (Hons) Theological Studies , BA (Hons) Scottish History and BA (Hons) Culture Studies all reflect the distinctive nature of the region, its past, present and future. This last course, BA (Hons) Culture Studies is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary programme which has been internationally recognised by receiving the 2005 Times Higher Education Supplement Award for Most Imaginative Use of Distance Learning. The Faculty of Business and Leisure offers distinctive programmes in Golf Management - Scotland's only degree of this kind - Outdoor Adventure Management - using Lochaber, the UK's Outdoor Capital as a living research laboratory - as well as popular courses in Business, Accounting, Hospitality, Computing, Sports Coaching and Tourism.

The Faculty of Science has a strong research dimension with high-quality work in Renewables, Marine Science, Sustainable Rural Development and Environmental Issues. A fully online Honours degree programme is available across the UK from this faculty. The BSc(Hons) Sustainable Rural Development is an example of a multi-disciplinary programme from this Faculty and due to its flexible delivery options is popular with practitioners and adult returners to education.The programme has professional accreditation from the Institution of Economic Development. The Faculty of Science also offers postgraduate studies too. For example the MSc in Managing Sustainable Development is a popular online option available across the UK. This Masters programme also has professional accreditation from the Institution of Economic Development.

Through its Faculty of Health, UHI has strong links with the new Centre for Health Sciences located behind Raigmore Hospital
Raigmore Hospital

Raigmore Hospital in Inverness is the main hospital in the area of NHS Highland NHS_Scotland#Health_Boards. It serves patients from its own and adjacent CHP areas as well as those from adjacent Health Board areas....
. This is being funded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Highlands and Islands Enterprise is the Scottish Government's economic development agency for the sparsely populated northern and western half of Scotland....
, the Scottish Executive
Scottish Executive

The Scottish Government is the Executive arm of the Government of Scotland. It was established in 1999 as the Scottish Executive, from the extant Scottish Office, and Scottish Executive remains its legal name under section 44 of the Scotland Act 1998....
 and Johnson and Johnson. Phase I of this opened in early 2007, phase II is under construction and phase III has been funded. The University of Stirling
University of Stirling

The University of Stirling founded in 1967, in Stirling, Scotland. The Times 2008 University Ranking League tables of British universities placed the university fifth in Scotland and thirty-seventh in a list of 113 UK universities....
 is moving its operations from Raigmore Hospital to the CHS.

New Campus Plans

Architects and planning agents have been appointed to draw up a master plan for the proposed new Inverness College UHI campus which will include research facilities, a business school, student residences and a regional sports centre of excellence.

The 200-acre campus at Beechwood, just off the A9 south of Inverness, is considered to be one of the most important developments for the region over the next 20 years. An outline planning application could be submitted by early 2009.

MAKE Architects and planning agents Turnberry Consulting have been appointed to come up with the blueprint. The deputy principal and secretary of UHI, James Fraser, said: “This is a flagship development which will provide Inverness with a university campus and vibrant student life. It will have a major impact on the city and on the Highlands and Islands. UHI is a partnership of colleges and research centres throughout the region, and the development of any one partner brings strength to the whole institution."

Key Dates For UHI


  • 1992 - UHI Project established
  • 1996 - Millennium Commission funding awarded
  • 1998 - Open University confirms degree validation backing
  • 2001 - Higher education institution status granted
  • 2002 - Research funding awarded
  • 2005 - Application for taught degree awarding powers lodged with the Privy Council
  • 2008 - Taught degree awarding powers granted


Constituents


Colleges

  • NAFC Marine Centre, Scalloway
    Scalloway

    Scalloway is the largest settlement on the North Atlantic coast of Mainland, Shetland with a population of approximately 812, at the 2001 census....
    , Shetland http://www.nafc.ac.uk
  • Shetland College
    Shetland College

    Shetland College is a further and higher education college in Lerwick, Shetland. It is part of the UHI Millennium Institute, and thus an outlying campus of the proposed University of the Highlands & Islands....
    , 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 http://www.shetland.uhi.ac.uk
  • Orkney College
    Orkney College

    Orkney College is a Further education college in Orkney, an archipelago in northern Scotland. It is an academic partner in the UHI Millennium Institute, an innovative project designed to bring a University to the Highlands and Islands area of that country....
    , Kirkwall
    Kirkwall

    Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, off the coast of northern mainland Scotland. The town is first mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046....
    , Orkney http://www.orkney.uhi.ac.uk
  • North Highland College, Thurso
    Thurso

    Thurso is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. Historically, the town is one of two burghs within the Counties of Scotland of Caithness....
    , Caithness
    Caithness

    Caithness is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic Local government in Scotland of Scotland. The name was used also for the Earl of Caithness and the Caithness of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ....
     http://www.nhcscotland.com
  • Lews Castle College
    Lews Castle College

    Lews Castle College is a List of further and higher education colleges in Scotland in the Western Isles of Scotland. The main campus is in the grounds of Lews Castle, Stornoway, Outer Hebrides....
    , Stornoway, Lewis
    Lewis

    Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is ....
     http://www.lews.uhi.ac.uk
  • Inverness College, Inverness
    Inverness

    Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
     http://www.inverness.uhi.ac.uk
  • Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
    Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

    Sabhal M?r Ostaig is a Scottish Gaelic language Medium of instruction college located about north of Armadale, Isle of Skye on the Sleat peninsula of the island of Isle of Skye in north west Scotland....
    , Sleat
    Sleat

    Sleat is a peninsula on the Isle of Skye in the Highland Council areas of Scotland Scotland. It is the home of the Scottish clan "MacDonald of Sleat"....
    , Skye http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk
  • Moray College, Elgin
    Elgin, Moray

    Elgin is a former cathedral city and a former Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland and is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the flood plain....
     http://www.moray.ac.uk
  • Highland Theological College
    Highland Theological College

    The Highland Theological College is located in Dingwall, Scotland. It is part of the UHI Millennium Institute. The Principal is the Rev Professor Andrew McGowan, a Church of Scotland minister....
    , Dingwall
    Dingwall

    Dingwall is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland of Scotland. It has a population of 5,026. It formerly functioned as an east-coast harbor, but now lies inland....
     http://www.htc.uhi.ac.uk
  • Perth College
    Perth College

    Perth College UHI provides further education and higher education in the city of Perth, Scotland, Scotland, through a main campus, a network of learning centres and by distance learning....
    , Perth
    Perth, Scotland

    Perth is a town and former royal burgh in central Scotland. Sitting on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative headquarters of Perth and Kinross council area....
     http://www.perth.ac.uk
  • Argyll College, Dunoon
    Dunoon

    Dunoon is a resort town situated on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, Scotland. It sits on the Firth of Clyde beside Holy Loch and opposite Gourock....
    , Argyll
    Argyll

    Argyll, archaically Argyle , is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part of ancient D?l Riata that was located on the island of Great Britain, and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western seaboard between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath....
     http://www.argyllcollege.uhi.ac.uk
  • Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban
    Oban

    Oban is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It has a total resident population of 8,120. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William, Highland and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people....
    , Argyll
    Argyll

    Argyll, archaically Argyle , is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part of ancient D?l Riata that was located on the island of Great Britain, and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western seaboard between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath....
     http://www.sams.ac.uk
  • Lochaber College UHI, Fort William http://www.lochabercollege.co.uk


Associated institutions

  • The Ness Foundation
    Ness Foundation

    The Ness Foundation, established by Dr Iain Glen , a consultant psychiatrist, is a research charity based near Inverness, Scotland. It was founded in the 1980s and previously known as The Highland Psychiatric Research Foundation, carrying out research into diagnosing conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disord...
    , Inverness
    Inverness

    Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
      http://www.ness-foundation.org.uk
  • Sustainable Development Research Centre
    Sustainable Development Research Centre

    The Sustainable Development Research Centre is a research centre based in Forres in the North of Scotland. It is an associate institute for sustainability research within the UHI Millennium Institute ...
     UHI, Forres
    Forres

    Forres , is a town and former royal burgh situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 30 miles east of Inverness. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions....
    , Moray
    Moray

    Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
     http://www.sustainableresearch.com


See also

  • List of forestry universities and colleges
    List of forestry universities and colleges

    This is a list of colleges and universities worldwide that offer either a Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in the profession field of forestry. Where noted, the country's Educational accreditation standard has been used and cited....


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