UHI Millennium Institute
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| Motto | Foghlam aig ìre Oilthigh air a' Ghaidheatachd is anns na h-Eileanan University-level study in the Highlands and Islands |
| Established | 1992 |
| Type | federal, public |
| Rector | Dr Val MacIver |
| Principal | Professor Robert Cormack[1] |
| Students | 5,220[2] |
| Location | Inverness (Executive Office), Scotland |
| Website | http://www.uhi.ac.uk/ |
UHI Millennium Institute (UHI) is a federation of 15 colleges and research institutions, in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland delivering higher education. Incorpated as a charity and limited company. Its Executive Office is in the city of Inverness, capital of the Scottish Highlands region.
In April 2001 the Scottish Parliament awarded UHI Higher Education Institute status, and now provides university level courses. The degrees of UHI are authenticated by the Open University Validation Service, the University of Strathclyde and the University of Aberdeen; Higher National Certificate and Higher National Diploma courses are awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority.
The BA (Hons) Culture Studies of the Highlands and Islands [3], one of its most successful undergraduate programmes which can be studied at many locations across the network and beyond, is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary programme which won the Times Higher Education Supplement Award for Most Imaginative Use of Distance Learning in November 2005. Another unique programme is the MLitt Highlands and Islands Literature now in development.
UHI has strong links with the new Centre for Health Sciences located behind Raigmore Hospital. This is being funded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, the Scottish Executive 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 is moving its operations from Raigmore Hospital to the CHS.
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- NAFC Marine Centre, Scalloway, Shetland [4]
- Shetland College, Lerwick, Shetland [5]
- Orkney College, Kirkwall, Orkney [6]
- North Highland College, Thurso, Caithness [7]
- Lews Castle College, Stornoway, Lewis [8]
- Inverness College, Inverness [9]
- Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Skye [10]
- Moray College, Elgin [11]
- Highland Theological College, Dingwall [12]
- Perth College, Perth [13]
- Argyll College, Dunoon, Argyll [14]
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll [15]
- Lochaber College UHI, Fort William [16]
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