AROUND 60 students across a range of subjects gathered along with college lecturers and others at lunchtime today (Wednesday) at the UHI Shetland’s Gremista facility to raise their collective voices against proposed £1.2m budget cuts, writes Davie Gardner. Concerns are that.
AROUND 75 people have so far signed a petition that seeks increased investment in further and higher education in the isles in a bid prevent job losses at UHI Shetland. The EIS-FELA union, representing lecturers at the institution, said that the jobs of 18, almost one third of.
THE PRINCIPAL of UHI Shetland has called for a different funding model for island colleges amid a financial crisis that will lead to the newly formed college losing a substantial number of staff. Professor Jane Lewis said the current funding model for the university and colleges.
JUST TWO years after the merger of Shetland College, NAFC Marine Centre and Train Shetland into one local branch of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), the new organisation is forced to make redundancies and cut services. Chair of UHI Shetland, councillor Davie.