UHI Argyll Update
Argyll and Bute Council · 31 October 2023
Back to Bute and Cowal Area Community Planning Group — 31 October 2023 and its agenda
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Principal and Chief Executive: Martin Jones www.argyll.uhi.ac.uk UHI Argyll is a trading name of Argyll College Ltd a charity registered in Scotland No SC026685 Registered address: West Bay, Dunoon, PA23 7HP UHI Argyll – Rothesay and Dunoon: Update for Bute and Cowal Area Community Planning Group 17/10/2023 Since the last meeting in August, staff and students have settled into the new academic year. This year, in a move away from systems put in place during Covid, we are now requiring all FE and HN students to attend classes from their local centres as opposed to logging in from home. Attendance from the centres affords better access to the wide variety of support that centre staff can provide. Our 2023 graduation was held on 22nd September at Queen’s Hall in Dunoon. It was attended by 60 graduates and their guests from across Argyll, Bute and Arran. We have introduced some new leisure courses which will run for the second half of semester 1 (Oct/Nov – Dec/Jan). The following courses are networked and are available at all nine of our centres: Introduction to Garden Design Tuesdays 9.30am-1.30pm. Starts 31 October, finishes 19th December. Runs for 8 weeks. Introduction to Therapeutic Horticulture Wednesdays 9.30am-1.30pm. Starts 1 November. Finishes 20th December. Runs for 8 weeks. ESOL Level 4 Mondays 6-8pm. Starts 6 November, finishes 19th February. Runs for 14 weeks (2-week Christmas break). ESOL Level 5 Wednesdays 6-8pm. Starts 8 Nov, finishes 21 Feb 2024. Runs for 14 weeks (2-week Christmas break). Beginners Italian Mondays 6-8pm. Starts 6 November, finishes 29th January. Runs for 10 weeks with a 3-week Christmas break. Beginners Gaelic – Understanding Language Wednesdays 6-8pm. Starts 8 November, finishes 21st February. Runs for 14 weeks with a 2-week Christmas break. There is a Continuing Beginners Gaelic (using language) course planned for semester 2 (28th February-12th June 2024). Dunoon will be offering a face-to-face leisure course: Beginners Digital Photography Fridays 11am-1pm. Starts 3rd November, finishes 19th January. Runs for 10 weeks with a 2-week Christmas break. We are also offering the following commercial courses: Scottish Certificate for Personal Licence Training (SCPLH) Friday 10th November 9.30am-4.30pm. Join from your local centre. Cost £120 (refresher £90). Available to book online on our website. And Dunoon only: Emergency First Aid at Work 30th October 9.30am-4.30pm. Bogleha’ Bowling Club, Argyll Street, Dunoon. Cost £85. Available to book online on our website.
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Principal and Chief Executive: Martin Jones www.argyll.uhi.ac.uk UHI Argyll is a trading name of Argyll College Ltd a charity registered in Scotland No SC026685 Registered address: West Bay, Dunoon, PA23 7HP Commercial courses can be run locally via all our centres if there are sufficient numbers. Anyone requiring to attend a commercial course can contact their local centre or our Commercial Development Officer, Julie Millar (julie.millar@uhi.ac.uk, tel: 07385 433528), to enquire about this. Our January-start courses are in the planning stages at the moment. We are hoping to be able to provide a verbal update on these at the meeting. We have an open day planned for Tuesday 14th November, and provisional open days scheduled for January, March and June 2024. Sheena Finlay Assistant Centre Manager (Rothesay) sheena.finlay@uhi.ac.uk Rhona Altin Assistant Centre Manager (Dunoon) rhona.altin@uhi.ac.uk