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Shetland Islands Council has acquired the property organisation, which owns buildings including the so-called "White House", for around £17.5 million.On Tuesday the SIC and Shetland Chairtable Trust agreed a deal which will see the local authority take control of Shetland Leasing and Property D... Read more...
Doubts surround a new student accommodation building in Lerwick – which forced long-established business HNP Engineering to relocate.Alternative locations for the block are being spoken about with some suggestions the contentious project at Commercial Road may not get off the ground.Concer... Read more...
Two further education institutions are shutting their doors early today (Thursday) in anticipation of Storm Caroline.Shetland College and the NAFC Marine Centre will close at 1pm this afternoon.They will be closed all day tomorrow (Friday).Shetland Islands Council is updating its service... Read more...
A Polish family who moved to Shetland in 2014 have excelled in learning English – with one of them off to university to study pharmacy. (more…) Read more...
The North Isles will be well represented when the final of the Taste of Shetland Cooking Challenge takes place later this month.That is because two of the contenders who won today's high-pressure semi final event come from there.Karen Malone comes from Baltasound in Unst, while Fiona Stirlin... Read more...
A lecturer based at Shetland College UHI has been recognised in the annual HISA (Highlands and Islands Student Association) Awards. (more…) Read more...
Industrial action among college lecturers has emerged as a real prospect, with union members registering a formal dispute with Shetland Islands Council. (more…) Read more...
Voting closes at noon on Friday for elections to the Highlands and Islands Students Association (HISA).All students at Shetland College and the NAFC Marine Centre can cast their votes at https://hisavote.co.ukThree regional student officers will be elected to represent all university student... Read more...
Shetland College has named its two students of the year who have been recognised as showing a particular drive to succeed.Marcia Galvin has been named higher education student of the year, while Molly Peterkin-Tracey is the further education student recognised.Ms Peterkin-Tracey has been... Read more...
The Shetland Times of 1st May carried a report which quoted a senior SIC manager as saying that Shetland's present tertiary education provision could be merged into one entity within 15 months.Time has shown that this estimate was clearly based on rampant optimism.Friday's Shetland Times rep... Read more...