Courses for 2010 - New Skills, Fresh Start!

A wide range of flexible Degree, Postgraduate, Evening, Short and Professional Development courses available in January 2010 from Lews Castle College UHI, for further information on these courses please click here.
Please check back for more updates throughout 2010!

We have been educating the people of the Outer Hebrides and students from all over Scotland for over fifty years, originally in the historic Lews Castle, now in brand new campuses, as a part of the UHI, Scotland's newest and most exciting higher education institute.  Many of our courses have been developed for online delivery so that you can study them wherever you live.  If you already live in the islands, we can help you achieve qualifications that will allow you to start a career or a trade, or improve your professional development and promotion prospects.

Download the College Prospectus

The college prospectus is available for download here.
The prospectus contains 44 pages in PDF format.  File size is approximately 2MB.  If your computer cannot read PDF files you can download Adobe Reader.

Research Seminars

The Autumn 2009 Research Seminar series is now available to view online.  Topics include the ecology of fisheries in the Antarctic, A landscape through time & the lessons of a startup.

Closer than you think!

This short video shows what the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) has to offer prospective students. 
The language & culture coupled with spectacular scenery, unspoilt beaches, wildlife and challenging outdoor pursuits makes this a unique and interesting place to study.
Why not visit our course pages to see if we have the course to suit you.

ILA Scotland

ILA Scotland is a Scottish Government scheme that helps you pay for learning that you can do at a time, place, pace and in a way to suit you.  It’s for people who have an income of £22,000 a year or less, or who are on benefits.  If you are 16 or over and living in Scotland, you could get up to £500 towards the cost of learning with a learner account from ILA Scotland.  For further information please click here.

Access your college files from anywhere -

The MyUHI remote desktop service provides a virtual desktop on any internet connected computer giving Lews Castle College students secure remote access to their college files and applications from anywhere using a standard web browser.  Use applications such as Microsoft® Word, Excel & Powerpoint without installing them, even copy files from a home computer to college.  You can also access internal college resources such as Library journals, SCRAN and email.  For further information please click here.