Lews Castle College sets up new education hub

Lews Castle College has announced the formation of an education hub to bring together teaching, research and scholarship.

 

Based at the Stornoway campus of the University of the Highlands and Islands, the new unit will dovetail current teaching to deliver an online Masters degrees in Education (MEd) and in Digital Pedagogy, along with teacher training awards and supervision on doctoral research.

 

The success of the MEd programme, which is led from Stornoway, demonstrates a growing interest from education professionals in schools, colleges and universities to enhance their skills.

 

Announcing the initiative, Principal Iain MacMillan said: 'There is a clearly a demand that is ideally satisfied by part-time and online study. The demands of modern lifestyles and careers mean busy professionals need to keep up-to-date but are finding less space to do that through ‘conventional’ routes.

 

'We are pleased to see registrations for our degree modules being recognised across the globe as well as in the national educational sectors.'

 

Although research projects and PhD supervision have been undertaken at Lews Castle College UHI for more than two decades, this new initiative will lead to the discipline of education being recognised in its own right.

 

Previously, education was studied as part of another main discipline. The new unit will provide a consistent and continuous platform for learners to progress in their studies and will further enhance the role of Lews

 

Castle College as a key provider in the University of the Highlands and Islands.

 

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Lews Castle College UHI Principal Iain Macmillan pictured outside the main campus entrance and in the walled garden at the college, October 2015. NO_T37_UHI

 

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