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The Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the national body that invests public money in colleges and universities, is looking to the Gaelic-speaking community for help in developing the language in its work throughout Scotland.
The SFC is keen to learn how people would like it to support Gaelic learning opportunities through the colleges and universities it funds. It also wants to know how it might introduce more Gaelic into its communications with educationalists, students and the wider public and how it can develop greater awareness of the language and culture through its activities as a public body.
It is holding an open consultation on its web site until 8 May and is inviting members of the Gaelic community to attend a consultation event in Glasgow on Monday 27 April.
People wanting to contribute their views to the consultation or to register for the event, which is free of charge, should visit the SFCs website at www.sfc.ac.uk and go to the news section.
Further information is also available by phoning 0131 313 6570 or by emailing lpsadmin@sfc.ac.uk
Petroc ap Seisyllt posted by petroc2
I would suggest that SFC ensure Gaelic provision anywhere in the UK is funded as generously as English provision is for foreigners. ie free or very cheap classes and small class sizes. The Scots are the largest minority in England over 700,000 more than the Irish or Welsh. If a deal can be made with Wales' funding council a reciprocal agreement would allow the subsidised teaching of Welsh in Scotland and vice versa. Welsh speakers are perhaps 50x more likely to learn Gaelic than others. There is also a strong understanding of bilingual issues and good practice should be shared. One interesting scheme allows 3 or 4 months paid study for teachers to train to teach via Welsh - in order to ensure a supply of teachers for the rapidly growing Welsh medium education system. (currently nearly 100,000 in Welsh medium schools, and 300,000 learning Welsh as a second language) As Scotland has a larger population than Wlaes one can forsee similar huge figures in 20 years time - but where will the teachers come from?