University Of The Highlands And Islands

UHI Inverness is to open a Sustainable Construction Centre backed by SSEN after leasing a prominent commercial unit in the city from Highland property investment and development company Ark Estates. The university has secured funding from the SSEN Regional Community Benefit Fund towards the cos

UHI Inverness has secured premises for a new Sustainable Construction Centre as part of ambitious plans to expand its curriculum and campus estate to meet training demands. It has concluded the lease of a former equipment hire unit in Harbour Road, Inverness, to be transformed into a modern campus,

Construction on Moray Council's flagship South Street regeneration project in Elgin will start in early 2025.

A new training hub has opened at UHI Inverness to upskill the next generation of heating and plumbing installers in green technologies. The Renewable Energy Training Hub is equipped with the very latest air source heat pump systems, provided by manufacturing industry partners Panasonic, Samsung and

Scotland’s electrical bodies have praised the “incredible spirit” of four talented young electrical apprentices in reaching the finals of the prestigious SkillELECTRIC competition. The Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) and trade association SELECT have both hail

In a remarkable achievement for Scotland’s plumbing and heating profession, apprentice plumbers Shaun Wilcox and Shay Ewing from Moray College, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), have qualified for the SkillPLUMB 2024 UK finals. The duo excelled in the SkillPLUMB Scotti

Pupils from Lochgilphead High School will try their hands at joinery, roofing, plumbing, and brickwork when they attend a series of traditional skills workshops funded and delivered by Argyll and Bute Council’s Lochgilphead Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS).

The first students of a new course that was introduced to address the skills shortage in the civil engineering industry had plenty to celebrate at their graduation ceremony when they were all guaranteed job offers. The graduation was held at the Balloch campus of UHI Inverness to celebrate the very

Global engineering, design and sustainability consultancy Ramboll held its first UK SPARK innovation challenge in Glasgow last month.

A vision for the regeneration of the South Street area of Elgin will be displayed at a public exhibition this weekend. Moray Council, alongside its development partners Robertson Property Ltd (RPL) and UHI Moray, is sharing the designs on Saturday 16 December 2023 between 10am and 2pm, at 118 H

A collaboration between four Scottish colleges and industry partners will deliver a new course to respond to the need to expand the civil engineering workforce to build the infrastructure projects set by the Scottish Government. An innovative partnership approach has developed the first CECA Scotlan

SMEs working across manufacturing and construction in the Highlands and Islands are being invited to get hands-on experience with newly purchased, cutting-edge technology. With the goal of strengthening the advanced manufacturing capabilities of SMEs in the Highlands and Islands, Make it Smart Hub,

A UHI Inverness painting and decorating lecturer has won a Mentor of the Year award and donated his £1000 prize money to a cancer charity in memory of a much-missed late colleague. Mark Mitchell has been named Lecturer Mentor of the Year 2022 by professional painting tools manufacturer Purdy.

An innovative and strong partnership approach to delivering the first Modern Apprenticeship (MA) in Building Standards is helping to address a major skills shortage in Building Standards across Scotland. ESP has worked with Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS), Scottish Government, UH

Two UHI Inverness graduates have got their careers in the construction industry off to a flying start by securing jobs in an architecture practice within 48 hours of completing their studies. Jody Smart from Inverness and Simon Praill from Ardross finished their BSc (Hons) in Architectural Technolog