Hopefully the growth of fluency in other languages will increase as Gaelic medium education grows. We already have Àrd-sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu 😊 'S e amadan a th' aige.

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Tell us what you are up to during Get the Nation Learning Week! We want to make as much noise as possible to showcase the benefits of learning on the economy and society. Make sure to use the #GetTheNationLearning hashtag to tell us your plans for the week. And stay tuned for lots more from us...

Wonderful that this drystone sculpture, na Dorsan (the doors) commemorating the legacy of the Clearances on the Isle of Lewis, won the public vote for excellence in public sculpture. @pssatweets.bsky.social

I have been busy preparing for the 4th Artist-Teacher in Adult Community Learning Conference, taking place online on 21st March 2026. This year’s theme, Making Space! Abstract submissions open Monday, 17th November 2025! @nsead.bsky.social

Just spotted the Cross Inn in an i Weekend newspaper feature on 'The 20 best cosy pubs for autumn". Ness is described as remote with freezing winds and nights that last almost all day.🙄 How do folk cope? #IsleofLewis #Hebrides #CrossInn

Sad to learn of Brian Patten's death. The Mersey Sound poetry collection was one of the first books I bought for myself. I read it so many times over the years. #BrianPatten #TheMerseySound #Poetry

In the 1840s the Galson estate on Lewis was cleared for sheep. Most people were put onto emigration ships to Canada. Finally in 2007 - a community buyout. This commemorative sculpture by Will Maclean & Marian Leven is shortlisted for Marsh Award. If it moves you pls vote. pssauk.org/2025-pssa-ma...

Celebrating this old boy on #InternationalDogDay.

#TiumpanHead Lighthouse #IsleofLewis #NationalLighthouseDay. Great place for spotting whales, dolphins and other sealife.

Today is #NationalLighthouseDay in the USA but this is the #MuseumofScottishLighthouses in Fraserburgh, Scotland.

#PostboxSaturday High Street, Grantown-on-Spey

#AdoorableThursday in the shepherd's hut bothy on the #ShiantIsles. Only puffins, kittiwakes, other seabirds and sheep for company.

#WindowsonWednesdays in the shepherd's house bothy on the #ShiantIsles.

This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.

let’s get petition to 5K. Only 229 to go. As well as this write to your MP, DCMS + all broadcasters BBC ITV Ch4 Ch5 (iTN), Sky. Don’t forget radio too &OFCOM. Let them know we want plural coverage in a multi party country. No over platforming Democracy at stake petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

#Noculescent clouds are in the news today. This photo is from #Ness, #IsleofLewis, taken in July 2024.

Heads up, you do NOT need to be affiliated with a college or university to get access to JSTOR! Here's how to sign up as an independent researcher! You can read up to 100 articles per month. You cannot download or print PDFs. All of this is FREE. support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/art...

The C&G report shows that investment in adult education is now 40% less in real-terms vs 2010. That's bad BUT in 2008 the loss of 1.5 million adult learner places in the previous two years prompted a multi-agency campaign. It's a continuing and catastrophic decline. tinyurl.com/ye3nsmax

📣 PM open letter - adult education isn’t an extra, it’s essential. Dipa Ganguli OBE, CEO & Principal, just sent an open letter to the PM demanding a proper funding strategy for adult learners. Read: www.wmcollege.ac.uk/funding-for-... Contact your MP #AdultEd #SkillsCrisis #LifelongLearning

Hello people of #booksky ! I am asking for responses to my survey looking into book reader culture in Scotland. If you are an adult in Scotland who considers yourself a reader, please fill out my quick survey! On average so far, it takes about 4 minutes to fill it out. forms.office.com/e/WR37aGcjFF

We all rely on a reliable, affordable postal service, including the Highlands and Islands. Https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701850

North East Hampshire, North Northumberland and Brighton Pavillion lead the petition signatures as we reach nearly 4,100. Let’s keep it going and send a message loud and clear that we demand fair coverage and not overplatforming of one party. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

An interesting read with links #BookSky #Hebrides: www.thebottleimp.org.uk/issues/issue...

Yay! Garden favourite is in bloom. #passiflora #passionflower

Sign the Get the Nation Learning Charter! ✍️ This is a chance for your organisation to lead by example in getting the nation learning, building a future where everyone can learn throughout life. Read the charter and add your name: getthenationlearning.org.uk/get-the-nati... #GetTheNationLearning

Know an organisation or individual with inspiring #lifelonglearning achievements? Nominations for the Get the Nation Learning awards are now live! ✨ Building on the legacy of Festival of Learning, the awards are the biggest celebration of lifelong learning in England. #GetTheNationLearning

This wooden postbox caught my eye. It's in the entrance to Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. #PostboxSaturday

Beautiful craftsmanship around the Ness Fishery Memorial in #PortofNess, #IsleofLewis #WallsonWednesday

Seen on a postbox in Leeds #PostboxSaturday #PennyBlackDay @letterappsoc.bsky.social

We're looking for inspiring and talented people to join our brilliant Board of Trustees at Action for Happiness - know anyone you'd recommend? actionforhappiness.org/trustee-vaca...

No frills at #Stornoway's busy Post Office on Francis Street in the town centre. #PostboxSaturday

Low mist in the #IsleofLewis at the start or another glorious sunny day.

#TheQueenofDirtIsland by #DonalRyan was the opposite of a page turner for me - in a very good way. The writing was rich and each short chapter was to be savoured. #BookSky 💙📚

#Arnish Lighthouse #IsleofLewis #Hebrides #AdoorableThursday

"A cut in adult education budgets coinciding with challenging new benefit rules will remove a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable in our communities." Read @simonparkinson.bsky.social response to the government's Spring Statement: www.wea.org.uk/news-views/n... #SpringStatement

📣HOLEX stands by its concerns on adult skills funding cuts—100,000 learning places lost. Full funding is vital to boost careers, skills & workforce strength. No adult should be left behind. #LifelongLearning #StandUp4AdultEd

Cuts upon cuts for adult learning for far too long and just when there is so much need for it. #EduSky #Adultlearning tinyurl.com/5n8wyjau

HOLEX is delighted to welcome Stephen Evans from @learnworkuk.bsky.social; talking about how #AdultEducation can be the golden thread throughout so many policy areas and themes, with so many wider benefits beyond ‘just’ learning! 👏

@acitizenshipt.bsky.social One for your members?

Math fhèin!

My lovely, very modest, BAFTA-winning cousin directed this film on at #HebdenBridge this Saturday: hebdenbridgepicturehouse.co.uk/movies/kim-c...

Still time to sign up for this Thursday's webinar exploring the current policy landscape for adult learning. #lifelonglearning #adulteducation

A painting of stained glass in the #ItalianChapel in #Orkney. Italian prisoners of war built it out of 2 converted Nissen Huts during WWII. It's a stunning place. #StainedGlassSunday.

When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”

NEW BLOGPOST: Is there anywhere that runs lifelong learning courses that includes things like the stuff science has discovered since I left school in the 1990s? cambridgetownowl.com/2025/02/23/a... They used to have such things in the olden days.

World Gaelic Week. Math fhèin!

If you have ever thought about what makes a place special you might like my short film at www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgDJ... I look at the Hebrides, Orkney, & Shetland, starting from my own village in Galson. @oneplacestudies.bsky.social