Scottish Gaelic News

Champions group to promote Scottish studies in schools

Source: BBC

A new group of academics and cultural specialists has been formed to promote Scottish studies in schools and across wider society.

It comes ahead of the launch of the Scottish government's national online resource, Studying Scotland.

Champions group to promote Scottish studies in schools

Scottish Government to fund demand for Gaelic in Glasgow

Source: The Scotsman

MOTHBALLED classrooms are to be re-opened as part of a £200,000 initiative to meet the rising demand for Gaelic education.

The Scottish Government is helping to fund work at the Glasgow Gaelic School's Woodside campus, which it says has been prompted by increasing interest in Gaelic medium education.

Scottish Government to fund demand for Gaelic in Glasgow

Bringing home the benefit of learning in Gaelic

Source: The Herald

The characters are instantly recognisable to any Scots child; the dialogue less so. But in the Murray household it is not only Anna, Beth and Calum following the adventures of Padraig Post. Father Andrew and mother Catriona may well cock an ear to test how much they can pick up.

The couple are part of the growing band of non-Gaelic speakers immersing themselves in the language after having sent their children to Gaelic primary schools.

Bringing home the benefit of learning in Gaelic

New website launched for Gaelic teachers

Source: Stornoway Gazette

A NEW website for people interested in Gaelic teaching was launched at the Scottish Learning Festival at the SECC in Glasgow today (Wednesday).

www.gaelicteaching.com is part of Bòrd na Gàidhlig's commitment to education and the recruitment of Gaelic teachers and will provide information on Gaelic education, teacher training, learning Gaelic, funding opportunities, interesting case studies and useful links to a range of education sites.

New website launched for Gaelic teachers

BBC Alba looking to train Gaelic-speaking talent for new soap

Source: The Stage

BBC Alba, the new Gaelic television channel launching next month, is on the hunt for a long-running soap as part of its commitment to broadcasting original drama.

A new Scottish Gaelic soap would be the first since Machair, which ran for six years and came to an end in 1998.

Alan Esslemont, BBC Alba's head of content, said production of original drama formed part of the channel's strategy and revealed discussions had taken place with a number of independent production companies in Scotland about potential ideas for a long-running series.

However, Esslemont admitted writing in Gaelic for television needed more work. He revealed an initiative offering training to new Gaelic-speaking talent in acting and writing, with a view to employing them on a soap, was being considered.

BBC Alba looking to train Gaelic-speaking talent for new soap

Gaelic television agrees new TV deal for Challenge Cup

Source: The Scotsman

GAELIC television's coverage of Scottish football has been strengthened with the agreement of a sponsorship deal with the Scottish Football League which will see a semi-final and the final of the League Challenge Cup screened live on the new BBC Gaelic channel.

MG Alba, a body previously known as the Gaelic Media Service which makes Gaelic television programmes, is the new title sponsor of the Challenge Cup which will now be renamed the Alba Challenge Cup.

Gaelic television agrees new TV deal for Challenge Cup

Petition to Scottish Rugby

After the successful attempt to get the Gaelic word for Scotland 'Alba' onto the Scottish National Football shirts, a new petition has been launched to do the same for Rugby.

The online petition can be signed with or without comments.

The petition states:

"We the undersigned, call upon the Scottish Rugby Union to proudly display 'Alba' (the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland), alongside Scotland, on the front of the national rugby team shirt."

This petition is sure to gain media attention so do your bit by taking a minute to sign it!

Sign the Petition

Gaelic school a victim of success

Source: The Evening Times Online

PUPIL numbers at Glasgow Gaelic School are at an all-time high.

But the popularity of the school has landed education bosses with a problem - they cannot find enough fluent Gaelic-speaking teachers.

Gaelic school a victim of success

Welsh and Gaelic are official EU tongues

Source: The Times Online

Welsh and Scottish Gaelic will soon be echoing around the European Union's corridors of power under an agreement that Britain is about to sign with its EU partners. The deal, which could be rubber-stamped as early as Tuesday, will mean that individuals will be able to write to the EU's Council of Ministers in either language - and that the Council, where governments take political and legislative decisions, will have to reply in the same tongue.

Welsh and Gaelic are official EU tongues

Gaelic dictionary 'a great asset'

Source: The BBC

A new dictionary of Gaelic will be as important as "great art collections" held by national galleries, a university figure has said.

Strathclyde's Boyd Robertson, convener of the Faclair na Gaidhlig project steering group, commented ahead of the launch of a business plan for it.

The aim is to produce a dictionary on a par with the Scottish National and Oxford English dictionaries.

Gaelic dictionary 'a great asset'

Parliament's logo adopts Gaelic

Source: The Herald

The Scottish Parliament was officially rebranded yesterday, with the phrase Parlamaid na h-Alba attached to all its proceedings.

The Gaelic phrase became an integral part of the parliament's logo for the first time, but the Holyrood authorities were quick to point out that they had spent no extra money on the change.

Parliament's logo adopts Gaelic

Gaelic gets creative with new £8m centre

Source: The Herald

An £8m centre for Gaelic creative industries aimed at supplying talent and training to the new Gaelic digital channel is due to be opened by First Minister Alex Salmond on Skye today.

Fas - Gaelic for growth - is the latest addition to Skye's Gaelic College, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, and will provide a state-of-the-art creative/ media environment, including a full broadcast-standard digital television recording studio, sound-recording studio,theatre and post- production facilities.

Gaelic gets creative with new £8m centre

The Gaelic Job

Source: The Sunday Herald

ALAN ESSLEMONT has a big job to do. If the future of Scotland's Gaelic digital television station is to be assured, its head of content must make your ordinary Scot tune in to the new station on a regular basis. And if that wasn't hard enough, he has only 15 months to make this happen.

Welcome to The Gaelic Job, which Esslemont says he is more than happy to be tackling. He promises the new station - which was given the go-ahead last week - will "move the image of Gaelic in Scottish society onwards, creating a new atmosphere and identity", while also "giving people across Scotland what they want: a decent programme to watch on TV at eight o'clock or nine o'clock."

The Gaelic Job

Gaelic TV survey is 'encouraging'

Source: The BBC

The organisation behind plans to set up a Gaelic digital television channel has said it is encouraged by the latest study into its potential audience.

In a survey of 1,001 people across Scotland, conducted for the Gaelic Media Service (GMS), 5% said they spoke the language well.

A further 7% said they knew a few words, while almost half said they would tune into a Gaelic channel.

Gaelic TV survey is 'encouraging'

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