This is certainly true but this is not about the allocation of some global 'Gaelic budget' (which doesn't exist). The CivTech funding (over £5m in all) is specifically directed at promoting technological innovation, in relation to eleven very different policy challenges
05.08.2025 10:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
CivTech Challenge 11.2 — Gaelic language data sparsity — CivTech
Exciting research opportunity - Scottish Government CivTech Challenge 11.2, tackling the sparsity of useful, available data in Gaelic. Overcoming this is essential to build more robust and trustworthy Gaelic language technologies. £650,000 funding available
www.civtech.scot/civtech-11-c...
05.08.2025 10:05 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
A good piece though there are several factual wobbles. Less than a third of Gaelic speakers (not 'most') are over 60, the Gaelic Officers Scheme has now been given a significant boost, and the new legislation is the Scottish Languages Act 2025
03.08.2025 19:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A good piece though there are several factual wobbles. Less than a third of Gaelic speakers (not 'most') are over 60, the Gaelic Officers Scheme has now been given a significant boost, and the new legislation is the Scottish Languages Act 2025
03.08.2025 19:34 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Meal do naidheachd Geraldine!!
01.08.2025 16:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Dùn Èideann!
30.07.2025 14:43 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Edinburgh University had ‘outsized’ role in creating racist scientific theories, inquiry finds
Investigation finds one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities benefited from transatlantic slavery and was haven for white supremacist theories
Pleased this is finally published after I proposed it a few years ago. A lot of work by brilliant colleagues & some expected and some shocking findings. It’ll upset some (it’s a long time ago etc) but if a uni can’t speak truth to its own power what’s its point? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
27.07.2025 06:15 — 👍 82 🔁 31 💬 2 📌 4
Tomorrow's front page 📰
Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
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The Gaelic Books Council Scholarship | Scholarships | University of Stirling
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We are offering a scholarship for an MLitt in Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling for the 2025-26 course (commencing September 2025).
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23.07.2025 13:56 — 👍 6 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
Dàrna dachannan gu bhith nas daoire an Sgìrean Cànain Sònraichte?
Thèid oidhirp a dhèanamh aig Holyrood a dhèanamh nas daoire dàrna dachaigh a cheannach ann an Sgìrean Cànain Sònraichte.
Oidhirp cìs a bharrachd a chur air ceannach dàrna dachannan anns na Sgìrean Cànain Sònraichte a thèid a chomharrachadh fo Achd nan Cànanan Albannach 2025 a chaidh tro Phàrlamaid na h-Alba bho chionn ghoirid
www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
22.07.2025 09:02 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Seo mar a bha e ann an 2021
20.07.2025 17:06 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gun B̶o̶r̶i̶s̶
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Shieldaig, Ros an Iar
20.07.2025 17:06 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Acquisition of Celtic Languages
Cambridge Core - Sociolinguistics - The Acquisition of Celtic Languages
Now published - The Acquisition of Celtic Languages
Includes 4 chapters on Scottish Gaelic, covering phonology, vocabulary, morphology and syntax, and sociocultural and policy dimensions (last one by me)
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20.07.2025 17:02 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Rannan Chloinne / Children's Verses
Call for Scottish Gaelic Poems for Children. Rannan Chloinne / Children's Verses.
Tha sinn a’ sireadh bàrdachd Ghàidhlig ùr a tha ag amas air clann aig aois na bun-sgoile airson cruinneachadh ùr. Thèid £300 a phàigheadh airson gach dàn a thèid a thaghadh. ’S e Pàdraig MacAoidh (Am Makar) an neach-deasachaidh. Fiosrachadh slàn:
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/rannan-chloi...
14.07.2025 09:09 — 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
Fatcat uni boss owns £1m Wimbledon home but lives rent-free on skint employer
Sir Peter Mathieson is also the director of five companies and doesn't know his own salary.
13.07.2025 05:00 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Thig a dh’obair còmhla rinn!
Tha Faclair na Gàidhlig a’ sireadh Neach-deasaichidh:
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Le taic bho @bordnagaidhlig.bsky.social agus Comhairle Maoineachaidh na h-Alba.
11.07.2025 11:52 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Scots Language Centre plunged into crisis as board resigns over payments row
THE Scots Language Centre is facing closure amid criminal allegations, board resignations, halted operations, and concerns over the future of public…
EXCLUSIVE: The Scots Language Centre is in danger 🚨
The leading organisation tasked with promoting + supporting Scots is facing closure amid criminal allegations, board resignations, staff not being paid, and concerns over the future of public funding
10.07.2025 11:29 — 👍 5 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 2
A' chuairt-litir as ùire againn - fios mu thachartasan agus adhartas na h-iomairt airson ionad Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann
Our latest newsletter - update on events and progress with our campaign for a Gaelic hub in Edinburgh
mailchi.mp/cf965bd05a59...
08.07.2025 12:30 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Bòrd na Gàidhlig announces funding for 27 Gaelic officers as scheme reopens
Scotland's Gaelic promotional body will fund almost 30 new jobs as part of a national development scheme which was almost axed
04.07.2025 08:16 — 👍 33 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
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Fosgailte airson ⏳24 UAIR A THÌDE⏳ a-mhàin agus thèid a dhùnadh aig 12f a-màireach, Diardaoin, 26.06.25!
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25.06.2025 13:27 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The Scottish Languages Act: opportunities and challenges
The Scottish Languages Act passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament this week is the most important language legislation for Gaelic in twenty years and the first ever for the Scots language. T…
My analysis of the Scottish Languages Act 2025, passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament this week. It mostly deals with Gaelic but also makes some provision for Scots.It's a complex,incrementalist measure whose significance will only become clear over time
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...
20.06.2025 16:59 — 👍 25 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 1
BBC Alba expands into Gaelic feature films after success of island crime drama
Gaelic broadcaster BBC Alba is to expand into feature film production on the back of international interest its first big-budget drama series.
🎥 BBC Alba reveals plans to expand into Gaelic film production on the back of the international success of its first big-budget drama - as it confirms a second season of An t-Eilean is in development. 🎥
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2525559... @heraldscotland.bsky.social
22.06.2025 11:16 — 👍 21 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
SMO "deiseil ceum eile a ghabhail"
Chuir Prionnsabal Sabhal Mòr Ostaig fàilte air a' mholadh gum bi cead aig a' cholaiste Ghàidhlig ceumannan a thoirt seachad air a ceann fhèin.
BBC: SMO "deiseil ceum eile a ghabhail"
Chuir Prionnsabal Sabhal Mòr Ostaig fàilte air a' mholadh gum bi cead aig a' cholaiste Ghàidhlig ceumannan a thoirt seachad air a ceann fhèin.
@gaidhlig
Tùs: https://www.bbc.com/naidheachdan/sgeulachdan/cy5wlkpv2l1o
#Gàidhlig #naidheachdan #Gaelic
20.06.2025 14:23 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Large number of UCU members at Edinburgh rally
Incredible support for our staff at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social on picket lines today in their fight against management's plans to slash budgets and jobs ✊
20.06.2025 13:11 — 👍 72 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 5
The Scottish Languages Act: opportunities and challenges
The Scottish Languages Act passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament this week is the most important language legislation for Gaelic in twenty years and the first ever for the Scots language. T…
My analysis of the Scottish Languages Act 2025, passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament this week. It mostly deals with Gaelic but also makes some provision for Scots.It's a complex,incrementalist measure whose significance will only become clear over time
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...
20.06.2025 16:59 — 👍 25 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 1
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