Gaelic-speaking students in the Highlands and Islands are being given a stronger voice.
The Highlands and Islands Students’ Association (HISA) has launched the Gaelic Representation Project to help it become a bilingual organisation.
Funding from Bòrd na Gàidhlig will enable Gaelic-speakers and learners to fully engage with HISA in Gaelic if they wish.
Andrew Bowie, HISA vice president for higher education, said: “Widening representation for all our students has always been one of my top priorities this year, and I am delighted our Gaelic speakers will be able to benefit from this project as we work with them to understand their unique experiences as students.
“I am really optimistic this project will not only have some significant benefits for our students who study or speak Gaelic, but for Gaelic culture across the Highlands and Islands as a whole.
“It is important HISA plays its role in the development and resurgence of Gaelic and I’m very proud HISA and the Gaelic students of the Highlands and Islands will be leading the way with this groundbreaking project.”
Anna Smith, a third year student at the Gaelic college Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, said: “Gàidhlig has been an integral part of my time at university, and in my life in general.
“As a student at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, it’s a natural and easy thing to speak Gàidhlig everywhere I go.”
