Perth College UHI
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| Type | College |
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| Established | 1961 |
| Principal | Margaret Munckton |
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Administrative staff
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~500 |
| Students | ~7000 |
| Location | Perth, Scotland |
| Affiliations | University of the Highlands and Islands |
| Website | www.perth.uhi.ac.uk |
Perth College UHI provides further education and higher education in the city of Perth, Scotland, through a main campus, a network of learning centres and by distance learning.
It runs a wide range of courses, including degrees, through its membership of the University of the Highlands and Islands, as well as work-based learning and vocational training. Degrees available include aircraft engineering, music, child and youth studies, social sciences and computing.
Most of Perth College UHI’s students are on taught courses on the main campus in Perth, but learning centres across Perth & Kinross provide local people in Blairgowrie, Crieff, Kinross and in Perth city centre with access to training and education too.
The College owns Air Service Training (AST), which has been delivering aeronautical engineering courses since 1934. AST is UK CAA approved and based at Perth Airport. Staff from many organisations, including British Airways, BMI, Malaysia Airlines, Aer Lingus, Kuwait Airways, Air Mauritius and Air Seychelles have been trained there.
There is a growing community of international students at Perth College UHI, as its English language school courses are approved by the British Council and it is a member of English UK.
Research is conducted on a number of topics, and the College hosts the Centre for Mountain Studies (CMS), established in 2000. The Director of the CMS is Professor Martin Price, who has held the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Mountain Development since 2009. The CMS undertakes research at all scales from the globe to Scotland and has organised many conferences. Since 2004, it has also run an online MSc in Sustainable Mountain Development.
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