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Founded in 1973, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig has become internationally recognised as a National Centre for the Gaelic language and culture.
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is dedicated to supporting the development of research into the Gaelic language and culture. The College's first submission to the Research Assessment Exercise [RAE] in December 2008 saw 15% of research classified as internationally excellent or world-leading in Celtic Studies research.
The College is involved in a number of leading research projects including Ionad Nàiseanta na h-Imrich, the National Centre for Migration Studies, and Soillse, a collaborative research initiative with UHI and the Universities of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Staff at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig are involved in high-level research and possess amongst them 11 doctorates. The College library houses a rich resource of Gaelic, Celtic and Highland-related books and the College also supports a number of PhD studentships.
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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Timothy Currie Armstrong
- Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI - Àrd Òraidiche ann an Gàidhlig agus Conaltradh - Senior Lecturer in Gaelic and Communication
Person: Academic Research Active
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Including the Threatened First-language Gaelic Vernacular Community in Gaelic Promotion and Protection: A Rebuttal to McLeod et al.
Ó Giollagáin, C., Caimbeul, I., Ó Curnáin, B., Camshron, G. & Moireach, P., 10 Feb 2022, In: Scottish Affairs. 31, 1, p. 122 132 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Moving beyond Asocial Minority-Language Policy
Ó Giollagáin, C. & Caimbeul, I., 7 May 2021, In: Scottish Affairs. 30, 2, p. 178-211 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reply to Claire Nance’s review: The Gaelic crisis in the vernacular community: a comprehensive sociolinguistic survey of Scottish Gaelic by Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, Gòrdan Camshron, Pàdruig Moireach, Brian Ó Curnáin, Iain Caimbeul, Brian MacDonald, and Tamás Péterváry, Aberdeen, Aberdeen University Press, 2020
Ó Giollagáin, C. & Ó Curnáin, B., 27 May 2021, 2 p. Clevedon. U.K. : Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.Research output: Other contribution
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Prizes
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Duais Chomunn na Gàidhlig 2005
Armstrong, Timothy Currie (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Duais Chomunn na Gàidhlig 2007
Armstrong, Timothy Currie (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Saltire Society First Book of the Year 2013
Armstrong, Timothy Currie (Recipient), 14 Nov 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Gaelic Education and ITE at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and UhI
Gwen MacQuarrie (Speaker)
7 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Program Choinnich BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
John Decker Forrest (Member)
27 Jun 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Gaelic Fiction: Reading and Discussion
Timothy Currie Armstrong (Speaker)
24 Sep 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press / Media
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TOBAR AN DUALCHAIS: Custom, culture and what accrues – the dresser’s place’
18/04/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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TOBAR AN DUALCHAIS: Bride’s Day, the birthday of spring
1/02/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Scottish Gaelic supporters seek to reverse the language’s rapid decline
26/12/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Student theses
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Bàrdachd Baile an Naoidheamh Linn Deug – Ath-mheasadh
Author: Howieson, I. G., 8 May 2021Supervisor: Bateman, M. (Supervisor) & Cox, R. A. V. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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Supporting community-led digital moving image archives: Between grubby flesh and insubstantial pixel.
Author: Darrell Hewins, M. R., 5 Oct 2021Supervisor: Clarke, S. (Supervisor) & Stiùbhart, D. U. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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Telebhisean mar ghoireas poileasaidh cànain: a chleachdadh aig cloinn dà-chànanaich
Author: NicNèill, C. M., 17 Sep 2018Supervisor: Armstrong, T. C. (Supervisor), Bateman, M. (Supervisor) & Munro, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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