Perth College UHI provides

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and

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in the city of

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Scotland, through a main campus and by

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. Courses include degrees, through its membership of the

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, as well as work-based learning and vocational training. Degrees available include aircraft engineering, music, child and youth studies, social sciences and computing. The College owns

Air Service Training Air Service Training (AST) is an organisation in Perth, Scotland, that has been training engineers and pilots for airlines, maintenance organisations and the military since 1931.

(AST), which has been delivering aeronautical engineering courses since 1934. AST is UK CAA approved and based at

Perth Airport Perth Airport is an international, domestic and general aviation airport serving Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. It is the fourth busiest airport in Australia measured by passenger movements and falls within the boundaries o ...

. Staff from organisations including

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, BMI,

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, Kuwait Airways,

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and

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have been trained there. Its English language school is a member of English UK and courses are approved by the

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Research

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.

History

The College started in the old Academy building on Perth’s Rose Terrace in 1961 offering day-time further education (FE) courses in building trades, before expanding into a centre in Nelson Street (site of the Southern District School) soon afterwards. Originally called Perth Technical College, the institution went on to be called Perth College of Further Education. After incorporation it was changed to Perth College. Due to its involvement in the

it is now Perth College UHI. Gaining university status in 2011 has allowed the institution to award degrees for university courses. The first part of its Crieff Road campus — the Brahan Building — was officially opened on 16 October 1971 by the then Secretary of State for Scotland,

Gordon Campbell Gordon Muir Campbell, (born January 12, 1948) is a retired Canadian diplomat and politician who was the 35th mayor of Vancouver from 1986 to 1993 and the 34th premier of British Columbia from 2001 to 2011. He was the leader of the British Co ...

. Built on the site of the Pullars’ (of dry-cleaning fame) family home, the College cost £1.25 million and had 24 full-time lecturers teaching 700 students.

Current structure

Today Perth College UHI employs around 500 full-time and part-time teaching and non-teaching staff and has around 9000 student enrolments. Previously run by the local authority, it is now governed by a Board of Management made up of the Principal, staff representatives and volunteers from business, education and the wider community in and around

Perth and Kinross Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland ...

Notable alumni

Graeme Pallister Graeme Pallister is a Scottish chef and restaurateur from Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross. He is currently owner and chef patron at 63 Tay Street and chef patron at No.1 The Bank, both in Perth. His cooking career began in 1994 at Kinloch Hous ...

, chef

References

External links

Perth College UHI websitePerth College UHI on FacebookPerth College UHI on TwitterUniversity of the Highlands and Islands websiteAST website
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