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Support for dental students - Bursary available for those who need to repeat a year

A bursary of up to £6,750 will be offered to dental students who will have to repeat a year.   The support will help mitigate the financial impact on students following the necessary decision taken by Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow Dental Schools to defer graduation.  

Preparing for the future - Setting the direction and shape for agricultural support

Speaking at his annual address at the National Farmers Union of Scotland (NFUS) AGM, Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing set out proposals for legislation on the protection of livestock, proposals for a green recovery and provided farmers and crofters with financial clarity by setting out the payment strategy for 2021.   After a tumultuous year with coronavirus (COVID-19) and Brexit uncertainty, Mr Ewing laid out the key role that farmers and crofters will play in managing Scotland's environment and landscape along with being part of the climate solution.  

Caithness Area Committee - 21 January 2021 - Video

The agenda was hanged to take the Caithness Horizons paper first.   Read the Agenda Read the Supplementary Agenda Item 3: Minutes Report, 124.69 KB Item 5: Police - Area Performance Summary Report, 75.13 KB.  

ICT In Learning Strategy in Highland For Education And Learning 2021

Members of the Council's Education Committee today agreed The Highland Council's ICT in Learning strategy, written in collaboration with Education Scotland, for this year.   The key themes of the strategy are: Empower leaders of change to drive innovation and investment in digital technology for teaching and learning.  

Coronavirus And The Social Impacts On Great Britain: 12 February 2021

This week, over the period 3 to 7 February 2021, based on adults in Great Britain.   Compliance with most measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) remained high, with similar proportions to last week reporting always or often handwashing after returning home (90% this week compared with 89% last week), using a face covering (95% this week compared with 94% last week) and avoiding physical contact when outside their home (93% both this week and last week).  

GDP First Quarterly Estimate, UK: October To December 2020

UK gross domestic product (GDP) in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2020 is estimated to have grown by 1.0%, following revised 16.1% growth in Quarter 3.  Despite two consecutive quarters of growth, the level of GDP in the UK is 7.8% below its Quarter 4 2019 level.  

Coronavirus Covid-19 Daily Data For Scotland - 12 February 2021

830 new cases of COVID-19 reported.   19,184 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 5.2% of these were positive.  

Support For Freelancers And The Events Sector

A further £17.5 million of emergency coronavirus (COVID-19) funding has been allocated to support creative freelancers and the events sector.   Of that, £8.5 million will go towards the events sector - distributed through the Pivotal Event Businesses Fund and the Events Industry Support Fund 2 as well as targeted support – bringing the total additional COVID-19 support for the events sector to £31.5 million.  

Short, medium and long term action plan agreed at Education Committee

At today's (11 February 2021) meeting of the Council's Education Committee, Members agreed on The Highland Council's Education and Learning three-year draft action plan covering short, medium and longer term priorities.  This plan is currently the focus of consultation with all of our Highland schools, and ongoing collaboration with schools will underpin its future development.  

Landmark EU Settlement Scheme Reaches Five Million Applications - 30 June 2021 Deadline

The Home Office has today (11 February 2021) announced it has hit the milestone of five million applications to the EU Settlement Scheme with four months still to go before the deadline of 30 June 2021.   This includes more than 4.5 million applications from England, 252,400 from Scotland, 83,800 from Wales and 81,800 from Northern Ireland up to 31 January 2021.