This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week theme is ‘Nature’, and the Mental Health Foundation have shared some of their findings and hopes for this awareness day. It has never been more important for us to be able to access nature, than during the pandemic. Allowing ourselves to enjoy some outdoor space, and connect and interact with nature, is what counts

Our Music and Music Business courses provide a springboard to employment within this creative and diverse sector. Inspired by the opportunities on offer, Helena decided to pursue her passion for music at Perth College UHI. We had a chat with her, to find out a bit more about her journey.

This month we caught up with Clive, our Chef Lecturer from the Food Studies and Hospitality department. His students describe him as a knowledgeable, friendly, enthusiastic and helpful lecturer. Clive has a real passion for cooking, and is always encouraging his students to do their best. Let’s get to know him a little bit better.

A scholarship is a gift which could make an enormous difference to a student’s life. The scholarship opportunities available at Perth College UHI are designed to support students who are committed to their studies and want to develop their skills to reach their full potential.

Not only has Music Business student - Molly Clark - set up her own publishing company, but she has also recently signed fellow Perth College UHI student, Carmen. We had a chat with Molly to find out more about her studies, and to hear how ‘Good Golly Publishing’ came about.

More and more people from across the world are choosing to study at Perth College UHI, because of our international study opportunities. You can choose from an impressive range of top-quality courses from foundation courses, to Honours and Masters degrees

Our Social and Vocational Studies department are a dedicated, qualified and specialist team with extensive experience teaching and supporting students who benefit from additional support for their learning. We caught up with SVS subject leader - Charlie Collie - to find out a bit more about him, and his job.

Katie Mackie is an indie-pop artist hailing from the north east of Scotland who completed her BA Hons in Popular Music during her two years at Perth College UHI.

Nicole came to college straight from school and, alongside her studies, works at the Academy of Sport and Wellbeing. We caught up with her to find out how she progressed through the college, and what her job at the college gym entails.

To celebrate International Woman’s Day today (Monday 8 March 2021) we are showcasing and celebrating women's achievements. We spoke to student Iliana Dimitrova Dimitrova, currently in Year 3 of her BEng (Hons) Aircraft Engineering course.

For #UniMentalHealthDay, our Student Support Team have put together a great blog

To celebrate #EngineersWeek, we had a chat with Alison Field - to find out why she decided to return to education, and to see what her progression plans are.

If you are celebrating #PancakeDay, try our simple and delicious recipe 😋

You can’t go wrong with a simple fudge. This two-tone valentine’s version, only requires four ingredients – so it couldn’t be simpler! ♥️

Gordon – Head Chef at Sodexo – is back with a lovely warming soup recipe, to keep you going through the cold days.

For this month’s Staff Spotlight, we caught up with Sport and Fitness Lecturer - Ollie James - who has worked at Perth College UHI for over a year now. His colleagues describe him as a very funny guy - who dresses up as a dinosaur for team meetings - as well as hard working, conscientious, and caring towards his students. Ollie gives us an insight into his job roles, and his particular dislike of cheese.

Our guest blogger - Claire Nelson, Perth College UHI Counsellor - writes:

So, we are well into January and, by now, our New Year’s resolutions may very well have been thrown out the window. We might have got ourselves into Christmas debt, the joys of Christmas Day are long gone, and it still seems like ages until January payday! Sound familiar? Oh, hello ‘Blue Monday’.

For this week’s student spotlight, we caught up with Lisa Oliver to find out why she decided to do an online course, alongside her part-time job.

Did you know, Friday 1st January is Commitment Day and Saturday 2nd January is Motivation/Inspiration Day? The New Year can be a really good opportunity to evaluate our lives. This year, more than ever.