Dear Jessica

Thank you for your enquiry, which has been received and logged as a
request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002.  

Please quote reference number FOI 0016 should you need to contact the
College regarding this request. 

A response will be sent to you promptly and in any case not later than 20
working days after the date we received your enquiry. The College will
make every effort to provide you with the information requested; if any
clarification is required, the College will contact you as soon as
possible. 

In some circumstances, it may not be possible to provide you with an
answer to your enquiry. Where the College believes this is the case, you
will be informed in writing, stating the reason(s). 

If the information you are seeking is already published by the College, or
is otherwise available to members of the public, you will be sent details
outlining how to access the information. 

If you have any questions regarding your request for information, then
please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Joanna Paterson

Joanna Paterson | Seonag NicPhàdruig

Information Rights Officer | Oifigear
Chòraichean Fiosrachaidh

My working pattern is Monday to Thursday, 8
– 5
   

Email: [1][UHI NWH request email] [2]nwh.uhi.ac.uk

Phone: 0778 8460815 Scottish charity no. SC021215
 

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Dear Jessica

I refer to your request for information received on 14 February request
number FOI 006.

Please find our response as follows:

┌───┬───────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐
│  │Request: │Response: │
├───┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│1 │Do you offer at least one │No, UHI North, West and Hebrides │
│ │foreign language A-Level course│(UHI NWH) does not offer ‘A-level’ │
│ │for 16-19-year-olds? │courses. A-levels are usually │
│ │ │delivered in England. UHI NWH is a │
│ │ │College in Scotland. │
├───┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│1.1│Which foreign languages are │UHI NWH does not offer any foreign │
│ │taught? │language A-levels. │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │  │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │UHI NWH does teach Higher Gaelic │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │  │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │(UHI NWH offers this information │
│ │ │voluntarily. UHI NWH does not │
│ │ │consider Gaelic to be a foreign │
│ │ │language, but it is included here as│
│ │ │the only language taught by UHI │
│ │ │NWH). │
├───┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│1.2│How many students aged 16-19 │Zero. UHI NWH does not offer any │
│ │currently take each foreign │foreign language A-levels. UHI NWH │
│ │language course (breakdown by │does not offer A-levels. │
│ │language if multiple)? │ │
│ │ │  │
├───┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│1.3│How many students aged 16-19 │Zero. UHI NWH does not offer any │
│ │currently take any foreign │foreign language A-levels. UHI NWH │
│ │language course in total? │does not offer A-levels. │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │  │
├───┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│2 │If you do not currently offer a│No, UHI NWH has never offered │
│ │foreign language A-Level, did │foreign language A-levels. │
│ │you previously? │ │
│ │ │  │
├───┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│2.1│If so, what year was that │N/A │
│ │stopped? │ │
├───┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│3 │Details: │  │
├───┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│3.1│Address │UHI North, West & Hebrides, │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │Registered Office : Ormlie Road, │
│ │ │Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7EE │
├───┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│3.2│Local authority │ • Highland Council │
│ │ │ • Comhairle nan Eilean Siar │
├───┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│3.3│Total pupils taking A-Levels │Zero, UHI NWH does not offer │
│ │ │‘A-level’ courses. A-levels are │
│ │ │usually delivered in England. UHI │
│ │ │NWH is a College in Scotland. │
├───┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│3.4│Type of FE institution (e.g. │College │
│ │college, sixth form etc) │ │
└───┴───────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘

Your right to seek a review of our decision

If you are not satisfied with our response or our reasoning set out above,
you have forty working days in which to request a review of our decision.
Any request should be put in writing and should be sent to me at the
address detailed at the bottom of this email. Your request should: 

(a)        describe the nature of your original request; and 

(b)        explain the reasons why you are not satisfied with our
response.  

You can read more about your rights in relation to the review process at
the Scottish Information Commissioner’s website here: [1]Asking the
authority for a review | Scottish Information Commissioner
(itspublicknowledge.info)

Finally, should you wish to discuss the contents of this response then
please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Joanna Paterson

Joanna Paterson | Seonag NicPhàdruig

Information Rights Officer | Oifigear
Chòraichean Fiosrachaidh

My working pattern is Monday to Thursday, 8
– 5
   

Email: [2][UHI NWH request email] [3]nwh.uhi.ac.uk

Phone: 0778 8460815 Scottish charity no. SC021215
 

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