Gaelic initiative focuses on creating jobs in language's heartlands

A new approach to supporting Gaelic is to focus on creating jobs and strengthening economic growth in areas where the language is traditionally spoken. An action group called Tog - which means "to ...
Irish Central

Gaelic language close to collapse in Scotland

Kate Forbes, a Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) politician who speaks the language, has proposed a scheme that would potentially develop Gaelic-speaking housing estates to preserve the language.
heraldscotland

Scottish language teaching is in decline: This is how we can save it

Teaching a modern language in the UK was once described by the eminent languages educator Eric Hawkins as “gardening in a gale”. But as a languages teacher, the well documented decline in pupils ...
The Scotsman

Language Trends Scotland survey returns for second year

Schools across Scotland invited to contribute to help track evolving picture of international language education. The Language Trends Scotland survey is now open for 2025-26, building on the success ...
heraldscotland

Are languages disappearing from Scotland's schools?

Earlier this month, the German Ambassador raised concerns with the First Minister about the decline in language learning in Scotland. As exclusively revealed by The Herald, Miguel Berger pointed to ...