News Archive

Under the Microscope activities and When I grow up exhibition

St Fergus Gallery and the Science 03 are delighted to invite you and your friends to visit the gallery to use a microscope to get a closer look at various objects and project the images onto a big wall.  There will be a good selection of objects you can use but feel free to bring some of your own - be it feathers, sea shells or even a wing of a butterfly.  

Earth Hour Event Simple Bushcraft - Fire lighting.

Saturday 19th March.  7pm - 9pm.  

Highland Council primary schools to compete in Scotland-wide Euroquiz

Primary 6 pupils from schools in Highland Council will compete in the local heats of a Scotland-wide quiz on Europe on Wednesday 9 March 2016 which has been organised by the award-winning Scottish European Educational Trust, with the support of the European Parliament Office in the UK.   Thirty three schools will take part in the Highland Council heat, which will take place on 9 March at Dingwall Academy, with pupils arriving from 10am for a 10.30am start.  

Bird haven benefits from work of volunteers

Members of the Caithness Countryside Volunteers have been busy carrying out maintenance work around the bird haven at St Johns pool near Dunnet in Caithness.   While some of the group cut back encroaching trees from the car park area and path others weeded an area in front of the main hide.  

Local Photography Captures the Attention of the NC500

The North Highland Initiative is delighted to announce a new partnership between the North Coast 500 and local, award-winning photographer John Baikie to deliver North Coast 500 Photography Workshops and Tours.   The North Coast 500 is a newly iconic coastal touring route that has been making headlines across the world, putting the north Highlands well and truly on the travel map.  

The John OGroats Trail

The John O Groats Trail (JOGT) is a coastal walking route from Inverness to John O Groats, traversing shorelines, cliff tops, back lanes and footpaths of the Scottish Highlands.   Accommodation, meals and shops are available at the end of most stages of the walk.  

Council Celebrates Earth Hour Award

Ahead of WWFs annual Earth Hour on Saturday 19 March 2016, The Highland Council is again celebrating after being awarded WWF Scotlands Earth Hour Local Authority Runner-up Award for its contribution to the success of Earth Hour in 2015.   Some of the Highlands best known landmarks, including Inverness and Eilean Donan Castles, joined the likes of the Eiffel Tower and Sydney Opera House in switching off for an hour last March.  

Highland Marks 19th of February as #CareDay

A chance to join the Inverness Caley Thistle team in training, a special art exhibition and opportunities for young people to shadow some of Highlands senior public figures will be some of many ways that Highland will be celebrating #CareDay on the 19th February.   The events feature in a series of activities that local leaders are backing as part of their commitment to supporting those who are growing up in or have left care.  

Caithness International Science Festival 2016

The 2016 Festival will get off to a flying start with a busy evening of shows, workshops and prize-giving at the Festival Launch at Pulteneytown Academy School on Tuesday 15th March at 6,30pm.  This is where the pupils that won the design competition will be awarded their prizes that were kindly donated by Tesco, Wick.  

Scottish Government - Inspiring Teachers - Campaign

Case Study: Professor Iain Baikie.   Dynamic chemistry teachers provided the launch pad from which Professor Iain Baikie became a world expert in surface analysis and a successful business owner; developing scientific equipment used by NASA to investigate surface properties on other planets.