Allocate funding for Scots say academics

A group of academics have told the Scottish government that they need to do more to support the Scots language. In a letter to Culture Minister, Linda Fabiani, members of the Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster say they are “astonished” that the Arts Council has decided to withdraw flexible funding to the Scots Language Centre and Scottish Language Dictionaries from next April.


The senior academics from universities in Northern Ireland and Scotland argue that projects undertaken by SLC and SLD, “badly need not only more funding, but more secure funding so that (the organisations) can continue their vital work without fear of cessation”.

The FRLSU is the latest of a number of individuals and organisations that have told the government about their concerns for the future funding of SLC and SLD.

The letter is signed by Derrick McClure, University of Aberdeen; John Kirk, Queens University, Belfast; Iseabail Macleod, former editor, Scottish Language Dictionaries; Robert Millar, University of Aberdeen; Wilhelm Nicolaisen, University of Aberdeen an Moray Watson, Aberdeen