http://shet.news/qbw38 Copied! SCOTTISH Labourâs Highlands and Islands lead list candidate Rhoda Grant said she remains very concerned at the way the Shetland College merger has been handled without parliamentary checks and balances over its proposed privatisation. Grant has supported the EIS-FELA union and those in the community who want the merged college to be âincorporatedâ and to remain in public hands. The merger is set to go ahead on 1 August. 7 of 14Adverts âIt certainly sounds like a done deal now with no scrutiny of the collegeâs governance arrangements and of how privatisation will affect the staff and future monitoring of the public finances which are invested in the college despite it being a private limited company,â Grant said.