External training opportunities
Higher Education Choices (HEC) conference 5&6 July 2010
Higher Education Choices (HEC) is the only national advisory conference on courses for rural, farming, food or animal-related careers. The conference is targeted at 16-17-year-olds (18-year-olds may attend by arrangement) and is hosted by Harper Adams University College in Shropshire, the largest teaching centre in the UK for such courses.
Lantra Awards: Dry stone walling qualifications
Lantra Awards, one of the UK’s leading awarding organisations in the land-based and environmental sector, has introduced a new suite of Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) qualifications in Dry Stone Walling.
The qualifications have been developed in partnership with the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain (DWSA), supported by Lantra Sector Skills Council and based upon the Dry Stone Walling Association’s Craftsman Certification Scheme.
For more information contact Lantra Awards on 02476 419 703 or visit www.lantra-awards.co.uk.
FarmSkills
FarmSkills courses are a new programme of practical, business-focused workshops available across the country. Run by vets and industry specialists, they concentrate on delivering high-quality information in a hands-on way and can lead to a LANTRA Awards qualification. Workshops are mainly held on farms and in groups of six-eight people.
Diploma in Environmental and Land-based Studies
Diplomas are the most significant development in education since the introduction of GCSEs.
If you live in England, you have the option to study for an exciting new qualification called the Diploma in Environmental and Land-based Studies.
It has been available in some schools and colleges in England since September 2009, and will be available across the whole country by 2013.
Click here to find out more about the diploma