Learning and skills

People from across the country can now apply to take part in Scottish Enterprise's Rural Leadership Programme.

This year Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) have joined forces with Scottish Enterprise to offer 15 places on the programme to people from Highlands and Islands businesses.

The Rural Leadership Programme is being expanded to the Highlands and Islands.

Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise have joined forces, giving people involved in rural businesses in the Highlands and Islands the opportunity to join the popular 13-day programme.  

How to measure and value your own wood - a practical field day

Sponsored by Tayforth Machinery Ring

This is a great “hands on” opportunity to learn how to value your own woods and to discuss ideas for making best use of your farm woodlands.

Morning

Visit log burning biomass boiler – debate logs v chips. Visit farm woodlands brought into management to supply logs for the biomass boiler.

Coffee 10.30 for 11.00 start

12.30/13.30 picnic lunch

Venue: Old Leckie Farm, Gargunnock, FK8 3BN, (Off the A811)

Afternoon

In our short video, Michael Halliday shares his experiences of the Rural Leadership Programme and travelling abroad to learn about farming in other countries.

Michael used to be a dairy farmer and is now an agricultural consultant. In the video, he tells us about the benefits of taking part in the Scottish Enterprise Rural Leadership Programme.

The current funding round of the Food for Thought Education Fund closes for applications at the end of May.

A series of LEGO Robotics Workshops are taking place this summer at New Lanark.

The workshops are part of New Lanark's programme of activities linked to Brick City - an exhibition of over 60 models made from an estimated half-a-million LEGO Bricks. The exhibition will be on display from 28 June to 9 August.

The Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick has shared proposals to create a National Marine Centre for Scotland.

Working with partners across the country, the new centre will transform the Seabird Centre to explore marine life above and below the waves - including seabirds. The project will cost around £5.5 million and focuses on delivering new and better education and conservation programmes at the Centre and nationwide. The National Marine Centre is a working title.

Pupils from Inchture Primary School in Perthshire recently visited the factory where Mackie's Crisps are produced.

The trip to the factory at Taypack, near Errol, was organised by the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) as part of their mission to give every school pupil in Scotland the chance to learn about food, farming and the countryside.

A free two day training workshop run by Scottish Rural Action, the organisation behind the Scottish Rural Parliament, seeks to train and support new and existing rural campaigners.

The training is supported by the Voluntary Action Fund and led by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK), which has 12 years’ experience of training and supporting campaigners across the UK and Europe.

At the end of the two days participants will gain an understanding of:

How to Run a Rural Campaign

This two day workshop will equip each participant with the skills to bring about change at a local or national level.

Participants will gain an understanding of:

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