Learning and skills

Argyll: Animal Husbandry Course

Animal Husbandry Course

By the end of this course, you will be able to correctly & safely catch, restrain & perform a health check on sheep, pigs, goats & poultry as well as gaining ‘hands on’ experience for routine healthcare procedures. This will cover techniques involved in routine animal husbandry which will include; foot trimming, shearing, ear tagging, milking (Goats), administering medication.

Argyll: Permaculture Course

Permaculture Design Course

Learn how to creatively (re)design your croft using permaculture principles, with the result that you will get more diverse yields. Permaculture is a sustainable, resilient process which replicates the way nature works - come and find out about it.

The course will be held off site at a permaculture ScotLAND project with students travelling by minibus from the museum.

Please bring packed lunch. Tea & Coffee provided. 
Please bring warm and waterproof clothes.

Local Course Director: Julia Hamilton
Tutor: Ed Tyler

Skye: Sheepdogs Course

Introduction to Sheepdogs Course

This will be an introduction to the care and working of sheepdogs. This will be a practical course where the tutor will demonstrate simple commands. Attendees will be able to under-supervision work the tutor dog. 
If you wish to bring your own dog please make arrangements with course organiser first.

Please bring packed lunch. Tea & Coffee provided. 
Please bring warm and waterproof clothes.

Local Course Director: Janette Sutherland
Tutor: Jimmy Lamont

Argyll: Drystone Dyking Course

Dry Stone Dyking Course

A practical outdoor training course spread over 2 days. The course will be held off site, meeting at Kilmartin Museum.

Please bring:
steel toe capped boots/wellies, waterproof clothing, suncream if a hot day & plenty of bottled water, some heavy rubber type gardening gloves, eye protection - eg builders goggles, these don't need to be worn all the time, just during hammering.

Please also bring a packed lunch, drinks & snacks each day .

Argyll: Felting Course

Introduction to Felting Course

Felting native wool fleece - practical uses for small scale felting projects. We will be using a range of Shetland, Hebridean, North Ronaldsay , Blue Faced Leicester and Texel wool. Teaching transferable skills of wet felting
and needle felting on this experimental workshop.
Lots of samples and ideas to be inspired by.

Tutor: Liz Gaffney-Whaite
Local Course Director: Julia Hamilton

Supported by the Prince’s Countryside Fund

Women who are current or former students of agriculture and related courses are being invited to complete a new survey.

The James Hutton Institute are running the survey as part of a Scottish Government-funded research project looking at women in agriculture.

They are inviting women who are current or former students of agriculture and courses such as agricultural economics, rural business management, equine and horse care and large veterinary practice at college or university level in Scotland to take part in the online survey.

The Carnegie UK Trust are inviting applications for a project which takes a fresh approach to town twinning.

Twin Towns UK will pair towns across the UK with similar characteristics or socio-economic challenges, to consider how to make positive change happen in their communities.

The initiative will support up to ten towns to trial 'twinning' arrangements over an 18-month period.

The Scottish Rural Network supported seven LEADER representatives from Scotland to attend the LINC Conference from the 27 to 29 September 2016 in Dabas, Hungary.

The theme of the event was "pARTicipation" and the promotion of transnational cooperation.  The event brought together Local Action Groups (LAGs) from across Europe to share knowledge and experiences.

DG Unlimited is delighted to announce the launch of a new member’s drop in service, DGU: Connecting With You.  This will help DGU to stay connected with artists and makers across the region.

The sessions will allow individuals to meet with a member of the DGU team, ask any questions they may have, from funding to collaborating with other artists, discuss any support they might need such as training, and share any good news stories.

David McDonald, Arts Development Director for DGU said:

Lantra Scotland is now accepting nominations for its 2017 Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year Awards.

Now in their fourteenth year, the awards celebrate the achievements of the country's most talented Modern Apprentices, trainees, school pupils, mentors and secondary schools.

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