Decision due on Scottish colleges merger
18 May 2012
Scottish Agricultural College and Scottish land-based colleges Elmwood, Oatridge and Barony are set to merge to combine their expertise.
Kent College secures grower sponsors for three-year management apprenticeship programme
Scottish Agricultural College and Scottish land-based colleges Elmwood, Oatridge and Barony are set to merge to combine their expertise.
Local school children in Kent lent a hand in turning apples into apple juice at the Living Land event held at the Kent Showground in Detling earlier this month (9 May).
The buoyant production horticulture and retail sectors offer a wealth of opportunities for keen individuals, Graham Clarke explains.
Sector skills council Lantra has relaunched its website - www.lantra-awards.co.uk - for horticulture employers and staff looking for training and qualifications options.
Two vegetable suppliers took healthy-eating message to Lincolnshire primary schools last week.
Plumpton College in East Sussex has cancelled its open day on Saturday 12 May 2012 because car parking fields are too wet.
Better marketing and communication of horticultural job opportunities emerge as key targets from speakers at RHS event.
A recent survey by the RHS showed that 70 per cent of 18-year-olds do not think that horticulture is a career of which to be proud, while warning that there is a "looming skills crisis" in the sector, which has vacancies that it cannot fill. Conference attendees gave their views on how to get more young...
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