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ACS Distance Learning offering over 400 courses in
distance learning, including horticulture, agriculture, psychology and much
more…..
Ambios To work effectively with nature requires
both confidence and a sound knowledge base. Ambios delivers training, experience
& capacity building to foster this need, using models appropriate to both the
developed & developing worlds.
Brighton Conservation Volunteers
are a group of countryside enthusiasts who share the enjoyment of working outdoors,
the challenge of learning new skills and the satisfaction of making a
contribution to the community.
Bristol
University - Careers Department The BBC's Natural History website links to this mine of useful information.
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
(BTCV) -
need we say more, it does what it says on the tin!
The Careers Guide Your guide to
choosing & succeeding in a career.
Environment Skills Training can provide the training you need to develop
your skills and career
Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very
best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a
network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and
evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions of
the resources.
Hadlow College, Kent’s
centre of excellence in land-based training, specializes in agriculture,
horticulture, fisheries management, countryside management, equine, animal
management, floristry and garden design. Courses available from national
vocational qualification level 1 through to degrees. Work based learning and
bespoke business courses also available.
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Jobs 4 Youthwork
An
ethical small business that has been developed and managed by two youth workers
with 20 years post-qualifying experience.
We promote careers in statutory and voluntary youth
work across the UK.
Sound Familiar?
Like CJS but for
Youth Workers - very good. |
People & Planet’s Ethical Careers Service aims to
help young people find a socially and environmentally responsible career working
in everything from charities to green businesses. Includes a magazine, website
and job bulletin.
The PoD Site.
PoD stands for Personal Overseas Development. We have voluntary programmes
in Thailand, Tanzania and Peru. Teaching, orphanage work, animal rescue,
Amazon jungle research and conservation. 1 week - 6 month programmes.
School for Environment, based in Sheffield, has the ambition to make
environmental training, and the job opportunities it can bring, available to
everyone. The website includes training, volunteering and job opportunities
in Sheffield's diverse environmental sector.
Shared Earth Trust. Based on its unique case study at Denmark Farm, the
Shared Earth Trust has been pioneering the restoration of wildlife habitat
to farmland since 1987. We now offer ● Low-cost training for conservation professionals, students, and
landowners. ● Conservation Guide Booklets. ● Visitor Centre/facilities for hire based on a 40 acre nature reserve.
Sheffield Environmental Training Lots of useful information and links.
The
Student Conservation Association
is an American national nonprofit the dedicates itself to changing lives through service
to nature.
University of East London - Careers have a vast array of useful
information and resources, well catalogued for ease of use.
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VSO is an international development charity, working through
volunteers. There is urgent demand for natural resources professionals to
volunteer in our programmes overseas, sharing their skills to change the lives
of others |
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