Be young, be environmental, be happy
To mark Scottish Careers Week, NatureScot Sustainable Development Officer Grace Gubbins and her fellow members of the Young Employee Panel in NatureScot are grabbing the opportunity to highlight the voices of young employees across the organisation. Read this post in Scotland’s Nature (15 November 2024) on to hear young people’s experiences [...]
Edinburgh Green Team seeking volunteers
The Green Team are looking for experienced volunteers to work alongside their skilled staff team. Click on this link to find out more. Read about a student placement experience with the Green Team.
Young Leader volunteering opportunity with Scottish Wildlife Trust
This SWT volunteering opportunity is open to anyone aged 18-30 years living anywhere in Scotland. The application deadline is 24 November 2024.
Green careers that we can all dig
Read this post in Scotland’s Nature (5 November 2024). Ahead of this week's Green Careers Week, The NatureScot Peatland ACTION workforce development team were discovering the digger drivers, ecologists, project designers and surveyors of the future This event was aimed at beginner speakers of Gaelic in early secondary school years. [...]
Snow, wind, rain, wind, hail, frost – the perils of filming peatland restoration
This Scotland’s Nature blog (12 April 2024) shares how the Scottish weather makes creating case study films of some of our peatland restoration projects interesting to say the least! It might also be of interest to people who are interested in working in this sector or in the use of [...]
An environmental career pathway
Read how inspiring NTS intern Heather Graham says studying science was key to starting a career in the environment sector.
Green Jobs in Scotland
This STEM Nation blog post (December 2022) explores green jobs in Scotland. It includes useful facts and statistics, and links to key websites, reports and resources.
Education Scotland Science and STEM events – Register now for these FREE events!
These events are for practitioners from various sectors including primary, early learning and childcare, secondary and ASN. Full details about the events below are available on Education Scotland’s STEM blog and also the national STEM events calendar. Any questions? Email Education Scotland STEM team. Reimagining the BGE sciences curriculum (ELC, [...]