Youth Voice Toolkit launched
The Education Scotland Youth Voice Toolkit aims to support a genuine approach to youth voice and consultation activities across schools and communities. The toolkit contains implementation guidance, the Empowering Youth Voice Resource Pack and support materials for practitioners and leaders. It has been developed by Education Scotland CLD officers and [...]
LANTRA online resources
LANTRA Scotland supports training, qualifications and skills to access the land-based, aquaculture and environmental sector. Find the new toolkit Lantra's careers toolkit | Lantra - Scotland LANTRA also provides information for schools and online resources with a focus on outdoor, land-based and STEM education.
Awards to recognise getting outdoors and into nature
It’s worth checking out the Awards Network website to find the Award programme that’s right for you. Search here for those Awards that support you to ‘get outdoors and into nature’ under the drop-down list. Check out this special section on Nature-based Awards.
Field Studies Council’s Youth Panel applications open soon!
The Field Studies Council’s Youth Panel are recruiting for new members to join this autumn. This exciting voluntary role is a great opportunity to collaborate with staff and other young people to influence Field Studies Council’s programmes and products. FSC are looking for new members who are: Aged between 16-24 [...]
Gaps, overlaps, and challenges: assessing the alignment of Scotland’s education reform agenda with national priorities
This Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) report is available on the internet. This report presents the findings of a research project that sought to understand how Scottish Government’s principal policy areas – as captured by the Programme for Government – relate to each other, and how the changes brought by [...]
See what the first John Muir Award group got up to!
UHI North, West and Hebrides undertake fence removal work at Arkaig Community Forest as part of their John Muir Award. Watch now.
What’s so special about saltmarsh habitat?
Find out more in this post on Scotland’s Nature (10 July 2025) Green Shores: Scotland’s longest running coastal restoration project Discover how restoration work can help coastal communities and young people learn new skills.
Early career conservation internship grants
This NBN news article (3 July 2025) provides information on internship grant applications now being accepted for 2025.
