Women working in science and nature
As part of International Women’s Day 2025 , NatureScot celebrates the achievements of seven fantastic women working in nature. Read and be inspired!
National training programmes update for Scotland
Children in Scotland have shared that the Scottish Government have published plans which outline that responsibility for national training programmes, including apprenticeships, will move from Skills Development Scotland to the Scottish Funding Council.
Green Jobs for Nature: Is There a Typical Career Path?
Are you interested in a career in the green sector? Did you know that there is a variety of career paths into green jobs? Annie Robinson, CIEEM Scotland Coordinator and Green Jobs for Nature Partnership Officer, shares her advice on how to get started with a Green Job for Nature. [...]
Green Jobs for Nature resource pack for secondary school students and teachers
Check out the Swift Street resources and lesson plans here. The resource pack includes five carefully curated activities, each linked to an identified role within the sector: Ecologist, Environmental Adviser, Conservation Ranger, Environmental Educator, and Media & Communications Specialist. Each activity is designed to take approximately one hour. The Media [...]
Peatland ACTION case studies on film
Interested in management to discover what goes on to restore our peatlands and the range of skills needed? Discover more about conservation land management and through this Peatland ACTION video series from NatureScot. You can also watch Filming Peatland ACTION case studies - behind the scenes - with subtitles to [...]
“my quiet fascination for nature was beginning to grow…”
Read this story of a young person’s journey and citizen science project shared by the Field Studies Council (3 December 2024): From Young Darwin Scholar to Mistletoe Ecology.
Conservation traineeship opportunity in Argyll & the Inner Hebrides
Butterfly Conservation is offering an exciting 12-month traineeship opportunity in Argyll & the Inner Hebrides as part of the Species on the Edge programme. The role will be focused on learning biological recording of butterflies and moths with opportunities to work on other species within the wider programme too.
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 [...]
