News : Lantra

Businesses Should ‘Love Apprenticeships’

2/7/2012 4:59 AM EST - Lantra

Businesses are urged to ‘Love Apprenticeships’ this year as Lantra, Sector Skills Council for land-based and environmental industries, has created a free website that puts interested employers in touch with learners, helping to bring an Apprentice into their workplace.

Apprenticeships are a great way to breathe new life into a business, as employers get to train apprentices from scratch, to ensure they develop all...

Love Apprenticeships?

2/6/2012 6:01 AM EST - Lantra

There are even more reasons for learners to ‘Love Apprenticeships’ the year as Lantra, Sector Skills Council for land-based and environmental industries, has created a free website and match making service that provides learners all the information and tools they need to begin an Apprenticeship.

The changing times have required many learners in the UK to re-assess their long term plans and decide what their future...

VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ARE VITAL TO YOUNG LEARNERS AND TO THE FUTURE SUCCESS ...

1/31/2012 1:27 PM EST - Lantra

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Lantra is responsible for defining the content of vocational qualifications for the land-based sector. This includes the Fish Husbandry and Horse Care qualifications which were highlighted in today’s BBC reports on vocational qualifications no longer to be recognised in school performance tables.

Lantra agrees with the broad recommendations of Professor Alison Wolf’s report which stressed the...

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REBECCA O’DWYER NAMED FARMING CONNECT LEARNER OF THE YEAR

11/29/2011 12:24 PM EST - Lantra

Rebecca O’Dwyer from Oaklands Farm, Bonvilston, Cardiff was named as the Farming Connect Learner of the Year winner in Lantra’s 2011 Land-based Learner of the Year Awards, for her dedication to training within the Agriculture industry.
The Land-based Learner of the Year Awards, held on 28 November during this years’ Winter Fair on the Royal Welsh Showground, celebrates the most exceptional and inspiring...

LOUISE IS NURSING A GREAT CAREER

11/29/2011 12:13 PM EST - Lantra

Louise Kirby from Laugharne was named as the Animal Health and Welfare, Horticulture and Environmental Lifelong Learner of the Year winner in Lantra’s 2011 Land-based Learner of the Year Awards, for her dedication to training within the Veterinary Nursing industry.
The Land-based Learner of the Year Awards, held on 28 November during this years’ Winter Fair on the Royal Welsh Showground, celebrates the most...

LISA AWARDED LIFELONG LEARNER OF THE YEAR

11/29/2011 11:58 AM EST - Lantra

Lisa Williams from Capthorne Farm, Laugharne, Carmarthen, was named as the Land Management and Production Lifelong Learner of the Year winner in Lantra’s 2011 Land-based Learner of the Year Awards, for her dedication to training within the Agriculture industry.
The Land-based Learner of the Year Awards, held on 28 November during this years’ Winter Fair on the Royal Welsh Showground, celebrates the most...

KATHERINE GALLOPS AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION

11/29/2011 11:50 AM EST - Lantra

Katherine Touch from Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, was named as the Animal Health and Welfare, Horticulture and Environmental Young Learner of the Year winner in Lantra’s 2011 Land-based Learner of the Year Awards, for her dedication to training with Animal and Equine studies.
The Land-based Learner of the Year Awards, held on 28 November during this years’ Winter Fair on the Royal Welsh Showground, celebrates...

JACK IS A CUT ABOVE THE REST

11/29/2011 11:37 AM EST - Lantra

Jack Bottoms from Aberaeron, Ceredigion was named as the Land Management and Production Young Learner of the Year winner in Lantra’s 2011 Land-based Learner of the Year Awards, for his dedication to training within the Forestry industry.
The Land-based Learner of the Year Awards, held on 28 November during this years’ Winter Fair on the Royal Welsh Showground, celebrates the most exceptional and inspiring...

NEWS RELEASE: £2.9 MILLION INVESTMENT IN LAND-BASED BUSINESSES

11/23/2011 11:17 AM EST - Lantra

A £2.9 million investment in the skills and professionalism of land-based and environmental businesses has been announced today (24 November) as part of the Employer and Investment Fund (EIF) Phase 2.
This investment fund will enable Lantra, the Sector Skills Council supporting land-based and environmental industries, create and deliver three projects tailored specifically to industry needs, aimed at increasing...

NEW AGRICULTURE MANAGER AT LANTRA

11/8/2011 7:10 AM EST - Lantra

Lantra Sector Skills Council has appointed Alastair Johnston as the UK Agricultural Manager while Laura Biddick-Bray is on maternity leave.
Alastair has a lifetime of experience in the agricultural sector and has been involved in both employee training and business development. For six years he served as the Livestock Advisor for the National Farmers Union and then worked with a Cheshire-based agricultural...

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