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If you have been involved with rural training recently, either as learner or as someone with skills to share, please complete this short survey.

To ensure there are enough new entrants to agriculture, we're running a pilot scheme which will encourage farmers to take on apprentices.

Despite challenges posed by COVID-19, Lantra Scotland is again running its ALBAS to find and celebrate Scotland’s top rural learners and their achievements.

Our Industry Champions have had a busy year, working with us to help promote Scotland's rural industries.

Our end-of-year Virtrural skills event is returning for 2020, with training providers, DYW groups, organisations and stakeholders being invited to attend.

What we do now will shape our future and decide what life will ‘look like’ for future generations

Working with SurveyZone and learning providers, we’ve just published research to help inform and support the delivery of high quality apprenticeships in rural Scotland.

We're delighted to be sponsoring a CivTechScotland challenge and looking forward to the solution

We asked our industry champions to tell us why they love their jobs, and this short video is the result...

“The Skills Matching Service gave me the exact person I was looking for, which has been a huge help in these difficult times.”