June
We took part in CDN Virtual College Expo21
May
We took part in the DYW event, Bang Goes DG
February 2021
We took part in STEM Ambassadors in Scotland Week
December
We ran our end-of-year skills event called VirtRural Skills
November
We ran our online VirtRural Careers event
January 2020
We ran a round table event near Perth, looking at best practice for recruitment in rural Scotland.
December
We ran round table events in Ayrshire and Inverness, looking at best practice for recruitment in rural Scotland
We ran a knowledge exchange event for our industry champions
November
We attended the Women in Agriculture autumn event
We ran a careers influencer event in Midlothian to highlight careers in our sector
We had a stand at the DYW Forth Valley pupils and parents STEM event
We took part in a CPD event for teachers in Oban with the Food and Drink Federation for Scotland
October
We attended the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers conference
We had a stand at the DYW North East Tasty Careers event
We took part in a CPD event for teachers in Oban with the Food and Drink Federation for Scotland
We had a stand at Waid Academy's careers event
We had a stand at the Step into STEM event at South Lanarkshire College
We had a stand at the Step into STEM event at New College Lanarkshire
September
We had a stand at the RHET Ayrshire & Arran food and farming day for secondary schools
We made a presentation to teachers at Ullapool High School's CPD event
We had a stand at Glenalmond College careers and higher education fair
July
We had a stand at West Lothian Council's Wild Wednesday in Polkemmet Country Park
June
We attended the Scottish Game Fair at Scone Royal Highland Show and hosted the launch of an employers' toolkit
May
We ran an outdoor careers day for Mearns Academy with a range of other organisations, which also covered STEM subjects
We had a stand at the RHET Fife Food and Farming Day at Barns Farm, Aberdour, to promote careers in our sector
We attended a careers day organised by The University of Stirling Aquaculture Students' Association
We visited Holland with other Rural Leadership alumni, supported by Scottish Enterprise
We had a stand at Bang Goes DG! at Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries
We had a stand at RHET Ayrshire and Arran Food and Farming Day for primary schools
We had a stand at DYW West Lothian Farm to Fork event
April
We held an induction event for our Industry Champions
March
We took part in Scottish Apprenticeship Week
We had a stand at Step into STEM West Lothian at West Lothian College
Our Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year Awards
We had a stand at Big Bang Caithness
We had a stand at the RHET Ayrshire and Arran Food and Farming event
February
We supported careers events in Balwearie High School, Lochaber High School, Ardnamurchan High School and Nairn Academy
We had a stand at the growing agricultural talent event in Castle Douglas
We had a stand at Stirling Council Fisheries opening event
We attended the New Entrants to Farming Conference at Murrayfield Stadium
We attended the SCQF Partnership Parliamentary Reception
We had a stand at RNCI Food and Farming event, at the Royal Northern Spring Show
January 2019
We took part in lots of secondary school careers events, covering: Brechin High School, Golspie High Schoool, Bannockburn High School, Holyrood High School, Craigie High School, Morgan Academy, Grove Academy, Breadalbane Academy, and The James Young High School.
We held interviews for our Learner of the Year Awards nominees
December
We ran a skills briefing event
We had a team development day in Dundee
November
We attended a Scottish Salmon Company reception in St Andrews
We held a knowledge exchange event for our Industry Champions in Dumfries
We attended Agriscot
We took part in the RHET Lothian schools' Food and Farming Event at the Royal Highland Centre
We attended the Scottish Apprenticeship Awards in Perth Concert Hall
We attended Women in Agriculture Scotland – Making Your Voice Heard
October
Our Chairman's reception looked at how we can encourage industry to support young people and new entrants into our sector
Together with the Rural Youth Project we held a Parliamentary Reception with Tavish Scott MSP
We ran an event for careers influencers in the Highlands
September
We attended the Scottish Learning Festival
We attended the Stranraer Oyster Festival
We spoke at the Inspiring Futures Conference
We attended the Highland Environment Forum
August
We held our Chairman's aquaculture reception in Edinburgh
We took part in the Rural Youth Project Ideas Festival near Kinross
June
We attended the Scottish Game Fair
We had a stand at Growing Your Future in Moray
We had a stand at the Royal Highland Show
We had a stand at the Big Bang STEM Event in Perth College UHI
We had a stand at the Angus STEM festival
May
We attended Gardening Scotland
We attended the Aquaculture UK exhibition and conference in Aviemore
We attended the Scottish Land and Estates conference
Our Chairman's reception took place in Dunblane
April 2018
We had a stand at the Big Bang Food and Drink STEM event in Dumfries
We attended the Farm Safety Workshop in Aberdeen
We ran an event introducing our industry champions to their roles
December
Our industry champions got a tour and insight into the workings of Glasgow Botanic Gardens
We ran a knowledge exchange event for our industry champions
We ran a skills policy briefing event
November
We ran a careers workshop on our sector for people in the West of Scotland
October
Our Chairman, Henry Graham, had two receptions in which industry was encouraged to support young people.
We ran a careers workshop on our sector for people in the East of Scotland.