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Short Courses
and Training

here are many courses on offer to those wanting a particular skill in countryside management. These may be aimed more at people who already work within the field, or who have a specialist interest. For those who want a more general grounding in the subject, look at Full-time Courses.

Naturenet particularly recommends the Countryside Jobs Service rolling short courses programme for an up-to-the-minute listing of upcoming countryside courses.

• Capel Manor: environment and countryside centre: Enfield, North London.
• Plas Tan y Bwlch: great courses in Snowdonia.
• Losehill Hall: Peak District National Park.
• Kindrogan Field Centre: Scottish Field Studies Association.
• Countryside Training Services: for south-east England.
• Otley College, Suffolk.
• Writtle College
• The Northern School of Game and Wildlife at Newton Rigg.
• PTP Quality Training:  based in Haverfordwest provide training  in Landbased Industries.
• The Field Studies Council: A charity which runs many environmental courses all over the UK and beyond, intended for the interested amateur as well as the professional.
• Shared Earth Trust: a conservation and training project to restore UK farmland and countryside biodiversity.
• Earthwatch: a body offering overseas conservation projects at a cost, but also some nice-looking and reasonably priced courses in the UK which might be worth a look.
• Archimedes Training: sustainable development training and The Forest School.