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HEC at Harper Adams - Make a splash!
11 Jun 2009 -
Training -
Press Release
What's university life really like? Find out for yourself at the residential Higher Education Choices (HEC) conference at Harper Adams University College, 6th-7th July 2009
Two fingers to the downturn
29 Apr 2009 -
Training -
Duncan McGilvray
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The following article is adapted from Duncan McGilvray's motivational seminar of the same name held during Harrogate Week 2009. It focuses on the present, very negatively perceived financial situation which, if accepted, is self defeating and does no-one any good!
You need to lead - part 2
5 Apr 2009 -
Training -
Frank Newberry
- Issue 23 - Feb / Mar 2009
Fresh from being rated the top presenter at the EGU/GCMA Conference Programme at Harrogate Week, trainer Frank Newberry considers how leaders at all levels in organisations need to get involved in shaping the future.
You need to lead
6 Mar 2009 -
Training -
Frank Newberry
- Issue 22 - Dec / Jan 2009
Celebrating 20 years of working with Groundsmen and Greenkeepers in January 2009, Trainer and Conference Speaker Frank Newberry focuses on the need for us all to show leadership at whatever level we are in our organisation. In Part 1 Frank looks at supervisory leadership i.e. 'Taking Charge'
Back to basics 3
4 Mar 2009 -
Training -
Stuart Staples
- Issue 23 - Feb / Mar 2009
In the third and final part of his ‘Back to Basics’ article on fertilisers, Scotts International Technical Manager, Stuart Staples, advises on selecting and calibrating a spreader and tackles common problems with fertiliser application
Don’t ask me to do that - I can’t change now!
13 Dec 2008 -
Training -
Frank Newberry
With Pitchcare’s Health and Safety Workshop in September getting rave reviews.
GTC Work shops
21 Nov 2008 -
Training -
David Golding
The Greenkeepers Training Committee (GTC) in association with The R&A will be hosting workshops for staff working at the GTC Approved Training Providers during 2009 to ensure the programme to promote the sustainable golf course is promoted to all levels of greenkeeping students.
Oatridge students pitch up for top prizes
24 Oct 2008 -
Training -
Colin Adams
The eight best student greenkeepers of the year have been named at an awards ceremony at Oatridge College in West Lothian.
A total of almost 260 students received certificates from Mary Mulligan, the Labour MSP for Linlithgow.
Developing an Industry for the Future
21 Oct 2008 -
Training -
Dean Cleaver
As part of FEGGA’s commitment to working with and assisting the new emerging golfing Nations, FEGGA, will in November stage a Conference to help support their establishment and growth for the future-details inside
Search begins for top Scottish land-based learners
20 Oct 2008 -
Training -
Press Release
As the search begins to find Scotland’s Land-based Learners of the Year for 2008, four previous winners from Oatridge College in West Lothian have been talking of how the award, from Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for environmental and land-based industries, has boosted their careers and personal confidence.
Solutions are not the answer!!
7 Oct 2008 -
Training -
Frank Newberry
Trainer and Conference Speaker Frank Newberry presented the third part of Pitchcare's Essential Management Skills Programme for Groundsmen and Greenkeepers at Leicester Tigers’ Welford Road Stadium.
New recruit for Easton Lodge
30 Aug 2008 -
Training -
Emily Kent
Tom Coppin, a horticultural BSc (hons) graduate from Writtle College, has already succeeded in gaining his first graduate gardening job. Tom is about to start his new job as a full-time gardener at the Gardens of Easton Lodge, near Dunmow.
Floppy feedback and avoiding appraisal agony
16 Jul 2008 -
Training -
Frank Newberry
Just back from his third visit to Denmark where he garnered great reviews for his negotiating skills seminar for greenkeepers called 'Getting Better Deals at Work', Trainer and Conference Speaker Frank Newberry considers floppy feedback at work and how 'a little project' can make all the difference to appraisals.
Plumpton College taster days
14 Jul 2008 -
Training -
Press Release
Plumpton College taster course guides for 2008/9 are now available for taster days at Plumpton College and at Ivyland Farm, Netherfield near Battle, East Sussex
Stateside Success for Writtle College Students
3 Jul 2008 -
Training -
Emily Kent
Ohio State University, in the USA, has become home to Daniel Weston an ex-Writtle College student. After completing his NVQ level 2 in Sports Turf ahead of the majority in his group, Daniel progressed onto his NVQ Level 3 at the College.
RHS Wisley Student wins 2008 Young Horticulturist of the Year National Final.
9 May 2008 -
Training -
Press Release
Patrick Wiltshire is third time lucky. After three years of trying, Patrick Wiltshire, currently studying at RHS Wisley, but originally from East Yorkshire, has won the 2008 National Final of the Young Horticulturist of the Year (YHoY).
Groundskeeping apprentices in Kent help lay the ground for the perfect pitch
30 Apr 2008 -
Training -
Press Release
Ahead of the domestic cricket season, which kicked off on 10 April at Lord’s Cricket Ground, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and Hadlow College in Tonbridge gave twelve groundskeeping apprentices the chance to really hone their skills at an expert class in the subject.
What you see is what you get!
23 Apr 2008 -
Training -
Frank Newberry
- 2 comments
Careers Counsellor and conference speaker Frank Newberry returns, with some real life examples, to probe the theme of personal image and its impact in the workplace (both positive and negative)
Basis training
19 Apr 2008 -
Training -
Laurence Gale MSc
Laurence Gale MSc joins delegates on the BASIS Certificate of Competence course, designed for all those involved with the use, supervision, strorage and transportation of pesticides
High hopes for the Writtle College Student
8 Apr 2008 -
Training -
Press Release
Writtle College Horticulture student Chris Greer, second year BSc Horticulture student, won the Regional Final of Young Horticulturist of the Year competition, securing him a place in the National Final which takes place at the Eden Project in Cornwall on the 3rd May 2008.
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