UK timber association TRADA is collaborating with Woodland Heritage to encourage future construction professionals and their lecturers to gain first-hand experience of forestry, milling and timber usage by offering three bursaries towards the cost of up to three places at its ‘Woodland to Workshop’ course. Source: Timberbiz
There are three bursaries available: one student at £500; one lecturer at £250; and one part-time lecturer at £250 to students or lecturers from the disciplines of architecture, architectural technology, engineering or carpentry/joinery at UK universities or colleges.
Woodland to Workshop is an innovative course linking ‘tree growers with wood users’ to broaden horizons and raise awareness by educating participants from the forest through to the workshop and beyond.
The course is supported by knowledgeable practitioners and speakers from industry, and based in a woodland, timber yard, sawmill and joinery workshop.
Numbers are restricted to enable a ‘hands-on’ and highly interactive approach, ensuring a learning opportunity of enduring quality.
“With climate change, the need for more trees and better forests, the need for design and construction professionals to understand and work with their timber supply chains – there is no better time than now to attend Woodland Heritage’s Woodland to Workshop course,” TRADA’s University Engagement Manager Tabitha Binding said.
“It was a privilege to attend such an enlightening, well-run course back in 2011, presented by enthusiastic professionals who passionately wanted to share their knowledge and experience for the good of the industry.
“I’d encourage both lecturers and students to grab this great opportunity to learn directly from the professionals.”
Woodland Heritage was founded by a group of traditional cabinet makers who wanted to improve the way in which trees were grown, maintained and harvested in the UK.
This small group of environmentally minded producers was rapidly joined by many hundreds of individuals with concerns for woodland environment, furniture retailers, timber merchants, tree growers and colleges.
