

This course will cover the key aspects of collaborative management of land where multiple outcomes are sought including nature recovery, livestock production, landscape, archaeology, access and natural flood management. It is an applied and practical course focusing on recent examples of collaborative land management, allowing participants to practice tools and understand the underpinning legal documents that enable collaborative management. There will be a particular focus on landscape recovery schemes, farmer clusters and common land.

Two days per month from November 2026 to March 2027
Advanced Dairy Management covers all critical areas of modern day dairy farming. It focuses on providing management tools and knowledge that can be utilised on a day-to-day basis to achieve best practice and performance. It uses a mixture of classroom-based theory and on-farm practical…
On demand videos on YouTube
Five short videos on Squirrel Management in Woodlands. Managing Forests to Benefit Red Squirrels, How to Carry out a Grey Squirrel Impact Assessment, Using live and lethal traps to manage grey squirrels: good practice guidance, Understanding how grey squirrels impact our woodlands, Using bait…
12-month apprenticeship. Tutor available in Cumbria to visit you in your place of work.
This 12-month apprenticeship is for those in a farm stockperson, hatchery assistant, farm owner (with manager), or relief stockperson role. You will gain the necessary skills, knowledge and qualifications needed to comply with poultry industry training requirements. You will gain a Level 2 Diploma…
Flexible with monthly or annual membership options
Sheepdog Training is a skill area which LANSS gets asked for, there is a lot of interest in learning this skill but not too many opportunities for training. It is generally very expensive to get a dog trained and you typically send the dog away for someone else to train it. As an alternative this…

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