Land-based and Environment Learner Awards

[Conor O'Gorman]

Held at the National Conference Centre in Solihull on 21 November, the Land-based and Environment Learner Awards (LBEL) ceremony, organised by Lantra and Landex set out to recognise some of the brightest emerging talent in the land-based sector. 

 

BASC sponsored three categories on the night: Environment, Conservation, Game and Wildlife Management Apprentice of the Year, Further Education Learner of the Year, and Higher Education Learner of the Year categories. 

 

Apprentice of the Year went to William Roberts, who studied game and wildlife management at Askham Bryan College. Will said: “I completed my apprenticeship at Askham Bryan College and currently work as a beat keeper on a grouse moor in Northumberland. I’m extremely passionate about managing land for ground-nesting birds and red-listed species.”

 

Monique Scott won the Further Education Learner of the Year award. She was a student at Houghall College studying wildlife management. Monique now works on the Orkney Islands for the RSPB. Monique said: “Don’t be scared to go for your dreams. If you have something in focus and you really want it, just work really hard and you will accomplish anything you dream of – just like me.”

 

Felicity Anna Blakiston Jones won the Higher Education Learner of the Year award. She grew up on a family farm in Cornwall. Felicity is studying environmental resource management at Newquay University Centre at Cornwall College. She said: “It’s a complete honour to win this award. In the future, I hope to improve communications between agriculture and the environment sectors. We must have a decent dialogue so we can make significant changes that will lead to both the increase of food production in the UK and look after our environment and natural capital. I believe we have all the solutions, and that this generation can make these changes happen.”

 

For more information visit:
 

https://basc.org.uk/awards-presented-to-land-based-sector-students/