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Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) West Highland is delighted to deliver our second virtual event in a series of employer-led online events to showcase the employment opportunities that are on offer not just in the West Highlands but across the Highland geography in outdoor adventure.
Join us on Wednesday July 22 at 2.30pm via Zoom, for a one-hour insight into the world of outdoor adventure and the career options available in adventure tourism, helping you to make your next choice for the future.
We are linking with regional DYW programmes, DYW Inverness and Central Highland and DYW North Highland so young people across our regions can find out more about a career in adventure.
This event will be live and interactive so you can hear first-hand from a variety of professionals who work within the outdoor education and adventure tourism sector. This will also provide the opportunity to discover a route into the outdoor world through courses available within the School of Adventure at West Highland College UHI.
This online event is aimed at school-leavers but is also open to all young people out of school up to the age of 24, those who may have been made redundant, are unemployed, or simply looking for a career opportunity or change. Teachers, parents and carers are also welcomed to join and learn about the opportunities available in this sector.
You will get the chance to hear from and speak with: Brodie Hood, University of the Highlands and Islands alumni and passionate outdoor adventurer and photographer; Keir Coupland, an outdoor sports specialist and globe trotter with coaching skills from international mountain biking and snowboarding; Alice Cant, business management graduate who works with the Nevis Range marketing team; Ann-Marie Campbell, she has a range of skills across sectors and is part of the Nevis Range team in Human Resources; Chris Ball, founder of Enduro World Series and running the best respected skills academy in the UK – Dirt School. You’ll hear how passion and grit will help you forge a career; Reece McAfee, founder of outdoor adventure sports company River to Sea Scotland, based across Lochaber. He has learned by experience within education and learning that outdoor education is a key part of child development and a support to Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) and school education; Carl Haberl, curriculum area lead, School of Adventure Studies at West Highland College (UHI) in Fort William, will provide insight into the many opportunities available to learn at West Highland College and beyond through the University of the Highlands and Islands network.
Frazer Coupland, DYW West Highland lead and CEO of Lochaber Chamber of Commerce said: ‘Outdoor education and adventure tourism seamlessly taps into the Highland’s natural competitive advantage and as such the sector has significant potential for further growth. We are excited to partner with West Highland College (UHI) and with the assistance of our neighbour DYW programmes we want to provide young people with the inspiration to consider a career in adventure.’
Sign up now via www.dywwesthighland.org and this could be the most valuable one hour you will spend this summer.