Student wins Tilhill award
2 January 2019An Inverness College UHI student is celebrating after winning a prestigious award from Tilhill Forestry.
Ryan Assal, who is in the third year of the University of the Highland and Islands’ BSc (Hons) in Forest Management, won the Tilhill Forestry Award for Best New Planting Application following a report he prepared in his forestry policy and law module on woodland creation.
Mr Assal was presented with a specially carved wooden trophy in the shape of an acorn by Tilhill Forestry’s Julian Hollingdale at the university’s Scottish School of Forestry at Balloch.
As part of its works to strengthen links with future foresters, Tilhill Forestry presents awards to top performing students at universities in the UK that offer degrees in forestry-related subjects.
Mr Assal was tasked with developing a woodland creation operational plan for a hypothetical site near Evanton, similar to the plan most foresters will complete when trying to access grant funding for new woodland projects.
