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Stay up to date with the latest education features from the global timber industryInnovate or stagnate Timber products can take on steel and concrete but only if industry continues to innovate, says B&K Structures managing director Nick Milestone
Don't call it waste Chris Franklin, managing director heating equipment specialist Ranheat Engineering Ltd, describes the potential value to timber companies of the RHI
Catching on fast Steico UK director Andy Moore says the UK has some catching up to do when it comes to wood fibre insulation and that timber merchants can benefit from stocking products that have so much growth potential
A student placement at James Donaldson Timber Ltd (JDT) has won first prize at an award ceremony in...
Northern Ireland students dominate wood awards
University of Ulster and Queen’s University Belfast won the top architecture and engineering prizes at this year’s Irish Third Level Student Wood Awards while the award for best design project...
Award winner carves a new career
Forester and woodworker Elizabeth Cadd has been named Lantra’s Women and Work Trees and Timber Winner of the Year.
Ms Cadd...
Stewart Milne receives Gold Award
Stewart Milne, chairman and chief executive of
Hats off to new training regime
The Ligna timber machinery show next week in Hannover will be big, bold and modern. Some of the machinery for panel and solid timber...
Training aids industry competition
Proskills, the Sector Skills Council, can provide finance for training, says industry lead Helen Hewitt
BWF members fill CNC training course
British Woodworking Federation (BWF) members have...
Nuffield Scholarship provides opportunity to study sawmilling across the world
Jez Ralph, technical adviser for the Silvanus Trust, has won a prestigious Nuffield Farming Scholarship to spend the coming...
Wood Technology Society broadens scope
The WTS is part of the industry initiative to develop nationally recognised qualifications
Proskills makes training progress
Industry input into training is vital, says Jackie Bazeley, wood industry lead at Proskills
The Woodworking Industry Training Forum (WITForum), administered by the British Woodworking Federation,...
New Woodwise Academy officially opens for training
The Woodwise Academy wood-processing training centre will officially open this month. The new facility, housed in a former engineering factory in Riverside, Bristol, is the brainchild of...
Traditional craftsman builds on his skills
A 23-year-old craftsman from Halton East near Skipton is putting his skills to the test by volunteering to restore the former Storiths Hatchery barn on the Bolton Abbey Estate. Jonny...
Five graduates receive forestry award
Five forestry and arboriculture degree graduates have won the Institute of Chartered Foresters’ (ICF)...
Warwickshire College wins university challenge
Students and staff from Warwickshire College won the Get Woodworking University Challenge at Alexandra Palace...
STTA recognises Masters research
Jesus Menendez has won the
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