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Royal Forestry Society seeks next generation of foresters
Forestry Roots: Paid traineeships now open for application across historic estates, community forests and traditional coppice businesses
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Viking Bursary: applications now open to fund original study and research
Applications are now open for the 2026 Viking Bursary, which awards up to £2,000 to higher education students, helping fund original study and research.
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Submissions now open: Students of the Year 2026
Colleges and Universities are encouraged to select their most impressive student for the RFS Student of the Year Award 2026.
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RFS Women in Forestry event to take place in Wales’ largest community woodland
The Royal Forestry Society’s third Women in Forestry meetup will be hosted in Longwood Community Woodland, Ceredigion, Wales on 22 April.
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RFS Student of the Year Awards presented to Cumbria graduates
Two students, Lara Jo Bazzu (right) and Gareth Biggins (left), have been awarded the prestigious RFS Student of the Year prize for the Professional Forester Degree Apprenticeship. Rikky Sweet (centre) was awarded the North West Division of the Royal Forestry Society Prize
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Spencer Bursary opens for applications
The Spencer Bursary gives current students or recent graduates the opportunity to attend RFS events.
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Eight young people kickstart forestry careers through Royal Forestry Society programme
Forestry Roots received a record number of applications with 270 candidates across eight traineeships.
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Students of the Year 2025
Congratulations to this year's RFS Students of the Year recipients from the Universities of Bangor and Cumbria, Coleg Glynllifon, Coleg Cambria, Royal Agricultural University, Sparsholt College, Capel Manor College, BiFoR and Hill Holt Wood.
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RFS launches new Welsh Junior Forester Award
At this year’s Royal Welsh Show, the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is proud to release the Welsh edition of its popular Junior Forester Award, thanks to the generous support of Natural Resources Wales.
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Hugh Cresswell presented Forestry Roots Rising Star Award
Hugh is currently working at Chatsworth House as part of the Forestry Roots traineeship programme.
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Right applicant for the right job: growing a resilient sector
As the Forestry sector continues to face a skills shortage, Learning and Outreach Manager, Becky Wilkinson, shares lessons learned in how to recruit more a more diverse pool of applicants.
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Viking Bursary opens for applications
Applications are now open for the Viking Bursary which awards up to £2,000 to higher education students, helping fund original study and research.
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RFS Goodhart Bursary recipients announced
Six early career foresters have received up to £500 of grant funding to attend the RFS Annual Study Tour in South Wales.
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Promising student awarded by the RFS Herefordshire division
The annual George Clive Award was awarded this year to forestry apprentice, Wilf Rake.
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Students of the Year 2024
Read about this year's RFS Students of the Year. Congratulations to students from the Universities of Bangor and Cumbria, Coleg Gynliffon, Coleg Cambria, Plumpton College, Sparsholt College and Hill Holt Wood.
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