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Tuesday

17 Jun 2025

Peer Learning

Fair Work in Action: Addressing the Land-Based Skills Gap

12:30pm
Lantra Scotland, Inveralmond Business Centre
Perth

Open to All, Peer Works

How do you break the grass ceiling? Dr Liz Barron-Majerik, Scotland Director at Lantra, joins us to share the journey of transforming access to training in Scotland’s nature-based sector.

This session is part of the Fair Work Festival, highlighting real-world stories that embody the values of Fair Work.

Lantra’s work to improve access to the land-based skills gap has created a model that naturally reflects the Fair Work principles of opportunity, fulfilment, voice, and respect.

Liz will discuss their work, in partnership with CivTech and SkillSeeder, reshaping access to training in Scotland’s nature-based sector.

This session will highlight how inclusive design and digital tools can break down barriers – especially for women in agriculture – and drive a fairer economy.

What You’ll Learn:

  • How Lantra identified and responded to hidden barriers in training access, especially for women in rural sectors.
  • The role of digital tools like the SkillsHub in making upskilling and reskilling more accessible and equitable.
  • How collaboration with government and tech partners (like CivTech and SkillSeeder) enabled innovation without prior digital expertise.
  • Why listening to lived experience and adapting delivery models can lead to greater diversity, productivity, and fairness.
  • Practical lessons from Lantra’s journey that you can apply to your own organisation’s skills strategy.

Agenda

12:30 Registration and Networking Lunch

13:00 Presentation and Q&A

14:00 Group Discussion

14:30 Close

Dr Liz Barron-Majerik

As Scotland Director for Lantra, Liz leads on the all the projects they deliver with and on behalf of their key stakeholders, and works with Lantra colleagues to ensure they are sharing their practice and learning from others.

Her background is in science and education, across a wide range of sectors and areas. Her academic background is in Plant Science and Agronomy, but she is also a Chartered Forester, STEM Ambassador and Mum.

Liz spends her spare time trying to tire out a young Border Collie.