Earn while you learn. Modern Apprenticeships combine a qualification with on-the-job experience. This lets people work, learn and earn at the same time.

Stuart Common talking about working in Mackies

Food Careers educational package targets children from the age of 15-18 with a challenge-based approach, building on the local ecosystem and opportunities. The aim is to inspire and encourage young people to study a food-related discipline while raising awareness on opportunities and career tracks in the agrifood sector.

Food Educators is an EIT Food programme that provides teachers with fun, creative and interesting activities to engage young people, mainly schoolchildren. Our easily accessible, science-based food education materials enhance students' learning so they can become better informed, conscious consumers of the future.

We harvest new insights into how to deepen learning experiences around food, promote health and sustainability, and motivate future generations to pursue careers in the agrifood sector. Our programme focuses on inspiring leadership, conscious consumerism, food science literacy, entrepreneurial mindsets, and vocational possibilities among young people aged 9 to 18 years old.

EIT Food are equipping learners all over Europe and beyond with the skills and knowledge they need to make a lasting impact on a rapidly evolving sector. You won’t just learn how to keep pace with it. You’ll have access to the latest research on the food you eat.

Through their flexible online courses, and with the support of a global network of learners, researchers, experts and entrepreneurs, you’ll be inspired by some of the brightest minds the sector has to offer. You’ll get the freedom to immerse yourself in groundbreaking research, constantly feeding your appetite for learning, all at the forefront of innovation.

Foundation Apprenticeship specifically for the Food and Drink Industry

Foundation Apprenticeship. Provide school pupils with skills for work and an industry-recognised qualification.

Lantra Careers

Teaching resources linked to the National 5 and Higher Chemistry curriculum

Exemplar careers presentation for use when promoting careers in the Agrifood sector

Careers Information

Careers and skills required in producing a Burns Supper with activities to help pupils to understand how these skills link to the real world of work.

Here’s a deck that outlines why you’d think about working in food & drink, including statistics, career maps, qualification guides as well as inspirational stories behind some the people working in the industry…