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Combining NNAS and DofE Bronze

Written by Nigel Williams A Scottish DofE provider running a DofE Bronze practice expedition package (and subsequent qualifying expedition) for a large secondary school has been combining the DofE and NNAS Bronze awards. Whilst there is no longer a requirement at Bronze DofE for a practice expedition the school deemed it worthwhile and easier to […]

Navigation training for Ukrainian refugees

assessment day

In August, six Ukrainian residents from Coatbridge successfully completed the NNAS Bronze Navigator Award. Their journey of gaining the nationally recognised qualification (SCQF level 4, 2 credit points) was supported by staff from the North Lanarkshire Council Adult Learning and Resettlement team. From June to August, the group completed mapped walks in Palacerigg, Drumpellier Country […]

Planning backwards

About the NNAS

By Nigel Williams. The aim here is to be thought-provoking and to encourage thinking around the what, why, how, when, where and possibly even who we are teaching. We tend not to look too much under the bonnet of why, what and how we teach navigation, it is often based on our own teaching and […]

Mountain Training England and the NNAS agree to closer working ties.

As leading training organisations in the outdoors, MTE and the NNAS share many key aims, most notably in enabling people to become more confident in hill and navigation skills.  Recognising this, MTE and the NNAS have agreed to enter a partnership to promote each other’s schemes and enable their accredited tutors to be able to […]