Applications for places on the Kew Diploma are now open.
Hours of work Full time Number of vacancies 14 Contract Type Fixed Term (FTA) Contract start date 15th September Contract end date 8th September Salary £23, per annum (pro rata) [Diploma Grade] Directorate Gardens Location Kew Gardens, Richmond Closing Date 31/01/ Documents
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print this job Apply for this role Send to a Friend More details Why apply? “Getting on the Kew Diploma is like getting into Oxford or Cambridge University. The Diploma is regarded as the best botanical horticulture qualification in the world, at one of the greatest botanical institutions” (N.Evans Course 51)
3. The Kew Diploma is the foremost botanic garden training programme in the world, for those graduating with a Kew Diploma it becomes a ‘passport to worldwide horticulture’
4. Highly respected within the horticultural industry, Kew Diploma graduates can be found holding leading positions within historic and botanic gardens, parks, plant production, journalism, science, education and landscape/garden design.
5. Unrivalled access to some of the leading horticulturists and plant scientists in the world.
6. Access to a fantastic living plant collection at both RBG Kew and Wakehurst.
7. Access to a library containing one of the world’s largest collection of books relating to botany.
8. Access to the herbarium which contains over seven million specimens.
9. An opportunity to travel whilst on the course. (Travel Scholarship Project, field trip to the South of France)
10. The Kew Diploma is a combination of practical work and academic studies. Our graduates know how and why.
11. Salaried training. We will pay you a salary for the three years of your fixed-term contract with us.
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