Allan Shaw is head of outdoor education at Buxton and Leek College. He also leads and recces several overseas expeditions every year and runs a successful outdoor first aid business. From carpenter to head of department, his story is proof there's more than one route into the outdoors.
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What you’ll learn in this episode
- Where his Buxton College students have gone on to work
- From carpenter to head of outdoor education
- How a chat in the pub became an army training course
- What makes a good outdoor first aid course
- The reality of turning your hobby into your job
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Allan is head of outdoor education at Buxton and Leek College and runs an outdoor first aid business.
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