Ex-oil and gas workers Bob Forsyth (left) and Russell Bolton with Maria Walker, Director of Education & Children Services, attending a Aberdeenshire Council scheme aimed at getting them into teaching jobs, held at Woodhill House.
Picture by Kevin Emslie
Former offshore workers are swapping black gold for blackboards – and carving out new careers in the classroom.
The “pioneering” first batch of recruits to the Transition into Education Scheme will help ease a staffing crisis at Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire’s academies.
They will fill key roles delivering maths and science lessons to secondary pupils across the north-east.
