Partnership takes Pets at Home training to a higher level
Every employee of national retailer Pets at Home can now work towards a higher education qualification thanks to a new partnership with Harper Adams University College. After five years working with Pets at Home to ensure staff members are suitably qualified to sell animal medicines, Harper Adams is now validating the new University College Foundation […]
Business Ideas Mean Awards for SAC Students – Pinnacle Award Winners at Farmers Club
Farm business ideas from two SAC students have won awards in a prestigious business competition. Third year Agriculture students Colin Cameron of Dunblane and Scott Dewart from Balloch travelled to London from SAC Edinburgh and Ayr for the final of the annual Pinnacle Awards held at the Farmers Club in Whitehall. Colin Cameron won the […]
FREE Health & Safety Event for Farmers and the Landbased Industry 9th June at Writtle College
Writtle has joined forces with the Landskills East project to host a free Health and Safety event. The event will offer five FREE interactive Safety Workshops which will provide common sense solutions to farmers about reducing the risks on their farms. Farmers are invited to come for a half day session which will work through […]
Ofsted praise for student residences at Walford
Ofsted inspectors have concluded that residential students at Walford and North Shropshire College “benefit from excellent levels of support. Ofsted inspected the Colleges student residential accommodation at Walford in April 2011 and rated the overall quality as good, with three of the six inspected areas receiving the highest possible grade outstanding. Inspectors graded as outstanding […]
MBA Agri-Food charity awards record breaking 33,000 scholarship
The MBA Agri-Farm Scholarship Trust is delighted to announce that it has awarded Leicestershire farmer Paul Eggleston a record 33,000 upfront scholarship. Ranked the 3rd best MBA in the World by the Wall Street Journal, Paul will commence the full-time one year MBA at Cranfield School of Management in September. Farming near Melton Mowbray, Paul […]
Two thousand South West farmers can’t be wrong
In this age of cut backs a South West college has been awarded over five million pounds to launch a ground breaking scheme that will transform the way farmers keep their cattle healthy. The Rural Business School at Duchy College in Cornwall is running the initiative and it’s hoped it will one day be launched […]
Celebrating the future of farming: Bishop Burton College marks 50 Years of Stockmanship
The UKs longest-running College stockmanship competition celebrated its Golden Anniversary this weekend as Bishop Burton College marked 50 Years of its flagship agricultural event. The competition, which is open to both agriculture and equine students, was established by former principal Dennis Hurst in 1961 and has been the highlight of the College calendar for students […]
Harper Adams hosts environment and farming field day
Farmers from across England travelled to Harper Adams for a series of talks and demonstrations that should help them to turn a profit while minimising negative impacts on the environment. On April 7, the Shropshire University College hosted its first Technical Field Day in conjunction with LEAF Linking Farming And Environment and sponsored by BOCM […]
Essex Fire and Rescue to launch new rescue service at Writtle College
23 Essex Fire Fighters and Officers have been undergoing bespoke large animal rescue training at Writtle College since 2008. The team are now in a position to launch their new service on 13 April 2011, and this will be held in Writtle College grounds. The launch will exhibit the specialist rescue equipment complete with hoist […]
