Attention agricultural students! Closing date approaches for Centenary Award
In 2011 NFU Mutual, the UKs leading rural insurer, is once again offering its Centenary Award for postgraduate students in agriculture. The Centenary Award gives annual bursaries to pay 75% of course fees for selected postgraduate students in agriculture (Masters or PhD). The award is open to students from the UK who have gained, or […]
Farmers save time online
Broadband offers farmers a range of benefits including being able to fill in their Single Farm payment paperwork online rather than working through the paperwork by hand. At a training session organised by the CLA for its members in the IT training suite at the Westmorland County Agricultural Society, Carol Wilson of the Rural Payments […]
Thousands of visitors flock to Bishop Burton College for Lambing Sunday
More than 2000 people flocked to Bishop Burton on Sunday, the first official day of British Summertime, to see the College farms 750 ewes and their lambs. Visitors were also able to witness the birth of several lambs as the farm threw open the doors of the Colleges 180,000 sheep unit so people could see […]
Royal Veterinary College opens specialist teaching centre in Dorset to train students in farm animal medicine
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has opened a new Regional Veterinary Centre in collaboration with Kingston Maurward College in Dorset to provide an important opportunity for students to gain hands-on farm animal experience in the field. Over the next year 55 students in their final year will visit the centre in groups of 3-4 to […]
College Centre for Agricultural Innovation opened by CLA President
The recently established Bishop Burton Centre for Agricultural Innovation received a boost today as its official home, a newly built suite of offices, classrooms and research units on the Bishop Burton College campus in East Yorkshire, was opened by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) president William Worsley. He is a Fellow of the […]
Scottish schools healthy eating initiative proves a roaring success
Almost 20,000 pupils from across Scotland have benefited from Quality Meat Scotlands nationwide Health and Education Meat Voucher Scheme. Over 235 secondary schools took part in the initiative which was launched in September 2010, offering young people the chance to work on their culinary skills and learn the art of cooking red meat as part […]
Harper Adams University College students receive Douglas Bomford Trust Awards
Six students from Harper Adams have received scholarships for 2010/11from the Douglas Bomford Trust. James Chapman, James Hollis, William Skittery, Jacob Smith, James Daniel and John Plummer were presented with the awards from Professor Paul Miller, secretary of the Trust, at Harper Adams University. The Douglas Bomford Trust is the only UK charity that specifically […]
New Colleges Agreement Heralds National Strategy to Deliver Research Education and Training for Rural Scotland
A new agreement between Barony College, Elmwood College, Oatridge College and SAC (Scottish Agricultural College) marks the next stage in coordinating the delivery of education, skills and business support to Scotlands land-based industries. Launched today at St Andrews House by Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, the new Concordat is the […]
Sparsholt College Hampshire unveils new Game and Wildlife Centre
Sparsholt College has officially unveiled their new Game and Wildlife Centre to leading industry figures at an event which celebrated Agriculture, Conservation, Game and Wildlife at the College. BBC1 The One Show and BBC2 Coast and Wildlife Specialist presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff unveiled the plaque at the opening on Tuesday 8 March 2011. During her address […]
