Agricultural student awarded first Henry Sale bursary
An agricultural student from Somerset has been awarded the inaugural Henry Sale Graduate Bursary. Henry was joint managing partner of Fisher German until his sudden death last April and partners and staff at the national firm of chartered surveyors and specialist property consultants have launched the bursary scheme in his memory. Tom Vacher, who is […]
Countryside Classroom, building a brand new sector-wide educational resource
Countryside Classroom, a sector-wide collaboration, will promote learning both in the natural environment and in the classroom as it announces the development of a brand new online educational resource for anyone involved in the education of pupils across the curriculum. It will be launched in the spring of 2015. The announcement came during National Countryside […]
Kids reconnect with nature and get down and dirty at Food and Farming Day 2014
The second annual Kids’ Country Food and Farming event was hailed a success with over 5,500 children from schools across the Eastern region, coming together to learn where food comes from and the importance of agriculture. Staged at the Peterborough Showground on Friday 11th July, the free one-day event, organised by the East of England […]
Agricultural Shows: What’s the impact?
Greg Thomas, a postgraduate researcher at Aberystwyth University, will be investigating this year’s Royal Welsh Agricultural Show to see the impact it has on modern day rural Wales. The 2014 Royal Welsh Agricultural Show will see the launch of an exciting PhD research project entitled “Agricultural Shows: Driving and Displaying Rural Change”, and mark the […]
Global partnership to reduce food waste
Cranfield is one of six universities across the world joining to form The World Food Preservation Centre, a unique partnership that seeks to combat food loss and hunger through the innovation of sustainable, low cost methods of reducing food waste. One of the great challenges of the 21st century will be to feed a growing […]
Success for Harper Adams graduates with 96.2 per cent in work – and salaries rising
The overall employment rate of graduates who completed full-time first degrees in 2013 is up to 96.2 per cent, postgraduate employment is at 96.61 per cent and graduate salaries have risen across many course areas. The figures are included in the results of the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey, which asked people who […]
Modern Apprenticeships at the heart of agriculture success
Land-based businesses discovered what they could gain from taking on a Modern Apprentice at a recent Lantra Business Surgery at the Barony Campus of Scotlland’s Rural College (SRUC) near Dumfries. The ‘Modern Apprenticeship in Agriculture’ event was hosted by Lantra Scotland, the sector skills council for land-based, aquaculture and environmental industries, and supported by SRUC […]
Milking Equipment Association marks milestone
The Milking Equipment Association (MEA) is celebrating after signing up the 200th Level 2 candidate on to its dedicated accreditation scheme, Parlour Safe. A national scheme launched to provide a benchmark of the competence of milking technicians, the LTA MEA Parlour Safe qualification is open to both dealers and self-employed technicians and is supported by […]
Off-roading isn’t just a boys’ game
The Defender is the 20-year-old FdSc Veterinary Nursing student’s first car, having selected it more than two years ago, due to living on a 120-cow dairy farm. Sally from Higher Kinnerton is now a member of the Harper Adams 4×4 Club. She said: “I was a little worried about joining the club at first, but […]
