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Landex
Landex – 'Land Based Colleges Aspiring to Excellence' – is a subscriber organisation with 39 member colleges and universities in the United Kingdom. To qualify for membership, a provider must deliver significant volumes of land-based education and training. Structure The organisation was formed in 2006 from its predecessor, Napaeo, which was founded in 1950. Landex colleges and universities in England collectively provide over 80% of long specialist land-based further and higher education qualifications, together with a wide range of 14-16 apprenticeship and cost-recovery programmes. Courses delivered by most Landex providers are underpinned by substantial farming and other business enterprises. It is governed by a board of 14 elected principals and vice-chancellors, who agree the organisation's strategic objectives and priorities on behalf of the membership. A number of sub-committees, each chaired by a board member and populated by specialists from within the sector, infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Maurward College
Kingston Maurward College is a college for land-based studies situated two miles east of Dorchester, Dorset, England. The college is a member of the Landex grou an association of institutions that provide courses in agriculture and horticulture Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no .... Kingston Maurward House on the college grounds is used for administration purposes and private functions. See also * Kingston Maurward House External links Kingston Maurward CollegeLandex group Further education colleges in Dorset Agricultural universities and colleges in the United Kingdom {{Dorset-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Of Agriculture, Food And Rural Enterprise
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is a public tertiary level land-based college offering training in agriculture, food technology, horticulture, equine and agri-business operating at three sites in Northern Ireland. The college is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) of the Northern Ireland Executive. It is an associate member of the Landex consortium of "Land Based Colleges Aspiring to Excellence". Campuses * Greenmount Campus at Muckamore near Antrim in County Antrim (originally Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture, founded in 1912). * Enniskillen Campus at Levaghy near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh. * Loughry Campus between Cookstown and Dungannon in County Tyrone (founded in 1908 as The Ulster Dairy School). See also * List of agricultural universities and colleges This article lists agricultural universities and colleges around the world, by continent and country. Africa Algeria * High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Based College
In the United Kingdom, land based colleges are colleges specialising in agriculture, horticulture, and other topics useful for rural economies. Most land based colleges are members of Landex, which promotes and coordinates the colleges. List of rural colleges in the UK England *Askham Bryan College in Askham Bryan, North Yorkshire *Berkshire College of Agriculture in Burchetts Green, Berkshire *Bicton College in Budleigh Salterton, Devon *Bishop Burton College in Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire *Brooksby Melton College in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire *Capel Manor College in Bulls Cross, London Borough of Enfield *College of West Anglia in Cambridgeshire * Easton College in Norfolk *Hadlow College in Hadlow, Kent *Hartpury College in Hartpury, Gloucestershire *Houghall College in Houghall, County Durham *Kingston Maurward College in Dorchester, Dorset *Merrist Wood College in Worplesdon, Surrey *Moulton College in Moulton, Northamptonshire *Myerscough College in Bilsborrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Durham College (Houghall)
East Durham College, formerly known as East Durham & Houghall Community College, is a community college with campuses in Peterlee and Houghall, south-east of Durham. The college student roll at the time of a February 2014 Ofsted report was 1,579 full-time and 4,154 part-time students. Locations East Durham College operates across three campuses, as well as providing workforce development within individual workplaces across the region. The Houghall campus is situated on the A177 (Stockton Road) to the south-east of Durham, near Shincliffe. The 400-acre campus includes football and rugby pitches, gardens, woodland, stables, an all-weather equine arena, small-animal care unit and working farm. The site has hosted the Durham Flower Festival. The Peterlee campus is situated on Willerby Grove off the B1320 (Burnhope Way) in Peterlee, near the A19. Its facilities include a bistro restaurant ''Scene1'', two functional beauty and hair salons, recording studio, IT suites, sports cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plumpton College
Plumpton College is a Further and Higher education college in Plumpton, East Sussex, England, with courses in a variety of land based and related subjects. The college provides a range of full-time and part-time land-based courses, FE courses to Foundation Degree and BSc courses. The college degree courses are provided in association with the Royal Agricultural University. The main site of the College is in Plumpton, with satellite centres, termed 'Outcentres', elsewhere in East Sussex at Netherfield, Flimwell and Stanmer Park, and further afield in Bwlch Mwlchan, Snowdonia. The current principal of the college is Jeremy Kerswell. The range of courses cover land-based provision including Agriculture, Horticulture, Floristry, Greenkeeping, Hard Landscaping, Equine Studies, Agricultural and Horticultural Machinery, Metalsmithing, Animal Care and Veterinary Nursing, Countryside Management, Forestry and Arboriculture, Sports (Outdoor Education), Viticulture and Oenology, and Rural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Trent University (Brackenhurst)
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. Its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham School of Design, Nottingham Government School of Design, which still exists within the university today. It is the list of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment, 6th largest university in the UK (out of ) with students split over five different campuses. The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £393.5 million of which £9.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £385.5 million. History The university was formed by the amalgamation of many separate institutions of higher education. It originated from the Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design, Nottingham Government School of Design founded in 1843. In 1945, the Nottingham and District Technical College was established. In 1958, Nottingham Regional College of Technology opened a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumberland College (Kirkley Hall)
Northumberland College is a further education college based in Ashington, Northumberland, England. The present site opened in 1957, and became the County Technical College in 1961, transformed again in 1987, becoming the Northumberland College of Arts and Technology, and finally settled upon its current status in 1995. It has a main campus in Ashington in the south east of the County and additional centres at Kirkley Hall Kirkley Hall is a 17th-century historic country mansion and Grade II listed building in Northumberland, England. The estate is over and adjoins the River Blyth at Kirkley, three miles north of Ponteland in the heart of the Northumberland count ..., Hexham and Berwick. The college offers outreach courses from a number of smaller community venues and employability courses in community venues. Northumberland College provides further education courses to school leavers and adult learners in a wide range of subjects, including Access and Education; Art, Design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Shropshire College
North Shropshire College is a further education college in Shropshire, England and is part of Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College. It has campuses at Walford and Oswestry. Creation and branding Walford and North Shropshire College was created in January 2001 following the merger of North Shropshire College in Oswestry and Whitchurch, and Walford College in Baschurch; Ron Pugh was appointed the principal of the merged college, and following his retirement was succeeded by Andrew Tyley. During the 2014-15 academic year, Walford & North Shropshire changed its name to North Shropshire College, with a new colour scheme and website to match. North_Shropshire_College_logo.jpg, 2014 to 2018 logo In November 2018 Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College was created following the merger between Herefordshire and Ludlow College, and North Shropshire College. with a new colour scheme and website to match Herefordshire and Ludlow College's corporate Identity. Os ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myerscough College
Myerscough College (pronounced as ''Myers-coe'') is a Higher and Further Education college near Bilsborrow on the Fylde in Lancashire, England. Origins Myerscough College was founded on 15 March 1894 as the ''Lancashire County Institute of Agriculture''. The college's origins began in 1890, when the then newly formed Lancashire County Council set up a sub-committee with the remit of making grants available to help local agriculture. The Chairman of the Farming Sub Committee, Reverend Leonard Charles Wood, was responsible for overseeing the purchase and management of a new educational establishment for agriculture. The original college was based at Home Farm near the village of Hutton, south of Preston, and moved to its current site in 1969, as recorded by a stone plaque unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II on the teaching block built at that time. The new college was built on the site of Myerscough Hall, near St Michael's Road in Bilsborrow, and is in the rural parish of Myersc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moulton College
Moulton College is a further education college based in Moulton, Northamptonshire, England. Although initially established as the Northamptonshire Institute of Agriculture in 1921, it now has expanded its teaching curriculum to cover a wide range of land-based subjects, sports, and construction. Moulton College operates a number of satellite campuses in Northamptonshire, including ones in Daventry, Silverstone and Higham Ferrers. Moulton College teaches at all levels on the QCF framework from entry level through to doctorate level, with all BSc and MSc higher education degrees accredited with Northampton University. Academic staff at the college conduct applied research in their field of study. The college funds a number of associate lecturer posts who conduct PhD studies concurrently with teaching on undergraduate courses. The College is also a lead academic sponsor of Daventry University Technical College which is due to open in September 2013. History Moulton College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herefordshire & Ludlow College
Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire and Powys to the west. Hereford, the county town of Herefordshire has a population of approximately 61,000, making it the largest settlement in the county. The next biggest town is Leominster and then Ross-on-Wye. The county is situated in the historic Welsh Marches, Herefordshire is one of the most rural and sparsely populated counties in England, with a population density of 82/km2 (212/sq mi), and a 2021 population of 187,100 – the fourth-smallest of any ceremonial county in England. The land use is mostly agricultural and the county is well known for its fruit and cider production, and for the Hereford cattle breed. Constitution From 1974 to 1998, Herefordshire was part of the former non-metropolitan county of Hereford and Worcest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartpury College
Hartpury University and Hartpury College, formerly Hartpury College, is a provider of further and higher education which describes itself as specialising in the "agriculture, animal, equine, sport and veterinary nursing" sectors. The university and college is set in a 360-hectare estate located in Hartpury, near Gloucester, in Gloucestershire, England. College The college was established in the post-World War II era of the late 1940s, as an agricultural college with 50 students. The college remained relatively unchanged until 1990, when a rapid expansion programme started with the provision of a larger variety of further education courses. Hartpury's link with the University of the West of England (UWE) began in 1997 when Hartpury was awarded Associate Faculty status. In 2017, Hartpury was granted ‘Taught Degree Awarding Powers’ (TDAP), and in the same year was awarded the Teaching Excellence Framework Gold award. University Hartpury College gained full university status in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
