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Plumpton College is a Further and Higher education college in
Plumpton, East Sussex Plumpton is a village and civil parish in the Lewes (district), Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles (8 km) north-west of Lewes. The parish measures 6.5 miles in length on its north–south axis and 1 mi ...
, 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
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. The main site of the College is in Plumpton, with satellite centres, termed 'Outcentres', elsewhere in East Sussex at Netherfield,
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and
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, 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 Business Management. The college was visited by
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in March 2008 to open a new Children's Rural Education Centre marking the Year of Food and Farming.


Viticulture and Oenology

Full courses offered are Foundation, BSc and MSc courses in Viticulture and Oenology, as well as in Wine Business, and around 180 domestic and international students attend these courses each year. It is the Centre of Excellence for the burgeoning wine industry in the UK. Short courses include intensive courses in wine production for smaller growers and vineyard employees, known as WineSkills, a range of WSET courses, and bespoke courses and events. The college has a 7.3ha of productive vineyard in
Scaynes Hill Scaynes Hill is a village in the civil parish of Lindfield Rural in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A272 road 2.2 miles (3.5 km) east of Haywards Heath. Landmarks Scaynes Hill has a Site of Special Scientif ...
with a newly-planted vineyard in
Ditchling Ditchling is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is contained within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park; the order confirming the establishment of the park was signed in Ditchling ...
due to come into full production in 2021 or 2022, a semi-commercial winery, laboratories, and a sensory evaluation room. With the assistance of both a professional viticulturalist and winemaker, students have a large hand in creating the wine, sold commercially on-line and in local retail outlets Wine and Wine Research
/ref> The Duchess of Cornwall visited Plumpton College to open their new Wine Research Facility on 26 March 2014.


Alumni

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, farmer and advocate of large-scale farming


References


External links


Plumpton College website
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