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Sainsbury's & ABP Meats

Plumpton College students studying on the agriculture programmes had another outstanding lecture recently.  A packed audience of first and second year students met with two of the world’s sixteen Master Butchers for a fascinating...

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A Christmas welcome to Plumpton College

Shh! The secret’s out!  Plumpton College students studying the Diploma in Floristry have finished a Special Events assignment.  The students studying on the Level 3 programme had to sketch, design, plan, create a buying list and...

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Children In Need at Plumpton College

Staff and students at Plumpton College displayed strong support for the Children in Need appeal.  Students from the Floristry department designed and created colourful and artistic arrangements of gold chrysanthemums.  Staff...

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Land Rover Pull

Plumpton College students held a Land Rover pull challenge with a difference!  The aim of the competition is to promote the college and its association with local businesses.  However it is more than that, it's also a way to...

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L1.47 million of EU Grants Available To Local Businesses

The latest LEADER support programme, announced by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, will provide grants to small businesses, farmers, foresters and communities for projects that create jobs and grow the rural...

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Passion flowers into winners

Plumpton College Floristry students have proved that an early morning start is really the best start for a professional career as a florist. The students were judged winners at the New Covent Garden inter-college competition in...

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College Student Winners at South of England Agricultural Society’s Project Competition Awards

Charles Jennings won the South of England Agricultural Societies Top project in Further Education at Level 3 at the Ardingly Autumn Fair last weekend.  Charles is studying Countryside and Environment at the college and is...

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Macmillan cake and coffee morning

Staff at Plumpton College baked a variety of delicious cakes and biscuits to sell for The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.  The event is Macmillan’s biggest fundraising event for people facing cancer.  People all over the UK are...

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Travis Perkins supports Countryside Management project at Plumpton College

Students from Plumpton College studying on the Countryside Management course have developed a scientific project into the bat species found on the College Estate. 

Students Jade Stone and Beth Hughes used a previous survey, which...

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Great Year for Sailing

We’ve had a great 2014/2015 sailing with nearly every week, being able to get afloat, which certainly showed through with the great standard of sailing shown by all the academy members. We qualified 6 new dinghy instructors who...

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