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23/07/2014

New Apprenticeships: Dog Grooming, Butchery

Plumpton are now offering the Dog Grooming Apprenticeship and the Butchery Apprenticeship.

For further information please contact the Work-based Learning team on 01273 892 030 or wbl@plumpton.ac.uk

21/07/2014

International Blacksmithing Festival

Jake Souch and Joel Robertson-Robinson, two level 3 blacksmithing students have had their final pieces selected for an international Blacksmithing exhibition being held in August.

15/07/2014

Healthy Environment, Healthy Lives Conference Report

The inaugural Healthy Environment, Healthy Lives student conference was held on the 9th July 2014 at the South Downs Centre in Midhurst. The conference was organised by the South Downs National Park (SDNP) Research Hub, which was...

10/07/2014

NSA student winner

Plumpton College student Gussie Harmer was recently judged first prize winner at the Student Shepherd of the Future competition at South Sheep 2014, sponsored by Volac/Lammlac.

07/07/2014

Grahame Moss – member of staff – latest Triathlon report

Worthing Triathlon 6th July 2014

When the alarm went off at 4am to leave I was not best pleased; but as they say “time and tide waits for no man”- and indeed it would not, as this was a sea swim.

I entered the water at 6am as the...

02/07/2014

New course: BSc Animal Behaviour and Welfare

This is a Level 6 top-up year for those students who have successfully completed a FdSc in Animal Science or equivalent...

23/06/2014

Wine Career Talk Series - Wednesday 30th April

On the 30th April we were fortunate to be visited, for our lunchtime career talk, by a 2011 graduate of Plumpton College, James Wood.

He is the winemaker at Domaine Vintour – a 12 ½ hectare site on the slopes of Mount Ventoux,...

23/06/2014

Plumpton College Validated to Run New HE Courses

Plumpton College has just been validated to run two new Higher Education courses.

The BSc (Hons) Animal Behaviour and Welfare top up is a one year full-time course is for people with Foundation Degrees or HNDs in related Animal...

23/06/2014

Stanmer Palm House, Brighton (Enter Exotica!)

The Building

It was built in 1952 for Brighton Council and is unique-i.e. only one was ever built! It is leased and managed by Plumpton College and owned by Brighton & Hove City Council. For many years it was a tropical house. We...