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Plumpton College Blacksmithing students wins top National student Award
23/10/2012

Plumpton College Blacksmithing students wins top National student Award

Plumpton College student, Barnabas Cheeseman, was presented with the Frank Day Memorial Trophy in a recent award ceremony.

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Ploughing Success 2012
10/10/2012

Ploughing Success 2012

Peter Hill, a Level 3 second year student at Plumpton College has gained success at local Ploughing Matches this season.

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10/10/2012

Plumpton helps the Threatened Plants Project

As the Threatened Plants Project lists and looks for all the rare cultivars in the land, we are so grateful to all the volunteers who are helping.

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Heavy Horse Young Handler Success 2012
10/10/2012

Heavy Horse Young Handler Success 2012

Emily Bell, a Level 3 second year student at Plumpton College; Competed at The Edenbridge & Oxted show in the Young Handler class, with one of the College’s Heavy Horses.

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Plumpton College celebrate the success of their Apprentices
02/10/2012

Plumpton College celebrate the success of their Apprentices

Plumpton College celebrated the success of their Apprentices at an Awards Evening on Wednesday 3rd October. Advanced and Intermediate Apprentices who had studied Agriculture, Horse Care, Veterinary Nursing, Horticulture and Arboriculture gathered with their employers, families and friends to recognise the achievement of the apprentices who completed their Awards during 2011/12.

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Brighton based orchid expert John Haggar’s book published
19/09/2012

Brighton based orchid expert John Haggar’s book published

This year, Brighton based orchid expert John Haggar’s work has come to fruition! The book “Growing Hardy Orchids”, for which he was a major contributor, has been published by Kew Books.

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Plumpton College teaches Merseyside firemen about rescue of large animals
19/09/2012

Plumpton College teaches Merseyside firemen about rescue of large animals

Plumpton College regularly provides a 4 day Large Animal Rescue Instructors course for fire brigades across the country. Last week members of the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service attended a course at the College.

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Foundation Degree student wins prize in a national competition
09/09/2012

Foundation Degree student wins prize in a national competition

Lucy Partridge is currently studying on the Foundation Degree in Agriculture. She entered the RABDF Farm Health Management Award sponsored by Metacam as part of the farm animal health and welfare module, which forms part of her programme.

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19/08/2012

Skills Olympics success!

Caite Bond, a Floristry student from Plumpton College in East Sussex, has been selected for the prestigious Squad UK for WorldSkills 2013. Caite is training this summer at Plumpton College with Steph Willoughby, (Head of...

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Shear winners at Plumpton College
07/08/2012

Shear winners at Plumpton College

Three students from Plumpton College were up with the lark on 13th June, passing the first test of rising early to compete in the Young Shepherd of the Future Competition at Nugent Farm in Lambourn, Berkshire, organised by the...

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