Newton Rigg chiefs face grilling by MPs
Newton Rigg
Education chiefs who decided to close Newton Rigg College will face a grilling from MPs later this month at a Parliamentary inquiry.
Bosses from Askham Bryan, which announced it was closing the land-based education campus near Penrith last year, will be called as witnesses on Tuesday, March 23 in front of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
The committee will hold the one-off session on land-based education, with a focus on Newton Rigg and witnesses called to appear include Dr Tim Whitaker, chief executive officer of Askham Bryan and its director of governance Judith Clapham.