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Calls for Government to step in over future of Newton Rigg The Government must intervene to save Newton Rigg says the consortium behind plans to keep land-based education in Cumbria. Newton Rigg Ltd, which wants to open a new college on the existing campus near Penrith, says operator Askham Bryan College is ‘robbing Cumbrian Peter to pay Yorkshire Paul’. In a statement released this afternoon, it said there was outcry over the college’s plans to sell Newton Rigg’s land and farms but it ...

Newton Rigg, which Askham Bryan College is putting on the market today and (inset) Tim Whitaker, the Principal and CEO of Askham Bryan College A YORK college has revealed that its campus in Cumbria will go on the market today despite a storm of protests - and has insisted that the sale IS legal. Askham Bryan College has been engulfed in controversy over the proposed closure and sale of Newton Rigg in Penrith, which culminated at a Defra select committee hearing in March, when MPs claimed th...

Plea for government to save Newton Rigg >More in © Publicity Plus The government has been urged to step in at the last minute to save Newton Rigg, Cumbria’s last remaining agricultural college, from closure. York-based Askham Bryan College, which owns Newton Rigg, revealed it had put the college and its assets on the market from Tuesday (4 May) onwards, prompting huge disappointment in the Cumbrian farming community. The two farms –...

Newton Rigg Campus CUMBRIA’S only agricultural college is to go on the market next week, along with its two farms. The owners of Newton Rigg confirmed that college staff had been informed on Thursday that Newton Rigg campus and Sewborwens Farm, in Penrith, and Low Beckside Farm, in Mungrisdale were being put up for sale through Savills Estate Agents from Tuesday, May 4 onwards. Remaining college staff, it is believed, were being given notice today, while the Farmer Network and the Cumbr...

Questions: Dr Neil Hudson, MP for Penrith and the Border MPs are calling on the Government to tighten the safeguards on the sale of land-based educational assets in light of the proposed disposal of Newton Rigg College campus and farms. The cross-party MPs on the House of Commons EFRA Committee are also warning of a skills crisis without Government investment, after they learned that the number of specialist independent land-based colleges has fallen by almost 80 percent in the last four de...

Newton Rigg MPs are calling on the Government to find a “reasonable solution” to the future of Newton Rigg as it warns of a skills crisis without Whitehall investment. Today, cross-party MPs on the House of Commons EFRA Committee have written to the Department of Education, urging the Government to implement a national strategy for land-based skills and education, backed by adequate funding. The number of specialist independent land-based colleges has fallen by almost 80 per cent in the la...

During the inquiry, Askham Bryan chief executive Tim Whitaker could not respond to MPs’ questions and was asked to provide written evidence following the meeting about the asset deed and financial position of Newton Rigg campus. Mr Whitaker, who is also principal of Askham Bryan College, said: “We regret the impact of the difficult closure decision on our Newton Rigg campus students and staff and understand that feelings continue to run high within the Cumbrian community and beyond. ADVERTI...

Police have arrested a man in connection with reports of an alleged serious sexual assault in a village near York POLICE have arrested a man in connection with an alleged serious sexual assault in a village near York. North Yorkshire Police said officers were investigating reports of a serious sexual assault at an address in Askham Bryan last Thursday. A spokesperson said that a man in his 20s was arrested in connection with the incident and had been released on bail while inquiries conti...

Campaigners unveil plan to open new Newton Rigg College 23 April 2021 | Campaigners aim to welcome learners to the new Newton Rigg College in 2024-2025 (Photo: Cumbria YFC) A plan to open a new Newton Rigg College has been unveiled by campaigners looking to rebuild the future of land-based education in Cumbria. Newton Rigg Ltd has launched an urgent action plan which seeks to build a new college to open in 2024 or 2025. The community organisation is calling for support, starting with training ...

Bold action plan revealed to rebuild Newton Rigg College Plans to open a new Newton Rigg College in Cumbria have been revealed. It is hoped the new independent college will start welcoming its first students in September 2025. Behind the scheme is community organisation Newton Rigg Ltd, which has launched an urgent action plan to rebuild land-based education in the county. Operators of the Newton Rigg campus, Askham Bryan, announced that it was pulling out of Cumbria and shutting the facility�...