Newton Rigg
Bosses of Newton Rigg College say claims made by Cumbrian peers about it and the sale of the agricultural college are ‘categorically untrue’ and misleading.
On Wednesday, former Workington MP Lord Dale Campbell-Savours spoke in the House of Lords and described its owners, Askham Bryan, as a ‘predator college’ and said the sale of the campus, near Penrith, was an ‘appalling betrayal’.
He told the house Newton Rigg was being sold by a team of Yorkshire accountants to pay off Askham Bryan College’s escalating debts.
Lord David Clark said: “Those who have been responsible for this outrage should hang their heads in shame as they now proceed to sell off its assets through estate agents Savills in a grand fire sale.”
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 the closure was an “absolute disgrace”and Askham Bryan was “financially failing” and needed to sell the site for £12 million to stave off insolvency.
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Palak for acquiring technological knowledge to lead changing world
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DHAKA, Apr 7, 2020- State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak today inaugurated Grameen Phone’s Digital Skills Academy “GP Explorers 2.0” through an online meeting.
At the meeting, addressing the youngsters of the country he said that, “By only adapting we can never lead the changing world. We have to prepare ourselves to create opportunities of leadership through the acquisition of technology,” said a press release here.
Terming human resources as crucial and valuable he said that, “If we can build efficient human resources, it will be possible to bring radical change in all fields including economy.”
Academy to launch to help firms hone digital skills
Janet Addison
An academy is set to be launched this month to help businesses hone their digital skills.
The Digital Skills Academy has been created by the Digital Tech Cumbria programme and will begin on March 16.
Topics scheduled so far include digital marketing, e-commerce, new product and service development, cloud computing and automation with cyber security and other topics in the pipeline.
Janet Addison is business development manager for Digital Tech Cumbria.
She said: âDigital technology was already changing the way we worked, lived and communicated before the pandemic and COVID-19 has really accelerated those changes. There are impacts on how we run our businesses, how we manage our people and our money, and how we find new customers.â