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The Newton Rigg campus which Askham Bryan College is selling, with (inset) Askham Bryan Principal Tim Whitaker ASKHAM Bryan College has hit back after being branded a "predator college" in the House of Lords over its "betrayal" of a campus in Cumbria. Principal and CEO Tim Whitaker said the claims were "false and misleading", and allegations of asset stripping, bankruptcy, insolvency, duplicity and secrecy were all "categorically untrue". Lord Campbell-Savours spoke out in the House about the York college’s controversial decision to sell Newton Rigg in Penrith. He said Newton Rigg h...

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 responsi...

Farming organisations told to quit Newton Rigg search for new homes Joanne Mills and Adam Day Two farming organisations are desperately seeking new homes after they have to leave Newton Rigg by the end of July. The Farmer Network and Cumbria Young Farmers Club have been told by the campus owner Askham Bryan that they must vacate their offices no later than July 31. York-based Askham Bryan has put the campus, near Penrith, on the market this week. The Farmer Network, invited by the college to base itself on campus in 2013, is a not-for-profit support organisation for the farming communities of...

PREMIUM Newton Rigg campus, which Askham Bryan College is selling, and (inset) former Workington MP, Lord Dale Campbell-Savours A FORMER MP has warned that Cumbria will "fight to the end" to stop York’s Askham Bryan College selling off a campus in Penrith. Lord Dale Campbell-Savours said that he and other campaigners against the sale of Newton Rigg had a "team of first class lawyers working on our case, ready to act if necessary in the courts". He spoke out as the York college revealed that its sale of Newton Rigg, launched on Tuesday, includes two farms which have a combined guide pr...

Northern Ireland agriculture colleges to get £75m investment >More in Edwin Poots (right) and Martin McKendry at Greenmount Campus, County Antrim © Kelvin Boyes/PressEye Northern Ireland’s agricultural college campuses at Loughry and Greenmount are set for significant refurbishment, following the announcement of a £75m investment programme to run from 2023-28. The work on the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) facilities will include new student accommodation and high-tech facilities to support student learn...