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A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry has left MPs with a clear impression that land-based education needs to continue at closure-hit Newton Rigg College in Penrith. Following a one-off evidence session on land-based education provision in England, MPs on the House of Commons’ EFRA Committee are to raise concerns about national delivery of education for agriculture and the environment, which includes continued land-based education provision at Newton Rigg. During the evidence session, Tim Whittaker, CEO of owners Askham Bryan College in York, was called as one of the witnesses and faced a barrage o...

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 Br...

A FORMER Principal of Askham Bryan College has challenged the controversial decision to sell off its campus in Penrith. Liz Philip, who ran the York college from 2007 to 2016, said she felt 'real sadness' over the closure and sale of the Newton Rigg campus, which was situated in a 'rich agricultural county with some very strong agricultural students.' She also questioned why student numbers there 'were allowed' to fall so much after she departed. She said: "In 2015/16, which was my last year, there were 954 further education students and apprentices at Newton Rigg. I understand that t...

HELPING OUT Student Megan Blareau mucks out at Wetheriggs OFFICERS and volunteers at Wetheriggs Animal Rescue Centre say they have been bowled over by the thousands of pounds which have poured in after their dire financial plight was highlighted two weeks ago. The centre started selling “virtual tickets” – which could be redeemed for a free visit when it re-opens after Covid-19 restrictions are lifted – to help fill its coffers, but staff never expected the extent of the response. More than £1,000 of tickets were sold, and in addition the centre, based near Greta Bridge, has recei...

Newton Rigg. A CUMBRIAN peer is calling on all MPs in the county to help push for a Parliamentary Inquiry into the closure of Newton Rigg College. Lord Dale Campbell Savours says he has been inundated with calls from the Cumbrian rural community calling on him to help save the Penrith campus due to close this summer. "If all the MPs in the county joined forces to push the Defra Select Committee to hold an inquiry into how the college has been run by owners Askham Bryan College, then we stand a good chance of getting one," said Lord Campbell Savours.