Readers react to Newton Rigg: act of 'educational vandalism'
Newton Rigg Campus THE closure of Cumbria's only agricultural college has been condemned by trade union leaders as an act of 'educational vandalism'. A motion condemning the 'sell-off' of Newton Rigg College at Penrith was passed at last weekend’s Northern TUC Conference, moved and seconded by Penrith and the Border Labour Party members Iain Owens and Karen Lockney. The conference condemned the decision of owners, Askham Bryan College, York, supported by the FE Commissioner and the Department for Education to close the college. It was resolved that the TUC Northern Executive would w...
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