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Agrovista bursary:   Rosemary Codd, a land management student at Askham Bryan College near York, has won an award from the agronomy...

Crufts 2010: 138 students from Askham Bryan ,Guisborough, Wakefield and York centres went to Crufts

Welcome to Askham Bryan College

We are one of the country’s foremost land-based colleges and provide education and training at all levels from introductory courses for school leavers right up to honours degrees. Our beautiful residential campus at York is only four miles from the historical city centre.

We have a new centre at Guisborough offering full time animal management and horticulture courses as well as part-time courses in a wide range of subjects. Part-time courses are also available at our other centres at Bedale,  Harrogate and Thirsk.

You can also study animal management with us at Bradford, Wakefield and Yorkshire Coast Colleges.  

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More information re Bursary


Elaine Banfield headed a group of ten students who volunteered to help out the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust. The group spent the day willow coppicing at Mr & Mrs Corrigan’s Eastfield farm. The farm has 3 x 25 acre sections of short rotation coppice, when harvested this is sold as fuel to the Sembcorp Biomass power station. The coppice provides a home for a wide range of wildlife, which ties in nicely with the student’s college work where they study First Diploma, National Diploma and Foundation degree courses in Animal Management at Askham Bryan Guisborough Centre. Read more & group picture...
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New for 2010 - Further education Information Days

Wednesday 10am  until 12 noon 17 March, 28 April, 12 may & 14 July. Please book before attending.      Contact: Mairy.Hair@askham-bryan.ac.uk 01904 772236
Information day Enquiry slip                                                             Information Day poster
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Askham Bryan Cricket Club update: 2010 promises to be another good season. We’re just about to begin practise nets starting in March. If you would like to play cricket in the York area, please feel free to come along – further details can be found here.

Zoe’s climbing for Haiti
   Askham Bryan College student Zoe Dryden is packing her bags ready for a trip to Africa to climb Mounts Meru and Kilimanjaro in aid of the Haiti earthquake appeal. Read more       Update: £550  raised!

             Read more about the winter garden challenge


Inclement weather. We stayed open thought the snow and ice, and will issue updates when necessary. Check Askham Bryan local weather here.             

      
After 12 months we have a winner of our Fantasy Farmer competition. Rob Rogers, Dave Benson and Jamie Leather collected the trophy yesterday after "The Matadors" team won the competition by a tight margin. Photo shows Steven Feehan of Anglo Beef Processors, Jamie Leather, Rob Rogers, Dave Benson and Liz Philip, Principal, Askham Bryan College
Read Press release or  Visit Fantasy Farmer section for all of the data

                                             Carole Taylor, a teacher of year 2 pupils at St Wilfrid’s Roman Catholic School, had a bit of a problem when the school received 30 saplings as part of a promotion run by Sainsbury’s and The Woodland Trust as St Wilfrid’s had no space for the young trees.
Carole contacted David Butterfield Lecturer in arboriculture at Askham Bryan College with her problem. The children had worked so hard to collect the vouchers it was great news when the College provided both the space and expertise to plant the Rowan, Birch and Cherry trees.
It is hoped that the partnership will grow further as students from the College are now also helping the children to create an allotment at their school.

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Students and staff pulled out the stops, organising and participating in events such as sponge throwing (and it’s cold in November) baking cakes, fancy dress, topiary and even the Principal climbed up a tree all contributed to Askham Bryan’s total of £405.44, raised for this years Children in Need appeal.

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