Newton Rigg Campus THE fight to save a doomed agricultural college from closure is being taken to Parliament. And the education chiefs who made the decision to shut the doors of the Newton Rigg College campus at Penrith are to be called as witnesses. Dr Tim Whitaker, Chief Executive Officer and Judith Clapham, Director of Governance at Askham Bryan College form part of a panel of witnesses to take part in a Commons debate into land-based education provision in England. The 11-strong committee of cross-party MPs – which includes Penrith and the Border MP Neil Hudson, will investigate the current provision of education in areas such as agriculture and forestry, and any implications for Government policy. This will include looking at the example of the provision of land-based education in Cumbria and the impact of the planned closure of Newton Rigg College.
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 Bryan and its director of governance Judith Clapham.
Newton Rigg Campus THE fight to save a doomed agricultural college from closure is being taken to Parliament. And the education chiefs who made the decision to shut the doors of the Newton Rigg College campus at Penrith are to be called as witnesses. Dr Tim Whitaker, Chief Executive Officer and Judith Clapham, Director of Governance at Askham Bryan College form part of a panel of witnesses to take part in a Commons debate into land-based education provision in England. The 11-strong committee of cross-party MPs – which includes Penrith and the Border MP Neil Hudson, will investigate the current provision of education in areas such as agriculture and forestry, and any implications for Government policy. This will include looking at the example of the provision of land-based education in Cumbria and the impact of the planned closure of Newton Rigg College.