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Campaigners unveil plan to open new Newton Rigg College
23 April 2021 |
Campaigners aim to welcome learners to the new Newton Rigg College in 2024-2025 (Photo: Cumbria YFC)
A plan to open a new Newton Rigg College has been unveiled by campaigners looking to rebuild the future of land-based education in Cumbria.
Newton Rigg Ltd has launched an urgent action plan which seeks to build a new college to open in 2024 or 2025.
The community organisation is calling for support, starting with training courses this year and the introduction of apprenticeships in 2022.
This would lead up to the opening of a new and independent Cumbrian Newton Rigg College two to three years after.
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Bold action plan revealed to rebuild Newton Rigg College
Plans to open a new Newton Rigg College in Cumbria have been revealed.
It is hoped the new independent college will start welcoming its first students in September 2025.
Behind the scheme is community organisation Newton Rigg Ltd, which has launched an urgent action plan to rebuild land-based education in the county.
Operators of the Newton Rigg campus, Askham Bryan, announced that it was pulling out of Cumbria and shutting the facility’s doors.
Its chief executive has been grilled by MPs over the decision and we have launched a petition to save land-based education in the county.