Plumpton College
| Plumpton College | |
 Plumpton College | |
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| Website: | www.plumpton.ac.uk |
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| Grid reference: | TQ358136 |
| Location: | 50°54’22"N, 0°4’8"W |
| Village: | Plumpton |
Plumpton College is a further and higher education college in Plumpton in Sussex, with courses in a variety of land based and related subjects. The college provides a range of full-time and part-time land-based courses, further education courses to Foundation Degree and BSc courses. The college degree courses are provided in association with the Royal Agricultural University.[1]
The college is established in 1926.
The main site of the College is in Plumpton, with satellite centres, termed 'Outcentres', elsewhere in East Sussex at Netherfield, Flimwell and Stanmer Park, and further afield in Bwlch Mwlchan in the Nant Gwynant valley in Caernarfonshire.
The range of courses cover land-based provision including Agriculture, Horticulture, Floristry, Greenkeeping, Hard Landscaping, Equine Studies, Agricultural and Horticultural Machinery, Metalsmithing, Animal Care and Veterinary Nursing, Countryside Management, Forestry and Arboriculture, Sports (Outdoor Education), Viticulture and Oenology, and Rural Business Management.
Viticulture and Oenology
Full courses offered are Foundation, BSc and MSc courses in Viticulture and Oenology, as well as in Wine Business, and around 180 domestic and international students attend these courses each year. It is the Centre of Excellence for the burgeoning wine industry in the United Kingdom.
Short courses include intensive courses in wine production for smaller growers and vineyard employees, known as WineSkills,[2] a range of Wine and Spirit Education Trust courses, and bespoke courses and events.
The college has 18 acres of productive vineyard in Scaynes Hill, and a recently planted vineyard in Ditchling, a semi-commercial winery, laboratories, and a sensory evaluation room. With the assistance of both a professional viticulturalist and winemaker, students have a large hand in creating the wine, sold commercially on-line and in local retail outlets [3]
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References
- ↑ Plumpton College
- ↑ WineSkills, Plumpton College
- ↑ Wine and Wine Research: Plumpton College