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School students offered taster courses
Student harnessing a horse

College sessions aim to help pupils make career choices

Plumpton College is offering school students a range of taster days to help them make decisions about their future studies and careers.

Pupils in years 9, 10 and 11 who are interested in a career in the rural industries or working in the great outdoors will be able to go along to the college and its centres during the next half-term, from October 28 to 31.

The college, which is located in East Sussex, offers a variety of land-based courses and has out-centres in Netherfield, Robertsbridge, Flimwell, Brighton and North Wales.

Free taster courses will give an introduction to the some of the study options at Plumpton, giving students the chance to spend some time experiencing the subject of their choice.

Available courses include:

  • Countryside and conservation
  • Game and fishery management
  • Agricultural and horticultural machinery
  • Animal management
  • Horticulture
  • Blacksmithing and silversmithing
  • Equine
  • Motor vehicle service and repair
  • Agriculture
  • Adventure sports
  • Forestry
  • Floristry
  • Rural pathways programme

Students, parents, carers and school careers staff who are interested in the taster days can contact Plumpton College for more details and an application form.

Call 01273 890454 or visit the website.

 

 

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Strangles survey seeks views of horse owners

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 With Strangles Awareness Week just around the corner (5-11 May), vets are being encouraged to share a survey about the disease with their horse-owning clients.

The survey, which has been designed by Dechra, aims to raise awareness of Strangles and promote best practices to prevent its transmission. It includes questions about horse owners' experiences of strangles, together with preventative measures and vaccination.

Respondents to the survey will be entered into a prize draw to win two VIP tickets to Your Horse Live 2025. To access the survey, click here 

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DAERA to reduce BVD 'grace period'

DAERA has reminded herd keepers of an upcoming reduction to the 'grace period' to avoid BVD herd restrictions.

From 1 May 2025, herd keepers will have seven days to cull any BVD positive or inconclusive animals to avoid restrictions being applied to their herd.

It follows legislation introduced on 1 February, as DAERA introduces herd movement restrictions through a phased approach. Herd keepers originally had 28 days to cull BVD positive or inconclusive animals.

DAERA says that, providing herd keepers use the seven-day grace period, no herds should be restricted within the first year of these measures.

Additional measures, which will target herds with animals over 30 days old that haven't been tested for BVD, will be introduced from 1 June 2025.

More information is available on the DAERA website.