Farming Monthly National August 2018 | Page 52

| Education Caradoc Halls of Residence all ensuite accommodation Walford should be first choice for agri studies Walford Campus is a fantastic and vibrant land-based campus that offers a great place to study and make friends. Students who come to Walford make friends for life and progress to university, into employment, or on to higher apprenticeships in their chosen vocational area. he Campus has been a busy place the past few weeks with hundreds of National Citizen Service (NCS) young people undertaking many interactive workshops on campus and getting great life experience along the way. Staff at College are busy preparing for the forthcoming enrolments starting at the end of August ahead of term starting in early September. There are lots of activities around Campus from general maintenance to growing lots of food to feed our more exotic animals over in our animal management centre! With halls of residence at the Campus, there are plenty of jobs to do in preparation for September such as planning induction and fun and interactive activities for the forthcoming new residents. Students studying Agriculture and Equine complete duties as part of their programme, so duty rooms are really useful for students who do not live on Campus. An integral part of land-based programmes relates to rural skills. Rural skills are of paramount T importance to those working in relevant areas. Courses are crucial to businesses who require legislative tests in order to be compliant in their particular field. The College offers a wide range of courses for areas such as chainsaws, pesticides, ATV, Veterinary Meds and Tractor Driving. To find out more, visit our website at www.nsc.ac.uk or call the Rural Skills Team on 01939 262102 or email [email protected] If you would like to make Walford your first choice, you can still apply for courses now. Go on to our website via www.nsc.ac.uk or call the Admissions Team on 01691 688080. The College is open on Wed 29th August from 4pm-8pm for an advice and guidance evening so anyone who is not fixed up yet with a place for September or who has received GCSE results and needs to have a chat can come along. Walford is just 10 minutes outside Shrewsbury and around 20 minutes from Oswestry. You can get to Walford by using our postcode: SY4 2HL 52 | Farming Monthly | August 2018 www.farmingmonthly.co.uk