All 4 of my kids went to Harper and can thoroughly recommend it. Particularly liked the fact they spend a year on placement which gives them valuable experience and often a foot in the door. They did different courses, Off road engineering, REALM, Countryside Management and Ag & Animal Science. They are all working in good jobs related to their degrees. They all loved Harper, the community, the campus, the student experience.
Good Agri colleges
- Thread starter WOODCHIP
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merino
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- Location
- The North East
Just going to throw it out there that Newcastle is a Russell group university and SRUC agriculture degrees are accredited by Glasgow, another Russell Group university. The Russell Group being elite, that's a different subject. They're not that difficult to get into, they provide a decent education, and you've got the option of living in town for a few years (it's not mandatory for him to like his classmates). When you're done you get what some people in the guardian think counts as an elite education.
He should consider it, even if only to reject it out of hand.
He should consider it, even if only to reject it out of hand.
- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
Oh that's pretty awesome - I have a student from SA going into the third year who turned down a place on one of their premiership teams youth development programme to be at Hartpury. He was in the seconds last I checked, but might have moved up a team now.
The level of Rugby is quite something else, so she must be pretty bloody good!
alomy75
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It’s very difficult to recommend a college/uni without knowing the person; some sort different personalities better than others. I lasted less than a week at Harper but then didn’t want to leave Writtle and was there for 3 years. I’m sure there will be people who feel the polar opposite. Location is important; not too far (for washing to be brought home) but not too close that he/she gets called back to ‘just’ give you a hand doing xyz 
Wolds Beef
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- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
Is your son looking for a practical course or academic? I think for practical farming, a degree probably does not teach what you need to know, however growing up on a farm you would probably learn a lot of that stuff at home.
If he is practical, another avenue could be an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, plasterer or carpenter, these trades would add another string to the bow if working at home on the farm, CITB probably still do an apprenticeship as a machine driver (360, dozer etc) which is a great course. We had lots of farmers sons here in Wales doing building apprenticeships.
If he is practical, another avenue could be an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, plasterer or carpenter, these trades would add another string to the bow if working at home on the farm, CITB probably still do an apprenticeship as a machine driver (360, dozer etc) which is a great course. We had lots of farmers sons here in Wales doing building apprenticeships.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
Get him to learn french, plenty of opportunities here.
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
Mine is off to Zimbabwe for the winter.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
Is Zimbabwe less volatile these days? There are certainly lots of farming opportunities for those willing to be adventurous and travel.
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
We went in may and really liked it we met a lot of young white farmers who were renting land and doing well. I am too old but for my son it’s worth a look. I get annoyed when people say there is no future in farming it’s just it may not be at home. I remember being told at the age of nine by our agronomists mother that if i went to university i could be growing bananas in the West Indies when i was older. I haven’t quite got there yet but i’m not mucking out pigs either.
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