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Bakers Roundtable
27/03/2023

Bakers Roundtable

We held our first ever Bakers Rountable at our new AgriFood building for local bakers.

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Plumpton College secures AoC Beacon Awards win for Education for Sustainable Development
24/03/2023

Plumpton College secures AoC Beacon Awards win for Education for Sustainable Development

The FE Sussex Partnership has won the prestigious Beacon Edge Award in The Nous Group Award for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).

The judging panel met a range of staff, students and governors from colleges across the...

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It's World Autism Acceptance Week 2023
24/03/2023

It's World Autism Acceptance Week 2023

This year for World Autism Acceptance Week, we've put together a range of activities for staff and students to learn more about Autism.

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Plumpton College win award at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2023Plumpton College win award at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2023
23/03/2023

Plumpton College win award at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2023

We are thrilled to have won the Sales, Marketing, Procurement Apprenticeship Provider of the Year Award at The FE Week and AELP AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2023.

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Level 3 students support a local primary school with a rainwater harvesting project
22/03/2023

Level 3 students support a local primary school with a rainwater harvesting project

The Sustainability Committee at Plumpton College have gone on tour! Part of their outreach has led them to St Margaret’s Primary School, along with Animal Management students Victoria and Blayne, to work on a rainwater harvesting project with the Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust.

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Launch of Plumpton College Bake Off for Year 9 & 10 Food Tech students!
20/03/2023

Launch of Plumpton College Bake Off for Year 9 & 10 Food Tech students!

To celebrate our new AgriFood Centre and training kitchen, we are very excited to launch 'Plumpton Bake Off' - a bakery competition for Food Tech students with a topical Coronation theme.

Year 9 & 10 students are to pair up and...

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Event launch of training kitchens in the AgriFood Centre with Table Talk Foundation and Adopt A School
16/03/2023

Event launch of training kitchens in the AgriFood Centre with Table Talk Foundation and Adopt A School

We were delighted to welcome Table Talk Foundation and Royal Academy of Culinary Arts' Adopt a School to the new AgriFood Centre, where they launched their involvement in the new training kitchen located in the centre, to their supporters. 

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Plumpton College awarded Shared Prosperity Fund for Green Skills Project
15/03/2023

Plumpton College awarded Shared Prosperity Fund for Green Skills Project

The FE Sussex Partnership has been awarded £32,000 funding for a Green Skills project as part of Arun District Council’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund programme.

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09/03/2023

Wine Business student wins International Tasting Competition

Plumpton Wine Division are delighted to announce one of their first-year international wine business students has won the annual Concours des Jeunes Professionnels du Vin (CJPV) Wine Tasting Competition for Young Professionals in Paris, and in doing so set a new points record!

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09/03/2023

New courses to help improve confidence and competence in mathematics

Working with East Sussex County Council, we offer the following courses in land-based subjects to embed the development of maths skills to improve numeracy at work and in everyday life. Adults over 19 years of age and without a Level 2 qualification (GCSE or Functional Skills) in maths will be eligible.

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