Reunion Details

We had a good start to the term in September with activities such as Flying Start and Freshers Fair taking place with the students settling in to college life and making new friends. We are also getting back to sports with rubgy and football teams established and training for this year’s matches underway.

After an unusual few years it is good to be back to normal and able to plan a whole range of trips and visits to enhance the students’ learning experience. All groups have been planning to get out and about with trips to Wimpole Hall, Colchester Zoo, Whipsnade, Cambridge Botanic Gardens and Paradise Wildlife park to name a few. They have also been to conferences, seminars and demonstrations and had the opportunity to take part in activities such as netting lakes, farm walks and tree planting. The equine students had a fantastic trip to Your Horse Live in Warwickshire. A number of exciting study tours are also planned both in the UK and wider afield. Our outdoor adventure students are heading off to the Isle of Wight next week for an outward-bound course including yachting, sailing and water sports.

On our further education courses recruitment is strong particularly in agriculture where numbers are growing. It’s fantastic to have so many young people looking to work in the agriculture and countryside sectors. We are encouraging students to work across curriculum areas, for example horticulture maintain plants in the zoological centre biome, fisheries students using aquaponics to grow food for the animals and countryside students working at the farm on conservation activities. This expands the students’ knowledge of different sectors and increases their employability skills at the end of the course. Last year floristry students took part in the heats for Floristry World Skills, and we hope to participate again this year. We are looking to engage with a number of employers in the coming academic year for visits and guest lectures as well as work experience.

Catherine Lloyd Director of Land Based Studies

13th May 2023 at Shuttleworth College

Tickets £15 each

- Starts at 11.30 am

- Lunchtime Hog Roast from 1.00pm in the Russell Hall plus cash Bar

- Afternoon tours of the College, Kingshill Farm, Equine Centre, Zoological

Centre and grounds.

- Free admission to the Swiss Gardens

- Free admission to The Collection

For tickets apply to Sarah Perrett: 01458 251523 or perrett_sarah@hotmail.com If you have already paid for tickets for the 2020 reunion and were not

refunded, then these will still be valid. We will send replacement tickets in due

course.

If you need help finding old friends please contact Paddy Godwin 07966

926274 or patrick.godwin@btinternet.com who may be able help with

information from the Old Student database