Update & Parliamentary Enquiry

We have deliberately stayed silent recently out of respect for the stresses caused to students, staff and the community by the uncertainty around Newton Rigg’s future. We do not wish to offer vague information and instead are focussing on the work we need to do to build Newton Rigg College back better for future generations.

We welcome the PARLIAMENTARY ENQUIRY that will take place in the House of Commons 2.30pm TODAY, to explore the future of land-based education provision in the UK and also the reasons for the threat to Newton Rigg College’s future. The Parliamentary Enquiry can be viewed at 2.30pm via Parliament Live TV.

One of our main challenges is to ensure that the Newton Rigg assets are not sold off to the highest bidder, instead preserving them as rightful foundations for the future of land-based education in Cumbria.

In recent weeks, our work has been focused entirely on our plans to create a sustainable long-term future for land-based education in Cumbria with access to the Newton Rigg campus and farms. This has included discussions with Myerscough College to find ways of working together to maintain credible and land-based Further and Higher Education offerings within the County. Our team of Directors and Advisors are working tirelessly with a clear intention to acquire the Newton Rigg campus and ‘BUILD IT BACK BETTER’- from training and apprenticeships to a new, independent Newton Rigg College for Cumbria in years to come.

We expect to share more in the coming days and weeks.