Nick Herbert opens new Postgraduate Centre

Posted 8 March 2010

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Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nick Herbert MP, this week opened the new Postgraduate and Professional Development Centre at Harper Adams University College.

 The new centre has a range of facilities designed to support taught postgraduate students and those undertaking other professional development courses, Mr Herbert said: “It is a great pleasure to be here and to be able to open this centre.

 “Science is going to be immensely important to the challenge of increasing food production sustainably. And not just science, but the transition of science to the farm level through the skills agenda.

 “There can be no better reflection of the importance of this agenda, and how our university institutions are rising to that challenge, than the establishment here of this postgraduate centre.”

 Harper Adams Principal Dr David Llewellyn said: “Our investment in new facilities for postgraduate and professional development students underlines the importance we place on developing very high level skills for the agri-food sector, for which there is an acknowledged shortage. 

 “We are growing our postgraduate provision and have a strong commitment to continuing professional development through the Rural Employer Engagement Development Network (REEDNet) featured recently in the UK Cross Government Food Research and Innovation Strategy.” 

Watch the video to see highlights from the day. (Large size video).