Llysfasi unveils new HNC & HND qualifications

NEW HE qualifications at a state-of-the-art land-based college will support the future of farming in Wales.

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE Rural Affairs Editor [e-mail]

Coleg Cambria unveiled Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes aimed at the next generation of farm managers, shepherds, farmers, and leaders in the sector.

Based at the college's Llysfasi site, near Ruthin - which recently unveiled the £10m Hwb Arloesi (Innovation Hub) and submitted plans for a 50-bedroom student accommodation building the courses include modules on a wide range of subjects.

Among them are Business and Business Environment, Managing a Successful Project, Principles of Livestock Production, Animal Health and Welfare, Land-based Machinery and Technology, and Rural Business Administration and Accounting.