Chipping in for scholarship

Askham Bryan College is taking applications for a second round of scholarships sponsored by chipmaker McCain's.

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Jun 2010, 17:43 BST

Updated 28th Jun 2010, 18:01 BST

Students starting agricultural courses this September can get their tuition fees paid for two years and three holiday placements in the McCain chain.

One of last year's two winners, Daniel Hird, 24, who grew up on a Dales sheep farm at Kettlewell, said: "I would never have thought of a career in arable, but now I'm seriously thinking of farm management and probably arable rather than livestock based."

The other, Jessica Robinson, was brought up on a smallholding in Lincolnshire and said: "I'd say to any student: Do it."

Askham Bryan is centred at York but also operates in Guisborough, Bedale, Harrogate, Scarborough, Thirsk and Wakefield. Email coralie.esling@fleishmaneurope.com or call 020 7395 7049; or sophie.hughes@fleishmaneurope.com – 020 7395 7104.