Set in over 150 hectares in rural Staffordshire, Rodbaston College offers full-time and part-time courses and work-based training, principally for industries associated with the land-based sector. The College's resources include a working commercial farm, an animal care unit, a veterinary nursing centre, equestrian facilities, a state of the art fish hatchery, 21 hectares of formal gardens including hot houses and plant production areas, glass houses, and commercial plant and floristry centres. Located in the heart of England, the college is close to Stafford, Telford, Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

Homepage of Hartpury College, a further and higher education college based in Gloucestershire. Further Education: agriculture & countryside, animal care, equine studies, horticulture, sport & outdoor education, veterinary nursing, rural skills. Higher Education: agriculture & countryside, animal science & veterinary nursing science, equine science, sport & leisure, access to higher education, horticulture. Part-Time and Short Courses: agriculture & countryside, animal care, beekeeping, business, equine studies, first aid, horticulture, information technology, children's days, health and safety, food and drink, geology. Work-based Learning: foundation modern apprenticeships, advanced modern apprenticeships.

The college specialises in agriculture, countryside and environmental management, equine science and garden design, and has a strong sporting tradition. Details of courses, services to business and distance learning available from this land-based college.

The Department is located on the College's Wye Campus, in Kent, and has a long-standing reputation as an international centre for scientific and economic disciplines applied to land-based industries. The Department of Agricultural Sciences provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in agriculture, animal science, plant biology, environmental science, and equine business management.

Easton College was established in 1974, following the merger of three Norfolk land-based colleges. The main focus of the college is on vocational courses with qualifications such as First, National and Higher National Diplomas. The college offers a range of qualifications in rural and business subject areas including horticulture, food manufacture, floristry, equestrian, countryside, animal care, interior design and business and IT (part-time computer courses for the complete beginner to the more advanced user).

Walford and North Shropshire College is a Tertiary institution that is the product of a merger between a small rural Tertiary College and Shropshire's Land-based College in January 2001. Its main campus is in the small market town of Oswestry. Walford and North Shropshire College is spread over three campuses - in Oswestry, Baschurch and Whitchurch, with a learning Centre at Wem. The Walford Campus is situated in beautiful Shropshire countryside, 7 miles from Shrewsbury and is the centre for our land-based education and training. The 514-acre estate encompasses mature woodlands, new plantations, rough game shoot, coarse and trout fishery, nature trails and equine cross country coure.

Otley College, Otley, Ipswich, Suffolk - Higher and Further Education and Training for Land Based Occupations. The college serves a wide geographical area, including East Suffolk, South Norfolk and North Essex, which has extensive rural districts as well as large towns. The Otley College has opened a number of centres to help overcome poor rural transport links. These include centres at Beccles, Ipswich, Colchester, Leiston, Felixstowe and Rendlesham. The college has received an award for educational good practice and educational excellence in Foodskills. The award or CoVE (Centre of Vocational Excellence) is recognition for a Food department that has over 900 students participating in its varied selection of courses. Otley is the first college in Suffolk to achieve the CoVE accolade, and this will kick-start an era of ongoing improvement in the food department on campus.

The College provides education and training to around two thousand full-time and twenty thousand part-time students. There are two main centres at Peterlee in East Durham and a 400-acre Land Based College at Houghall on the outskirts of Durham City. Full Time Prospectus: Agriculture (BTEC National Diploma in Agriculture, National Certificate in Agriculture), Animal Care, Arboriculture & Forestry, Access Courses (over 19 years of age), Environment, Equine Studies, Floristry, Horticulture, Beauty Therapy, Business & Commercial, Catering and Hospitality, Childcare & Education, Computing, Construction, Engineering, Fine Arts, Foundation Studies, Hairdressing, Performing Arts, Science, Travel and Tourism, Sport, Fitness and Public Services.

Welsh College of Horticulture / Coleg Garddewriaeth Cymru. Located at Northop, in North Wales, the Welsh College of Horticulture offers courses for students of all ages, with a wide range of abilities. Courses include animal studies, equine studies, floristry, horticulture, agricultural machinery, and manufacturing The College's 91 hectares ecompasses ornamental grounds, a range of commercial horticultural facilities, woodlands and environmental areas, equine school, small animal unit, floristry shop and studios and machinery workshops.

The Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield offers nine degree courses based around the core subjects of biology, zoology, plant sciences and ecology. These offer students a large choice of specialist modules, including field courses, and the option of taking subjects as a three year (BSc), or four year (MBiolSci) degree. The Department also contributes to courses in Natural Environmental Science and Landscape Design and Ecology. The Department of Animal and Plant Sciences has state of the art research facilities in Sheffield, including the NERC funded Sheffield Molecular Genetics Facility and suites of controlled environment chambers, and major field experiments in Derbyshire, the Lake District, Svalbard, sub-arctic Sweden, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Borneo.