{{Short description|Agricultural school in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{advert|date=February 2017}} The '''Duchy College Rural Business School'''<ref name="cornwall">{{cite web|url=http://www2.cornwall.ac.uk/rbs/index.php?page=_Home|title=Rural Business School : Home|publisher=www2.cornwall.ac.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> was founded in 2006. It is part of the Cornwall College Group,<ref name="cornwall2">{{cite web|url=http://www.cornwall.ac.uk/|title=Cornwall College | Making learning work|publisher=cornwall.ac.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> and its main purpose is to provide a range of services that meet the needs of rural communities, including training opportunities, business support, and an ongoing research program. Richard Soffe<ref name="cornwall3">{{cite web|url=http://www2.cornwall.ac.uk/rbs/index.php?page=_Meet_the_Team&subpage=_Detail&type=T&caseid=234&profilename=Richard%20Soffe|title=Rural Business School : Detail|publisher=www2.cornwall.ac.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref><ref name="plymouth">{{cite web|url=http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/rsoffe|title=Richard Soffe|publisher=plymouth.ac.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref><ref name="exeter">{{cite web|url=http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/politics/staff/soffe/|title=Richard Soffe - Politics - University of Exeter|publisher=socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> is director of the Rural Business School.
== Facilities ==
The Rural Business School is located on two sites: Stoke Climsland in the east of the county of Cornwall and also at Rosewarne in the west. It has a research outpost at Exeter University<ref name="exeter2">{{cite web|url=http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/crpr/people/farmbusinesssurveyunit/|title=Farm Business Survey Unit - Politics - University of Exeter|publisher=socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222133954/http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/crpr/people/farmbusinesssurveyunit/|archive-date=2014-02-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> in Devon and an office in the National Farmers' Union<ref name="nfuonline">{{cite web|url=http://www.nfuonline.com/assets/3953|title=www.nfuonline.com/assets/3953|publisher=nfuonline.com|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> building in Exeter.
== Rural Business Research ==
Rural Business Research<ref name="fbspartnership">{{cite web|url=http://www.fbspartnership.co.uk/|title=RBR: Excellence in land based business research across England|publisher=fbspartnership.co.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> (RBR) is a team of British researchers working in the areas of farming, the environment, and rural business. It is a consortium of academic units delivering projects for the government, levy-funded research bodies, research councils, and commercial clients. It runs the Farm Business Survey,<ref name="fbspartnership2">{{cite web|url=http://www.fbspartnership.co.uk/index.php?id=1528|title=RBR: Excellence in land based business research across England|publisher=fbspartnership.co.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> which it carries out for Defra.<ref name="defra">{{cite web|url=http://www.defra.gov.uk/|title=Defra - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|publisher=defra.gov.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref>
== Postgraduate Study ==
Postgraduate study<ref name="cornwall4">{{cite web|url=http://www2.cornwall.ac.uk/rbs/index.php?id=2453&sig=rbs|title=Rural Business School : Rural Business School|publisher=www2.cornwall.ac.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> is offered through the Rural Business School at Duchy College. The subject matter is based within land-based and rural industry sectors and is offered in a versatile format to accommodate the requirements of students.
== Rural Development Programme for England projects ==
The Rural Business School runs a number of RDPE<ref name="defra2">{{cite web|url=http://rdpenetwork.defra.gov.uk/|title=Rural Development Programme for England|publisher=rdpenetwork.defra.gov.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> funded projects. These include:
=== The Skills Programme ===
The Skills Programme<ref name="defra3">{{cite web|url=http://rdpenetwork.defra.gov.uk/news-and-publications/defra-news/national-rdpe-skills-framework|title=The National RDPE Skills Framework|publisher=rdpenetwork.defra.gov.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221151056/http://rdpenetwork.defra.gov.uk/news-and-publications/defra-news/national-rdpe-skills-framework|archivedate=2014-02-21}}</ref> offers support funding for training. Training on the Skills Programme is delivered by a partnership led by the Rural Business School. The other partners are the Royal Agricultural University<ref name="rau">{{cite web|url=http://www.rau.ac.uk/|title=RAU - Royal Agricultural University|publisher=rau.ac.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> and Lantra.<ref name="lantra">{{cite web|url=http://www.lantra.co.uk/|title=Lantra - Lantra – Agricultural Jobs | Land-based | Raising Skills | Backing Business|publisher=lantra.co.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref>
=== Healthy Livestock ===
The Healthy Livestock Project<ref name="healthylivestock">{{cite web|url=http://www.healthylivestock.org/|title=Healthy Livestock|publisher=healthylivestock.org|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> focuses on controlling the incidence of various conditions in livestock.
=== The Southwest Layers and Game Bird Initiative ===
The Southwest Layers and Game Bird Initiative<ref name="poultryandgame2">{{cite web|url=http://www.poultryandgame.co.uk/|title=South West Layers and Game Birds Initiative|publisher=poultryandgame.co.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516200441/http://poultryandgame.co.uk/|archivedate=2014-05-16}}</ref> offers funding for training events, conferences and activities designed to improve flock health. It is driven by the Rural Business School who are running a three-year project funded through the Southwest Healthy Livestock Initiative (SWHLI).<ref name="swhli">{{cite web|url=http://www.swhli.co.uk/|title=South West Healthy Livestock Initiative Knowledge Exchange - Rural Business School|publisher=swhli.co.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113142944/http://www.swhli.co.uk/|archive-date=2014-01-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> This project has been formulated with the West Country Layers Association.<ref name="poultryandgame">{{cite web|url=http://www.poultryandgame.co.uk/news.php?pagetype=item&newsid=3666|title=South West Layers and Game Birds Initiative|publisher=poultryandgame.co.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113164049/http://www.poultryandgame.co.uk/news.php?pagetype=item&newsid=3666|archivedate=2014-01-13}}</ref>
=== SWHLI Knowledge Exchange Project ===
The Rural Business School delivers the South West Healthy Livestock Initiative (SWHLI) Knowledge Exchange project in partnership with the University of Bristol Veterinary School.<ref name="poultryandgame" /> This initiative recognises the economic and cultural significance of livestock rearing to the region. The project provides knowledge support to SWHLI sector projects at a regional level and communicates the resulting information on the health and welfare of the region’s livestock population to the wider farming community.
=== South West Agricultural Resource Management ===
The main aim of South West Agricultural Resource Management<ref name="swarmhub">{{cite web|url=http://www.swarmhub.co.uk/about.php?id=2373|title=SWARM - South West Agricultural Resource Management|author=jerzy.ogorek@duchy.ac.uk|publisher=swarmhub.co.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220150525/http://www.swarmhub.co.uk/about.php?id=2373|archive-date=2014-02-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> (SWARM) is to share information on resource management within the farming community in the South West Region of England. SWARM works with funding agencies, farming groups and other stakeholders to ensure up to date knowledge on all aspects of farm resource management is available to the local farming community.
=== The Challenge of Rural Leadership Course ===
The Challenge of Rural Leadership Course, a two week residential course run by the Rural Business School of Duchy College in Cornwall,<ref name="farmerslivery">{{cite web|url=http://www.farmerslivery.org.uk/farmers/ourcourses/challengeofrural.htm|title=Challenge Of Rural Leadership Course|publisher=farmerslivery.org.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204034120/http://www.farmerslivery.org.uk/farmers/ourcourses/challengeofrural.htm|archive-date=2014-02-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> is held at Dartington Hall<ref name="dartington">{{cite web|url=http://www.dartington.org/dartington-hall|title=Dartington Hall | Devon Social Enterprise Venue - Hotel Style Bedrooms, Weddings, Conference Centre and Restaurant|publisher=dartington.org|accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> in Devon each year.
== See also ==
*Combined Universities in Cornwall
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== External links == *{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalrural.org/organisation.aspx?id=0b23c6fc-1d3a-4067-a8d6-f7841f859571|title=The Rural Business School, Duchy College|publisher=nationalrural.org|accessdate=2014-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221221500/http://www.nationalrural.org/organisation.aspx?id=0b23c6fc-1d3a-4067-a8d6-f7841f859571|archive-date=2014-02-21|url-status=dead}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.bbka.org.uk/news_and_events/duchy_college_rural_business__school__beginners_beekeeping_courses|title=Duchy College Rural Business School - Beginners Beekeeping Courses - British Beekeepers Association (BBKA)|publisher=bbka.org.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221175008/http://www.bbka.org.uk/news_and_events/duchy_college_rural_business__school__beginners_beekeeping_courses|archive-date=2014-02-21|url-status=dead}} *http://www.cla.org.uk/In_Your_Area/South_East/Notice/{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}//1010346.htm/ *{{cite web|url=http://www.university-directory.eu/United-Kingdom-(UK)/Duchy-College---The-Rural-Business-School.html#.UcLStmYRzew|title=Duchy College | The Rural Business School | University Directory|publisher=university-directory.eu|accessdate=2014-02-09}} *{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-22942132|title=BBC News - Duchy College farm health project 'boosts' productivity|work=BBC News |date=17 June 2013 |accessdate=2014-02-09}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.poultryandgame.co.uk/1_4.php?id=2487|title=South West Layers and Game Birds Initiative|publisher=poultryandgame.co.uk|accessdate=2014-02-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622111232/http://poultryandgame.co.uk/1_4.php?id=2487|archivedate=2014-06-22}} {{Authority control}}
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