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  • Spring into action at CAFRE

    Date published: 27 March 2017

    Are you considering courses to study after your GCSE or A-level examinations? Are you interested in continuing your education on a specialised course that will prepare you for a career or maybe you want a part-time course to study while you work? If so, now is the time to get your career sorted at CAFRE.

    The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) invites you to come along to our Spring Open Days to find out about the excellent courses and careers available in the agri-food and land-based industries. During the Open Days you will have the opportunity to meet and talk to staff, tour the campus facilities and gain an insight into life and study at CAFRE.

    For those who like working with horses, the date for your diary is the Equine Courses Open Day, which will be held on Saturday 1 April at 12 noon in Enniskillen Campus.

    Loughry Campus, Cookstown provides courses in Food Technology, Food Business Management, Food Design and Nutrition and Postgraduate courses in Business for Agri-food and Rural Enterprise. Loughry’s Open Day is on Tuesday 4 April, between 3 and 8pm, so come along and check out what Loughry’s courses can offer you.

    Greenmount Campus, Antrim is well known as the key provider of courses in Agriculture, Horticulture, Land-based Engineering, Floristry and Veterinary Nursing. Come and see Greenmount Campus and meet the staff at our Open Day on Wednesday 5 April, between 3 and 8pm.

    All our courses prepare you for a successful career in your chosen industry and make extensive use of the excellent teaching and practical facilities at each Campus.

    Thinking College… think CAFRE and join us at one of our Spring Open Days.

    For more information on any of our courses freephone 0800 0284 291 or visit the CAFRE website.

    Notes to editors:

    1. Photo Caption: CAFRE students get ready to welcome prospective students to the college's forthcoming Spring Open Days. Greenmount Campus Level 3 Extended Diploma in Agriculture students Graeme Forbes and Nicola McLaughlin with Loughry Campus Food students Alex Lindsay (Foundation Degree, Food, Nutrition and Health) and Karen McVicker (BSc Hons Degree Food Business Management).
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    3. All media enquiries to DAERA Press Office, pressoffice.group@daera-ni.gov.uk or tel: 028 9052 4619.

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