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Livestock Technology Centre

  • Money C

    Total Project Cost: £1.9m

  • Money C

    LGF Awarded: £1.1m

  • Idea C

    Status: Outputs and outcomes completed

A major new skills centre near Witney which provides a ‘highly-technical’ environment, supporting courses and research relating to livestock husbandry. The centre has been built to combine theory teaching spaces and a livestock area, capable of supporting the latest agricultural technology, whilst helping to provide a solution to the agritech skills shortage problem in Oxfordshire.

The centre houses a classroom with a state-of-the-art NEDAP Pig Performance Testing station, Shearwell Data for sheep stock analysis and a live feedback system, alongside student changing areas and a range of animals, including sheep, pigs and goats.

Delivery Partner: Abingdon & Witney College

Project impacts:

  • Group 747@2x

    New highly technical skills centre showcasing the latest agricultural technology achieved

  • Group 747@2x

    556m2 of new learning floorspace achieved

  • Group 747@2x

    3 new jobs created achieved

  • Group 747@2x

    215 new learners assisted (in courses leading to a full qualification) achieved

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