Our Professional Development Courses

Insect Identification

This is a four-day course on insect taxonomy and identification. You will be shown how to preserve insects, and build your own reference collection.

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Instructor/s: Mark Shirley

Location: Cockle Park

Course Fee: £200.00 (zero VAT)

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Instructor/s: Mark Shirley

Location: Cockle Park

Course Fee: £200.00 (zero VAT)

Monitoring Agricultural and Trade Policies and their Impact on Farming and Rural Communities Seminar

Part of a series of Agri-focused Seminars held at the various locations of NU Farms.

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Location: Cockle Park Farm

Course Fee: This is a free course.

Digital Monitoring Tools, Smart Farming and Rural Innovation Seminar

Part of a series of Agri-focused Seminars held at the various locations of NU Farms.

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Location: Nafferton Farm

Course Fee: This is a free course.

Regenerative and Low-Input Farming Systems Seminar

Part of a series of Agri-focused Seminars held at the various locations of NU Farms.

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Family Dynamics and Impact on Farming Practice Seminar

Part of a series of Agri-focused Seminars held at the various locations of NU Farms.

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Future of Tenant Farming in North-East England Seminar

Part of a series of Agri-focused Seminars held at the various locations of NU Farms.

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NU Farm Open Event

Curious about the research happening at Newcastle University Farms?

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Location: Cockle Park Farm Morpeth Northumberla...

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Delve Deeper

A 6 month online Distance Learning course in Marine Biology  Learn more here

Air Pollution

Learn the fundamentals of air pollution including a historical perspective, current air quality policies and standards...  Learn more here

Climate Change: Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation

The module aims are to introduce the likely hazards (impacts) associated with climate change in a range of areas of the human, built and natural environments  Learn more here