Welcome from the College Director Mr John Fay

On behalf of the college I welcome you to our Bursary launch for 2009. The bursaries are open to all first year Higher Education students on Horticulture, Agriculture and Countryside Management programmes.

One of the main challenges for CAFRE in this and the years ahead will be to complement the needs of industry with new and emerging talent, talent that has a burning desire to engage with education, interact with the industry and ultimately boost productivity.

The bursaries offered by CAFRE in association with industry represent a first step in this process of nurturing the brightest and best talent available with the motivation and ability to succeed.

The college is indebted to the industry sponsors who have supported our students in the past and continue to do so in these bursaries for the 2009-2010 academic year.

John Fay

Students who have recently commenced Higher Education programmes at Greenmount receiving their bursaries from representatives of local companies are:-

Heather Hall, Coleraine (Ashley Stewart, Dunbia), James Cuffey, Crossgar (recipient of David Colegrave Foundation’s bursary), Alan Bassett who received bursary on behalf of Andrew Clarke, Monaghan (Edwin Cartwright and Bertie Pollock ,Tyrone Farming Society), Mairead McCullough, Dromara (Linda Davis, Antrim Agricultural Society), William Martin, Benburb (John Henning, Northern Bank), John Craig, Crumlin (Angus Cuthbert, Ulster Farmers’ Union), Natasha Ferguson, Enniskillen (Michael Griffiths, Thomas Henry Memorial Trust), and David Kwasniewski, Omagh (Dr Sam Campbell, AI Services).

Also pictured are Dr Alice Robson and Dr Michael Mullan, Greenmount.