Suffolk Rural is celebrating a host of achievements in the course of this year - from the purchase of its campus at Otley to the launch of a new-look animals studies facility.

It’s now five years since the land-based studies college became part of Suffolk New College.

Suffolk New College principal and chief executive Alan Pease believes that the future of land-based learning is in safe hands thanks to the purchase of the land where the college resides in August of this year.

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Felix Cobbold Trust agreed to sell the 60-acre site to the college in a landmark deal - opening the doors to more investment in the site.

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Future plans are being kept under wraps but this year

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