Scholarship recipient – William Banham

We are very pleased to hear from William Banham who received a Scholarship in 2023 and is attending Bicton College in Devon studying Agriculture Level 2. “I am 16 years old, and live at home in West Dorset where I attended the Sir John Colfox Academy.  I’ve always loved farming, although my parents are not from the farming industry. My […] Continue Reading

Izzy Minshall studying Agriculture at Harper Adams

Izzy Minshall is studying Agriculture with Animal Science at Harper Adams.  She is starting in September 2020 “I shall be starting my first year at Harper Adams in September studying Agriculture with animal science. Although I am not from an immediate farming family, my grandparents were farmers and I love the farming life.  After leaving Woodroffe School I attended Kingston […] Continue Reading

Luke Johnson studying Veterinary Science.

Luke Johnson is studying Veterinary Science and Medicine at Nottingham University “I am a farmer’s son from the heart of the Marshwood Vale, located near Shaves Cross, my family run a progressive yet traditional mixed livestock farm.  I am currently twenty years old and just about to enter my third year at the University of Nottingham studying a degree in […] Continue Reading

Jade Mowlem studying Veterinary Medicine

8th September 2020 Jade is studying to be a vet at Surrey University.  She has received the Society Bursary since starting her course. “I am just about to start my 3rd year studying Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey based in Guildford.  It had been a long-term goal to be a vet, and I am loving my studies so […] Continue Reading

Eliot Jones

We were pleased to support Eliot with a bursary for four years.  Eliot first approached us in 2014 when he applied to Hadlow College to study a BSc in International Agriculture.  Eliot has provided us with the below report: Agriculture has been a life changing vocation.  As a younger man leaving education, without goals or vision, farming became a career […] Continue Reading

Bursary Student – Ashley Ball

Ashley received the Melplash Agricultural Society Bursary for three years whilst studying Horticulture at Bicton College finishing in 2014.   He studied and gained RHS Level 2 Horticulture Practical & Plant Taxonomy and RHS Level 3 Horticulture Practical & Propagation.  The bursary awarded went towards the course fees, travelling, equipment, tools, reference books, etc Ashley is now a self-employed gardener working […] Continue Reading

Bursary Student – Pamela Sibley

MELPLASH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY’S BURSARY SCHEME BENEFITS STUDENTS PLANNING TO STUDY SUBJECTS CONNECTED TO AGRICULTURE Each year the Melplash Agricultural Society offers bursaries to students aged 18 years and over who are planning to pursue courses in subjects connected to agriculture.  Students of agriculture, forestry, horticulture or any closely allied topic could be eligible for up to £1000 per annum.  The […] Continue Reading