SMB College Group’s HE Animal Management & Equine students recently attended the Derby College Inter College Challenge to compete in a 'Research Bake Off', where one of the college’s students secured the top prize!
Students were invited to attend the event last month to compete in a ‘bake-off’ where they were required to get creative and present their research projects in bakery form. They could also present a 7-Minute presentation of their research projects or submit research posters.
SMB College Group’s Jess Harris, who studies Animal Management, won both Judge’s vote AND Student’s vote for ‘best bake’, with her piece titled ‘Is there a rise in canine separation anxiety due to the owners return to work post the Covid Pandemic’. Fellow SMB College Group student, Olivia Swinbourne, who studies Equine Performance Science, won runner up with the student’s vote for best bake!
SMB College Group Animal Care Lecturer, Jane Carruthers said ‘This inter-college competition was a fantastic opportunity for our students to showcase their research and engage with fellow peers, in addition to academics and industry specialists. We are so proud of Jess, Olivia and all of our students who got took this opportunity to get involved!”
There was a high academic standard throughout all categories including 10 research presentations, over 30 Academic research posters and 10 baked interpretations of students’ research projects.
The external judges, Liz Webb, Conservation Training Academy Manager from Chester Zoo, and Richard Sands, Conservation and Education Manager from Twycross Zoo, had a huge task choosing their winners.
Six colleges were in attendance: Moulton, Bedford, Bishop Burton, SMB College Group, Plumpton and Derby, with SMB College Group having several entries in the poster and bake-off sections.
Animal Care and Equine college courses for Post-16 students are taught at SMB College Group’s Brooksby Campus - their specialised land-based site. The campus features state-of-the-art equipment for Animal Management alongside Brooksby Equestrian Centre, including an indoor riding arena, outdoor floodlit arena with British Show Jumping approved jumps and an Equine Rehabilitation Centre.
Find out more and apply now to study Animal Management or Equine with SMB College Group - https://www.smbcollegegroup.ac.uk