{"id":72381,"date":"2018-01-24T16:33:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T16:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=72381"},"modified":"2018-02-02T16:09:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T16:09:11","slug":"reaseheath-helps-champion-agri-tech-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/reaseheath-helps-champion-agri-tech-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaseheath helps to champion agri-tech sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='avia-slideshow av-av_slideshow-850714b432a31055e34a1d50ec8f456b avia-slideshow-featured_large av_slideshow avia-slide-slider  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 42%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-av_slideshow-850714b432a31055e34a1d50ec8f456b__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class='av-slideshow-caption av-av_slideshow-850714b432a31055e34a1d50ec8f456b__0 avia-caption'><div class=\"avia-inner-caption\"><div class='avia-caption-content '  itemprop=\"description\" ><p>Delegates to the Agri-Tech West seminar at Reaseheath College<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-72382 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-72382\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RADA-Agric-Tech-West-seminar-1500x630.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"630\" title='RADA Agric-Tech West seminar' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2de302bf1aa3cf4c9157dbe6f50ac7eb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Reaseheath College is helping to champion the rising agri-tech sector through active involvement with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agritechwest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agri-Tech West (ATW)<\/a>, an alliance of businesses, public sector and industry organisations and educational institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The college, which will complete the construction of its \u00a37 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/agritech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advanced Engineering and Agri-Tech Centre<\/a> this summer, is working with its ATW partners to support the government\u2019s aim of making the UK a world leader in agri-food technology. The challenge is to provide a growing global population with sustainable, nutritious, affordable and high quality food through the use of new technology and products.<\/p>\n<p>Agri-Tech West has been formed by four Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) &#8211; Cheshire and Warrington, Stoke and Staffordshire, Worcestershire and The Marches \u2013 to identify collaborative initiatives within its region to support the agricultural and food manufacturing sector.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Department for Business, Enterprise Innovation and Skills, the Department for International Trade and representatives from colleges, universities and businesses within the ATW region met at Reaseheath to discuss how best to shape the future of the consortium.<\/p>\n<p>Presenting an overview, Claire Bridges, Strategy and Partnership Executive, Worcestershire LEP, emphasised that the region could offer wide ranging specialisms from soil protection and science to robotics and genetics and has become a prime location for global agri-food businesses. It already has a diverse agri-food sector with small and large food and drink manufacturers and well established supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>It also has a high profile engineering and technology sector and globally renowned land-based and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) educational institutions including Reaseheath. This network of universities and colleges is undertaking research and trials into a wide range of innovative technologies and practices that could improve productivity in agriculture and food production.<\/p>\n<p>Among ATW\u2019s targets for the next two years include the creation of 120 new apprenticeships and 240 new jobs, to support the development of 40 new products, processes or systems, and to provide business support for 300 small and medium businesses. This could be met by combining the region\u2019s wealth of talent, knowledge and skills.<\/p>\n<p>Said Claire: \u201cThe region has huge potential to lead technological innovation across the food supply chain at a national and global level. The UK\u2019s decision to leave the EU is strengthening the Government\u2019s focus on helping UK businesses and renewing efforts to create trade deals with the rest of the world. ATW sees this as an opportunity, attracting inward investment and exporting innovation to help the agri-food sector meet the challenges of global food security, climate change and declining natural resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The seminar, which was facilitated by Peter Davenport of Stoke and\u00a0 Staffordshire LEP, continued with presentations by Dr Katharina Reusch, an IBM Research UK data scientist, and by Sam Watson-Jones, Co-Founder of Small Robot Company. It was followed by round table discussions between delegates on future aims and objectives and a tour of Reaseheath\u2019s industry standard food processing halls<\/p>\n<p>Reaseheath Principal Meredydd David said that the seminar had offered an excellent opportunity to share best practice and to focus on how to generate best value for the region, its businesses and the country as a whole through shared resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agritechwest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Agri-Tech West website will be fully launched in March 2018<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72385\" style=\"width: 537px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RADA-Agric-Tech-West-seminar-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72385\" class=\"wp-image-72385 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RADA-Agric-Tech-West-seminar-2-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"527\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RADA-Agric-Tech-West-seminar-2-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RADA-Agric-Tech-West-seminar-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RADA-Agric-Tech-West-seminar-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RADA-Agric-Tech-West-seminar-2-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RADA-Agric-Tech-West-seminar-2-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RADA-Agric-Tech-West-seminar-2-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agri-Tech West delegates enjoy a tour of Reaseheath\u2019s food processing halls<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reaseheath College is helping to champion the rising agri-tech sector through active involvement with Agri-Tech West (ATW), an alliance of businesses, public sector and industry organisations and educational institutions.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":72382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[468],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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