You will get the chance to work with an exciting range of animals thanks to our partnership with Puxton Park, one of the region’s top visitor attractions.

Your classroom lectures will come to life as you carry out practical sessions at the park, enabling you to develop industry specific skills working with the park’s specialist facilities and animals.

Puxton’s range of domestic, farm and exotic animals include tortoises, parrots, reindeer, owls, marmoset monkeys, meerkats, donkeys, goats, ponies, rare pigs, alpacas, cattle, emus and stick insects.

The partnership will also allow you to gain broader customer service skills, by engaging with tourists, families and school parties - all helping you prepare for the world of work.

You will be based both at Knightstone Campus and Puxton Park, where you will benefit from:

• A bespoke animal management campus.
• Weekly experience within an outstanding zoo farm.
• The opportunity to study and work with a wide range of animal species from insects to primates.
• Teaching from industry specialists.
• Opportunities to undertake meaningful and substantial work experience.
• Trips to animal establishments.
• Guest lectures from a wide range of industry specialists.