Education
- Short Courses
- Certificate & Diploma Courses
- Workshops & Master Classes
- Students & Work Experience
- WWOOF
Short Courses
The centre runs short courses for those interested in:
Rural Skills
Dry stone walling, Cob building, Hurdle making, Organic gardening, Animal husbandry and welfare etc
Working and driving equines, elephants & cattle on the farm, in the garden & forestry. Harness, implements and vehicles.
Horse Behaviour, Welfare and Teaching
The art of education using cooperative teaching & riding, relating and teaching horses
Cooperative Teaching & Handling
How to educate your dogs, cattle & sheep to be useful agricultural or working animals
The courses are arranged for groups or individuals who pay hourly for the tuition they require.
It is normal for participants to stay at the centre and get to know what is going on while attending all courses, although those living locally can sometimes be accommodated.
For further details email us or phone 00 33 (0)475 53 20 27.
Certificate & Diploma Courses
We run 6 months certificated and 1 year diploma courses which are widely renowned worldwide in:-
Ecological Agriculture – Theory & Practice
Many universities are now running courses in the theory of alternative agriculture, why and how. The unique feature of these courses is that they combine the theory with the practice. All students need to become efficient in all the necessary practical skills, as well as learning the necessary theory. Vegetable & flower growing, farm cultivations, grassland management, animal management, milk & milk products, forestry, rural skills, farm constructions, fences etc. are all covered.
Secondary school English and the ability to read are required although the teaching can be in French.
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Horse Behaviour, Welfare & Education – Theory & Practice
This is a unique certificate or diploma course developed by one of the worlds leading authorities on horse behaviour welfare and education. It combines the theory with serious practical proficiency. Graduates are capable of running a stable or stud, beginning the teaching of young horses, and equitation up to the equivalent of BHSAI standard. They also learn to work horses on the land, the assessment of fitness and long distance work, natural balance farriery and cover all the ideas recently produced by the ‘Natural Horsemen’. All students learn the husbandry skills by working as well as in theory.
Secondary school English and the ability to read are required although the teaching can be in French.
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Workshops & Master Classes
We also run 2-5 day workshops in horse and elephant behaviour, welfare and teaching by invitation at other locations worldwide for professionals and amateurs.
The Equine Mind & How to Improve Equine Husbandry & Equine Education – Theory & Practise
We are invited rather than organising our own, & can also visit people interested in other animals while there for consultancy (dogs, llamas, cattle & zoo animals). The workshops have become very popular in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia, Sweden, US & UK. The workshops discuss:-
What is it to be an Equine? How can this help us improve equine husbandry?
Improving equine teaching and developing cooperative education
35 years of empirical scientific research of our own and others, tempered with critically assessed practical knowledge and experience and up to date ideas on the philosophy of mind make up this multidisciplinary modern approach.
We use lecturing, discussion, demonstrations, videos, examples and practical exercises to bring this up to date information alive.
How we can in practise improve keeping, handling, teaching, riding and driving is demonstrated with master classes.
Much of the teaching is based on our research on animal educational psychology developed in the past 20 years, and is demonstrated by the horses themselves, and videos including llamas, cows and African elephants, buffalo and zebra in Zimbabwe. Discussion is encouraged.
Corporate Workshops
We run courses for Corporations and Businesses to help staff relationships. We use horses, cows & elephants (in South Africa) to achieve this and learn better communication, observation and how to relate to each other.
How They Work
With good advertising, these workshops are very popular. The voluntary organiser advertises and organises a location etc. They are usually at least 2 days.
Day 1 Lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and practical
Day 2 - 4 Master classes, consultancies or lessons in any aspect of animal management.
These classes are watched and discussed by all participants.
The charge is £50 per person for the workshop (discounts available for the poor) with a charge of £25 for an individual master class/private lesson/or consultancy. Up to 6 individual master classes/ lessons/ consultancies can be arranged per day.
The minimum is 10 participants for the workshops. All courses in either English or French as required.
See Publications.
If you are interested in organising or attending a workshop, email us or phone 00 33 (0)475 53 20 27
Students & Work Experience
We supervise undergraduate and graduate students for university undergraduate projects, masters and doctorates in ecology & ethology, and run our own projects (see Research).
We can also take people for work experience.
WWOOF
We are WWOOF host farm where members come and work & learn about Organic Agriculture.