Well I’ve received an email that has definitely grabbed my attention!  The College of Agriculture, Rural and Food Enterprise (CAFRE) is running 3 free online equine workshops in the new year.

They cover the topics of:

• Equine Nutrition from 20/01/14 to 02/02/14; deadline to express interest to enrol is 13 January 2014
• Horse Health from 10/02/14 to 23/02/14; deadline to express interest to enrol is 03 February 2014
• Equine Breeding from 03/03/14 to 16/03/14; deadline to express interest to enrol is 24 February 2014

 As per the email…

“The online lectures will be available during the first week and revision and test sessions will be available during the second week. Participants can access the sessions at any time during their scheduled week. Upon completion of the course all participants will gain a certificate of completion from CAFRE. Participants will be able to study any of the topics individually or can study all three subjects. 

Participants from anywhere in the world will be able to access these free online courses.“

I’m always up for free education!  What about you?  If wanting to enrol, contact Janine Bryce on 028 9442 6843 or email janine.bryce@dardni.gov.uk before the enrolment deadline.

“A horse has so docile a nature that he would always rather do right then wrong, if only he could be taught to distinguish one from the other.” – Author unknown

Well technology is amazing; it really astounds me at some ideas that people come up with and how they make them a reality!  In an Australian article posted on the 18th of this month, it has been announced that a 3D printer has been able to create a horseshoe that was then tacked onto a horse’s foot!

Imagine it, you can enter a design, put it through a 3D printer and have it come out as an object!

For full details that are available in the article, check out 3D printed horseshoe breakthrough for Australia’s leading science research body.

If you’re interested in the idea of creating something new for the horse industry, don’t give up on it!  There are so many creations being imagined and then acted on.  Take a look at the Equilume discussed on Equus-Blog.

“On the first day God created horses, and on the second day He painted the good ones.” – Author unknown

Hi everyone! I’ve been entertaining for awhile the idea of creating a channel on YouTube to further the experience of this blog.

 

If you haven’t seen before the face of this blog, now you can! If you’re a YouTube user, I encourage you to click the above channel link and ‘subscribe’ to be kept up to date on all things horse education, careers, courses and travel as I develop short videos. Thanks!