Our Vision
We’re proud to have supported Land Based Colleges & Universities for over 70 years
Our mission is to support and advocate for its members, and more broadly the land based occupational and education sectors. This often manifests as benchmarking across the sector, liaising with bodies such as DEFRA, DfE, City and Guilds, AoC and GuildHE and partnering with other national stakeholders such as TIAH, NFU, EFT and Lantra.
Landex’s mission is also to ensure that all our members will be recognised by their learners and stakeholders as providing high quality cost-effective land based (Agri-Food, Land and Animal Sciences) education, training and professional development.
It is to also ensure that our members are valued by their communities and employers for their contribution to the sustainability of businesses, the well-being of society and the prosperity of rural economies.
About usOur Members
Landex is a membership organisation of 39 Land based colleges and universities across the UK, with a farming footprint of 15,000 hectares and 7000 residential beds. 33 of these institutions are designated specialist land-based providers.
The Ofsted profile, or other devolved quality measure was 95% good or better (summer 2023).
Analysis of Further Education learner enrolment numbers on Land based courses in all settings has shown pleasing growth (2018-2022), with 77% of that growth in numbers being directly attributed to designated specialist land-based providers.
Early indicators are that there has been growth again in the current cohorts. Providers have worked hard to promote the sector and coupled with the impact of high-profile influencers and the environmental agenda; numbers have grown.
This demonstrates the value that is placed by learners and employers on these specialist providers and recognises the impact of the investment that consecutive governments have made in the high-quality resource. Apprenticeship starts are also seeing very pleasing growth in the sector, with 31 standards now available, with 2 more in development and scheduled launch in 2025.
See the interactive map to learn more about our member Colleges and Universities.
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Our Members Colleges
Upcoming Events
11th December
Landex Residential CPD Event – 11th December 2024
05th March – 06th March 2025
Landex Annual Conference
14th January – 14th January 2025
Health and Safety Forum – CPD Event
30th January – 30th January 2025
STEAM Challenge Event: AgriFuture
Land Based Occupational Areas
Jobs at Landex
Connecting you with the best jobs in land based education and training
Landex Jobs has been designed specifically to help those looking for a land based education career or to further an existing land based career. For candidates to search and find new opportunities, as well as register an interest to receive notifications should a vacancy become available in the future. All the jobs listed on the Landex Job site have been added by one of Landex existing College/University members.
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Our Partner Organisation
NLBC was established by 30 members of Landex in 2015, and was launched by Agriculture Minister, George Eustice MP, in May 2016. It is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. NLBC is an employer focussed organisation, and was established to promote knowledge and skills as the focus for increasing the productivity of land based businesses. In partnership with City and Guilds, NLBC will seek to ensure that land based qualifications and courses are designed to meet the needs of both students and employers. NLBC is independent of Landex, but is currently managed from the Landex offices in Northampton.
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LBL
Established in 2013, LBL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Landex and is a company limited by guarantee. LBL provides a wide range of teaching and learning materials to support the delivery of land based courses, which are available only to subscribing members. These are available in pdf format, but an increasing number of interactive learning materials are also available to subscribing members. In addition, LBL hosts a range of open-access materials that have been developed by third parties or using grant funding.
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LBAL
LBAL is a company limited by guarantee that was established in 2017 by 16 members of Landex to facilitate the provision of high quality End Point Assessment of Apprenticeships. It operates through Lantra as the approved Awarding Organisation, and is managed under contract by Landex from its offices in Northampton.
Services
We offer a number of services to both the Landex membership and the wider Land- Based sector. Click here to see the services on offer and if you are interested in some bespoke training cater specifically to your needs please get in touch with us.
Resource Hub
Our resource hub is full of useful documents and links to organisations working closely in the Land-Based sector. Click here to search through the resource hub and filter by specialism.
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Contact us today
If you have any questions around our membership or are interested in learning more about our services and events, please get in touch today using our contact form and a member of the Landex team will get back to you (Mon-Fri)
T: 01604 550109