Ian Knowles

Ian Knowles
Balclutha New Zealand.
“Studying international agricultural training models to find a ‘best fit’ for New Zealand land based training.”
Ian is currently the Director of Farms at Telford Rural Polytech in Southland, working as part of the farm team to manage the commercial dairy, sheep, beef and deer units. An important part of his responsibilities is to liaise with the academic staff to make best use of learning opportunities for students on the Telford farm. Ian proposes to study the training requirements of the agricultural sector with a focus on integrating hands-on learning sector with the more academic environment of the universities