Harry Goring

Ambitious agriculture student wins 2019 John Innes Foundation bursary

A talent for crops and a strong work ethic helped Harry Goring win a prestigious bursary for students wishing to start a career in farming, from a non-farming family background.

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Equine students benefit from partnership with Rein and Shine

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Reggae Reggae Sauce boss shares business secrets with students

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£2m boost to agriculture and food research

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New initiative will help veterans move into careers in rural sector

A national networking platform to help ex-forces personnel looking to move into careers in the rural sector - and their future employers - is to be launched in Gloucestershire.

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University launches new award for graduate entrepreneurs in partnership with Strutt & Parker

Strutt & Parker’s new alumni entrepreneur award, Grow It, features a £1,500 cash prize. It will be open to recent graduates who have left the RAU in the past three years and have successfully built and developed their own business.

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Equine students set to benefit from RAU’s partnership with Rein and Shine

BTEC Level 3 students at Rein and Shine at Braydon, Swindon will spend an away day at the RAU in Cirencester as part of their course, receiving training on equine anatomy and physiology from leading equine lecturers.

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Spotlight on Learning and Sustainability in 2018

At the RAU, we believe that it’s important that all of our students engage with sustainability as part of their programmes as our graduates will go on to be the next generation of managers of the natural and built environment.

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