Defra Secretary visits Royal Agricultural University

Defra Secretary visits Royal Agricultural University

Levi Roots photographed outside of RAU

Reggae Reggae Sauce boss shares business secrets with students

Reggae Reggae Sauce boss shares business secrets with students.

PhD student Pedzisai Nemadziba in his lab with a handful of soybeans

£2m boost to agriculture and food research

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RAU graduate wins Farmers Weekly award

Alex Dunn awarded 'Agricultural Student of the Year' at the 2018 Farmers Weekly Awards.

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Defra Secretary visits Royal Agricultural University

Defra Secretary visits Royal Agricultural University

Charlie Burrell holding a butterfly

Rewilding conference told of need to stop decline in biodiversity

“The simple fact is that we are going backwards in biodiversity. We need something significantly different in addition to traditional nature reserve conservation. That is the underpinning case for rewilding.”

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Reggae Reggae Sauce boss shares business secrets with students

Dragons’ Den star Levi Roots told an audience of student entrepreneurs that the key to business success was ‘willingness to change and adapt’ – as well as having a good lawyer.

PhD student Pedzisai Nemadziba in his lab with a handful of soybeans

£2m boost to agriculture and food research

PhD research into topics such as growing soybean as a profitable, low-carbon crop will continue to thrive at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) following a donation of £2 million.

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