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A photo of professor of animal health and welfare, who has worked as a trustee for RSPCA Assured for the last decade, has been awarded the charity’s prestigious Queen Victoria Silver Medal, outside the RAU Main Building.

University professor recognised by RSPCA Assured for having “made significant contributions to improving the lives of farm animals in the UK”

30 July 2025 University professor recognised by RSPCA Assured for having “made significant…
two creators of the aries ram's head sculpture

University unveils stunning new sculpture to celebrate its 180th anniversary

25 July 2025 A sculpture of a ram’s head – made from steel rods recycled from old farm machinery by…
A photograph of the Royal Agricultural University main building on a sunny day with a blue sky.

Early research confirms that bio-fertiliser made from human urine performs as well as synthetic alternatives

18 July 2025 Bio-fertiliser made from human urine helps crops grow just as well as widely used…
Person gathering soil samples in Ukraine

RAU’s research into the impact of war on Ukraine’s farmland to benefit from £500,000 Defra funding

14 July 2025 Ongoing research by the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) looking into how arable…
Field of daffodils

Come and hear about how the humble daffodil is helping Alzheimer’s patients

7 July 2025 When poet William Wordsworth wrote his ode to a daffodil “I wandered lonely as a cloud”…
Cracked soils in a spring barley crop during its essential flowering and grain set period and already showing signs of the crop dying back.

When the cows come home…

1 July 2025 The late spring and into early summer has traditionally been a period of rapid plant…