28 Mar 2019

Harriet is a postgraduate student here at the University studying for an MSc in Agricultural Technology and Innovation and she is charting her everyday life in a series of pictures.

22 March 2019

Location: Outside Porter's Lodge, RAU Campus

21 Mar 2019

Angolan agriculture students are training in the UK in order to return home and kickstart the rural economy, in a ground-breaking partnership between leading Angolan telecoms company, UNITEL, and the RAU.

UNITEL is funding six talented Angolan students, selected from over 500 applicants, to follow a programme of postgraduate training at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester.

07 Mar 2019

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has been nominated for University of the Year, in a prestigious set of awards based on reviews from students themselves.

The RAU has made the shortlist of 10 universities competing for the top title in the 

06 Mar 2019

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) will be holding a lambing weekend at its Harnhill Manor Farm, near Cirencester, on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March 2019.

04 Mar 2019

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has become just the sixth university to be made a Centre of Excellence by the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE).

The RAU is the only small, specialist university to gain the prestigious accreditation, awarded for leading-edge enterprise practice and for making the development of students’ entrepreneurial skills a priority.

13 Dec 2019

Global food industry expert John Pain has been appointed as Chair of the Royal Agricultural University’s (RAU) Governing Council.

John will take over from The Rt Hon Michael Jack CBE – ex Fylde MP, former Chair of Topps Tiles plc and Chairman of Gs Fresh Produce- who retires from the role on 1 January 2020.

John Pain worked for The Wendy’s Company from 2011 to 2019 as Managing Director for Asia Pacific and Middle East (APME), doubling its restaurant count and entering new markets including Kuwait, India and Japan.

11 Feb 2019

The Three Counties Showground wants to shine a spotlight on skills and education across the agricultural sector after revealing a new partnership with the prestigious Royal Agricultural University (RAU).

The leading university will become the Three Counties Showground’s first ever official agricultural educational partner, in a move that both parties hope will help to tackle the skills shortage across the sector.

08 Feb 2019

The Royal Agricultural University will deliver a new postgraduate and professional training hub in Swindon to support the cultural heritage industries.

Plans for the hub were launched by University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) last year in response to the national skills gap in archaeology, and a demand from businesses in the South West of England for CPD courses such as heritage management.

07 Feb 2019

Alex Neason's take-away message is that our industry ‘shouldn’t be scared of change’ despite the uncertainty of Brexit.

Alex from Wellington, Somerset studies Agriculture with Applied Farm Management at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and won the 2018 John Innes bursary for students from non-farming backgrounds.  He attended the OFC for the first time in

28 Jan 2019

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has announced two new appointments to its senior academic leadership team.

Professor Mike Gooding will join the University in April as Head of School for Agriculture, Food and the Environment. In March Professor Neil Ravenscroft will become Head of School for Real Estate and Land Management.