BSc / BA (Hons) Environment & Sustainability (Professional Placement Year)

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The growing awareness of environmental issues and the associated problems that individuals, society and the government are encountering means that there is increasing focus and support being given to this sector. Sustainability is at the heart of this and employers are actively seeking trained graduates with skills and knowledge in environmental sustainability. This new programme provides students with a great opportunity to help fill this gap.

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Undergraduate courses

UCAS Extra runs from 26 February to 4 July 2025. If you have used all five choices on your UCAS application and not received any offers, you may still find a place at RAU.

BSc / BA (Hons) Environment & Sustainability (Foundation Year)

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The growing awareness of environmental issues and the associated problems that individuals, society and the government are encountering means that there is increasing focus and support being given to this sector. Sustainability is at the heart of this and employers are actively seeking trained graduates with skills and knowledge in environmental sustainability. This new programme provides students with a great opportunity to help fill this gap.

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Transcript of RAU Environment Courses Video

I'm so glad I came to the RAU because most of my course has been outside and for me that is such a big thing. Honestly it's such an amazing place and such an amazing campus, it's absolutely beautiful here.

I like the fact that it's a very small university and I quite like the close-knitness that that gives.

I'm from London myself so the thought of getting out of the city and being more rural definitely appealed to me.

FdSc Equine Management

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This exciting new course covers all of the required practical skills for the British Horse Society Level 3 Groom's qualification, embedded within a framework of equine science and business based learning.

You will build knowledge and skills in horse care and management to reach this level throughout the two years. Students with little or no previous experience with horses will be expected to commit to additional sessions to develop these practical skills in order to meet the required standard. 

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Royal Agricultural University welcomes delegation from Emirate of Sharjah following partnership

14 July 2023

A high-level delegation from the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, including representatives from the Sharjah Private Education Authority, University of Sharjah, Sharjah Department of Public Works, and Sharjah Agriculture and Livestock Authority, has spent time visiting, and meeting senior staff at, the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) this week.

The visit, which also included time spent at the University of Bristol, follows the signing in May of a Memorandum of Understanding between the RAU, the University of Bristol, and the University of

BSc / BA (Hons) Environment & Sustainability

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The growing awareness of environmental issues and the associated problems that individuals, society and the government are encountering means that there is increasing focus and support being given to this sector. Sustainability is at the heart of this and employers are actively seeking trained graduates with skills and knowledge in environmental sustainability. This new programme provides students with a great opportunity to help fill this gap.

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Food sustainability policy

Policy Ref: FS1

Version: 3.0

Consultation: Sustainability Action Group

Approving Body: VCAG

Executive Lead (Risk Owner): Chief Operating Officer

Policy Owner (Risk Updater): Associate Director of Commercial Services

Date Approved: 

The Royal Agricultural University enters into partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London

11 July 2023

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and Royal Holloway, University of London, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreeing to collaborate on science and agriculture research projects and develop knowledge exchange opportunities, as well as sharing teaching and outreach expertise.

The MoU will enhance the knowledge of both institutions through Royal Holloway’s world-renowned research in biological science and with the RAU as one of the UK’s leading agricultural universities for sustainable farming and land management.

RAU researchers welcome UK dairy industry's new welfare strategy

10 July 2023

Animal welfare lecturers and researchers at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) have welcomed a new welfare strategy which has been adopted by the UK dairy industry – a move that they recommended in a paper written last year.

The new UK Dairy Cattle Welfare Strategy – produced by Ruminant Health & Welfare and supported by a host of industry leaders and organisations across the whole farm to fork supply chain - is designed to help the UK dairy sector demonstrate progress in six key areas of cow welfare over the next five years.

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