RAU lecturer scoops both silver and bronze at the Women Changing the World awards

20 April 2023

Having been shortlisted as a finalist in the Women in Agriculture category of the 2023 Women Changing the World awards, Royal Agricultural University (RAU) lecturer Dr Patricia Mathabe was delighted to also be recognised in the Education category of the prestigious global awards.

 

Dean Bieganek

Biography 

Senior Lecturer, Building Technology and Surveying.

Dean Bieganek

Senior Lecturer, Building Technology and Surveying.

Chartered Architectural Technologist (MCIAT), Higher Education Academy Teaching Fellow (FHEA), Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Bachelor of Environmental Studies – Architecture (Canada), Technical Diploma – Architectural Technology (Canada)

Iris McCormick

Biography 

Lecturer in Sustainable Agriculture - Vice-Chancellor Scholar.

Having completed an MSc in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security here at the RAU, took up a role at Cotswold National Landscape as a farming engagement officer delivering the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) grant scheme. In this role gained extensive experience working with farmers to deliver activities to enhance biodiversity, mitigate and adapt to climate change, and increase and improve public access to farms and nature.

Iris McCormick

Lecturer in Sustainable Agriculture

MSc Distinction in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security, BA Hons English Literature, Cambridge Certificate TEFL

Amy Lipscombe

Biography 

Doctoral International Teaching Fellow

Dr Obafemi Obajemihi

Biography 

International Teaching Fellow in Agricultural Technology

Obafemi Obajemihi is an International Teaching Fellow in Agricultural Technology at RAU-QAU Joint Institute and RAU.

He specializes in Postharvest Technology with experiences in Agricultural Products Processing, Food Engineering and Food Quality Analysis. His research focus is on mitigation of postharvest loss of food materials, especially fruits and vegetables, using eco-friendly novel preservation and processing techniques.

Dr Obafemi Obajemihi

International Teaching Fellow in Agricultural Technology.

BEng (Ilorin), MEng (Minna), PhD (Ilorin)

Amy Lipscombe

Doctoral International Teaching Fellow

BSc (Hons) Geography, MSc Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

New MScs in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management join the ranks at the RAU

5 April 2023

Two new and exciting fully accessible Master’s degree courses, offering students the chance to study either full or part-time as well as the possibility of attending lectures in person or online, are being launched at the Royal Agricultural University’s Cultural Heritage Institute in Swindon this autumn.

Situated in a workshop in the former GWR carriage works in the town’s railway heritage quarter which was transformed thanks to a £1.35m investment by Swindon Borough Council, RAU Swindon works with the main RAU campus in Cirencester to provide modern an