Meet the Alumni Team

Our team is here to support you and keep you in the loop regarding ways to stay connected to the University. If we can be of help, please get in touch!

Connect with us on the Official RAU Alumni social channels:

Here are just a few examples of our alumni profiles. You can find all profiles over on our socials. If you would like to share your story with the community through an alumni profile please email: alumni@rau.ac.uk.

Lewis Steer (Class of 2016)

Lewis Steer

Royal Agricultural University alumni community is a global community of over 17,000 alumni who have studied here. When you graduate we are here to help.

RAC/RAU alumni can enjoy the following benefits:

Biography 

Post-Doctoral International Teaching Fellow in Management and Marketing.

I obtained Master’s degree and an Undergraduate degree in Management (2006), the title of the qualification awarded was Economist and Organiser of Agribusiness Complex from Sumy National Agrarian University. MSc Psychology (2022) from Sumy State Pedagogical University AS Makarenko and Heriot-Watt University, respectively. I obtained a PhD in Economic Sciences from the Kharkiv National Agrarian University, Ukraine in 2014.

Dr Liudmyla Batsenko

Post-Doctoral International Teaching Fellow in Management and Marketing.

PhD

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.

 

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)

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