RAU researchers ranked among the top 2% in the world

18 Nov 2022

Two researchers from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) have been recognised in prestigious lists ranking those at the very top of their profession.

Dr David O’Connor, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Land Management, and the RAU’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Planning and Resources) Professor David Main, who also lectures in production animal health and welfare at the Cirencester university, were both recognised in this year’s Stanford University list of the top 2% of influential scientists in the world.

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Cotswold Hills proud to be first English wine to be sold in Packamama’s eco-flat format bottle

22 Nov 2022

Cotswold Hills, the Royal Agricultural University’s award-winning wine and social enterprise based in Gloucestershire, has become the first UK vineyard to trial the use of Packamama’s multi-award-winning flat wine bottles.

A small run of the 2021 English white wine will be available in the new sustainable eco-flat bottles as part of an ongoing, student-led, project undertaken at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and a celebration of how collaboration in the English wine industry can help create a more sustainable future.

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RAU launches unique recruitment initiative in a bid to “grow our own academic”!

22 Nov 2022

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched a unique new recruitment initiative in a bid to “grow our own” academic and teaching staff and develop the future leaders in the land-based sector.

The Cirencester-based university is currently recruiting for a new position of Doctoral International Teaching Fellow – RAU Vice Chancellor Scholar, a position which would give the successful candidate the opportunity to study for a PhD while teaching RAU students and with the RAU covering the PhD fees.  

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