12 May 2022

More than half of the research carried out at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has been commended as world leading and internationally excellent, and the University’s research is at its highest ever level, according to an assessment of all UK universities’ research activity published today.

The Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), evaluates the quality and impact of research at UK universities across all disciplines. It grades research from nationally recognised (1*) to world leading (4*) and is carried out every five years.

31 Mar 2022

An RAU student whose passion for farming started when he took on his grandmother’s small herd of home bred pigs has been awarded this year’s prestigious John Innes Foundation Bursary which supports young people starting their farm management and crop production careers.

Will Oliver, 19, who is in his first year of the FdSc Agriculture and Farm Management course at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU), will now have all his course fees paid by the Foundation.

07 Mar 2022

Students who successfully complete a new University foundation programme in agriculture will be guaranteed a place on an undergraduate course of their choice at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) thanks to a new agreement between the RAU and Cambridge-based language school Bell Cambridge.

The partnership, which was agreed recently at the RAU’s Cirencester campus, will start in September 2022 for students on Bell’s new Agricultural Science University Foundation Programme.

01 Mar 2022

Six new independent Governors, including one of Britain’s only black farmers, a columnist for the Financial Times, and the head of the Food, Farming, and Countryside Commission (FFCC), have been appointed to the Governing Council of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU).

The new members – property and business consultant Hugh Baker, “The Black Farmer” Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE, FT columnist and woodland owner Joy Lo Dico, UK Health Security Agency director Jason Makepeace, independent agricultural consultant David Morgan, and FFCC Chief Executive and organ

17 Feb 2022

Two students, who both have learning difficulties, have taken up placements at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) as part of their college course to help them get into paid work.

The pair, who are both from Cirencester, are students on South Gloucestershire and Stroud College’s (SGS) Supported Internship course and, as part of their course, they have been working with the Catering and Estates and Maintenance teams at the University’s Cirencester campus since November.

10 Feb 2022

**This Scholarship is now closed to applications**

The Lycetts Summer Scholarship is a ten week research project, giving you the opportunity to build a network of contacts and find out more about the world of insurance, as well as giving the chance to develop commercial research and presentations skills.

There are up to two scholarships available, exclusively to RAU students, at £2,500. To apply, you must be a current student on any course.

This year’s questions are:

08 Feb 2022

Dame Fiona Reynolds, Chair of the Governing Council of the RAU, has announced the Council’s decision that Professor Peter McCaffery’s appointment as Vice-Chancellor will run until the end of August 2024.

Towards the end of this period the Council will recruit externally for the next Vice-Chancellor. 

07 Feb 2022

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched two new undergraduate scholarships to attract and reward the brightest applicants from the UK’s under-represented minority ethnic communities.

The awards, which are for both full and part time students, are each worth £9,000 a year for a maximum of three years.

27 Jan 2022

More than a dozen universities, which offer courses in agriculture and carry out agricultural research, are getting together to agree on joint agricultural research priorities, working with farmers and others who have a stake in the industry’s future.

With farming in the UK currently going through a rapid transition, the initiative responds to calls for more joined-up research and to ensure public investment in agricultural innovation makes a difference on the ground.

05 Jan 2022

Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE, former Director-General of the National Trust and, most recently, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, has been appointed as the Chair of the Governing Council of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU).

Fiona, whose family home is close to the RAU’s Cirencester campus, has served as Vice-Chair of the RAU’s Governing Council since March 2021 and this month (January 2022) she takes over from the previous Chair Professor Jonathan Kydd whose term as a Governor has concluded after eight years.