28 Jan 2021

Farm animal welfare experts from the UK and the Netherlands joined to discuss priorities, best practice and policy in a post-Brexit era at a collaborative webinar organised by the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Ten speakers from both countries joined for the virtual knowledge exchange event, which was chaired by the RAU’s David Main, Professor of Production Animal Health and Welfare, and Dr Jessica Stokes, Lecturer in Farm Animal Welfare Science and Policy.

21 Jan 2021

For the first time, the International Conference on Biodynamic Research is being held in English, in England at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester.

The RAU is delighted to play host to a truly international line-up of guest speakers and participants from across the globe at a four-day event to be held between Monday 30 August and Thursday 2 September this year.

19 Jan 2021

Shaelyn Bertrand, RAU graduate in BSc (Hons) Wildlife and Countryside Management, has been presented a £500 award for publishing a paper in the Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists’ Field Club.

14 Jan 2021

Louise Manning, Professor of Agri-food and Supply Chain Security at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU), has called for strong global, national and community-based food security strategies to reduce the risk of empty plates around the world.

“Despite having policy and technological tools to reduce the impact of many human, zoonotic and plant diseases, the risk of empty plates[1] at local, re

12 Jan 2021

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has decided to refund students who are unable to access their on-campus accommodation due to the current national lockdown.

In line with national government guidance, all courses offered at the RAU will be conducted online until at least the middle of February. Although agriculture and related land-based courses at the University are vocational and include significant practical elements, they currently do not meet the government’s exemption criteria for practical programmes that can include face-to-face teaching el

10 Dec 2020

2020 saw the start of an exciting new project on campus. Wild Campus Cirencester is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Royal Agricultural University is lead partner working closing with the neighbouring Cirencester College and Deer Park School. Its aim is transformative habitat improvements across an area approximately half the size of Cirencester town.

James Hargreave joined us in November as Project Manager bringing over 20 years of project and environmental management experience.

04 Dec 2020

Leading universities team up to focus agricultural research where it can make most difference on the ground.

Farmers will have a bigger role in agricultural research and development that works for them, thanks to a new academic centre announced today.

03 Dec 2020

RAU lecturers and students are studying the reintroduction of Spreading Hedge-parsley (Torilis arvensis), a rare plant that is associated with cultivated land.

01 Dec 2020

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has appointed Jake Bromley-Fowles as Chief Instructor and Equine Facility Manager at Fossehill – the University’s equestrian enterprise.

Jake, who starts in the new post at the beginning of December, has extensive experience in equine competition, training and breeding programmes.

He said: “I am delighted to be starting my new post at Fossehill. The yard has so much potential and I am excited to embrace the challenges of this role.

27 Nov 2020

The role that food, farming and forestry must play in meeting the challenges of climate disruption, nature depletion and human health was explored in an enlightening discussion at the Royal Agricultural University’s (RAU) annual Bledisloe Lecture.

Speaking to an online audience of 275 people, Chief Executive of the Soil Association Helen Browning, said: “We have certainly got to change the way we are farming.