31 May 2022

On Monday 30 May we all came together to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of our Patron, HM The Queen.

Staff and their visitors were treated to a family style fete with tractor rides, bouncy castles and even face painting. Dame Fiona Reynolds, our Head of Governing Council,  did the honours by cutting our jubilee-themed cake and it was enjoyed by all with a good cup of tea.  In true British style we braved the rain showers and enjoyed a lovely picnic. Congratulations to HM The Queen on 70 glorious years!

27 May 2022

Enterprising RAU student Imogen Burgoyne has won this year’s Royal Agricultural University (RAU) Grand Idea competition and secured a massive £10,000 investment, as well as mentoring, for her fledgling businesses from a panel of prestigious judges.

Twenty-two-year-old Imogen, from Haywards Heath in Sussex, is studying for a BSc International Business Management at the RAU and is setting up not one, but two, businesses – a course which prepares young people for adulthood and a private, secure, dog walking facility in Sussex.

26 May 2022

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has entered into a pioneering twinning initiative with Sumy National Agrarian University (SNAU) and launched an online fundraiser to help support the Ukrainian university.

Sumy, and the surrounding area, was attacked by Russian forces in February and, during the attack, three of the University’s colleges, as well as dormitories, its greenhouse, and other technical facilities and equipment were damaged. 

26 May 2022

A group of agricultural universities from across the globe, led by the UK’s Royal Agricultural University (RAU), is coming together to research sustainable entrepreneurship education worldwide.

Launching the research project today, Dr David Bozward, Head of Entrepreneurship at the RAU, said: “The agriculture sector is one of the most important economic sectors in developing markets and agricultural entrepreneurship is an imperative for these markets in developing new sustainable business models to reduce food poverty, decrease the carbon footprint of agricult

25 May 2022

It is with great sadness that we, at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU), have learned of the death of Caroline Drummond MBE, Chief Executive of LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) after a short illness.

Caroline, who was awarded the MBE for services to the agriculture industry in 2009, served as a Governor of the RAU, then the Royal Agricultural College (RAC), from 2007 to 2013.

25 May 2022

A joint project between the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and Cirencester Golf Club has won a prestigious conservation award.

Students from the RAU’s British Wildlife Conservation course have been working to improve an area of grassland at the Club which is a habitat for caterpillars of the nationally rare Duke of Burgundy fritillary butterfly and the project was recently named as Outstanding Environmental Project 2022 at this year’s Golf Environment Awards.

12 May 2022

Farming groups, scientists, and start-ups are teaming up to test how far cultured meat is a threat, or an opportunity, for UK farmers.

Also known as cultivated, cell-based, or lab-grown meat, this technology is further from becoming mainstream than other kinds of ‘alternative protein’ made using plants or fermentation. But it has gained interest from investors because of its potential to have the same taste and texture as conventional meat and appeal to committed carnivores.

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.

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