RAU co-hosts Climate Smart Agriculture webinar with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

23 Nov 2020

Held on 3 November, the webinar provided a timely opportunity to share best practice and leading policy initiatives in both the Netherlands and the UK.

In his welcome, Dutch Ambassador Karel van Oosterom highlighted the threat climate change poses to our agrifood systems. Ambassador van Oosterom called attention to the commonalities in the UK and Dutch farming sectors and the potential for the exchange of knowledge and best practices between stakeholders in the UK and Dutch sectors.

Two RAU Students have been selected for a National Agricultural Award

07 Oct 2020

Elin Havard and Amelia Preston have each received a ‘Centenary Award’ bursary for their postgraduate agricultural studies from the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust.

The Centenary Award was launched by the UK’s leading rural insurer NFU Mutual to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2010. It provides annual bursaries to pay up to 75% of course fees for selected postgraduate students in agriculture, Elin and Amelia were two of only three students from across the UK to have been chosen for the award in 2020.

RAU shortlisted for Times Higher Education Award

29 Sep 2020

The Royal Agricultural University’s (RAU) growing reputation for entrepreneurial success has been recognised in the annual Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2020.

The University is one of only six finalists in the ‘Outstanding Entrepreneurial University’ category of the 16th THE Awards, widely known as the “Oscars of higher education.”

Lecturer shortlisted in global photo competition on soil biodiversity

23 Sep 2020

A lecturer from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is a finalist in a photo competition highlighting the importance of soil biodiversity from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

The photo and video competition from the FAO and its Global Soil Partnership was created to promote and give visibility to the importance of soil organisms and raise awareness on the urgency of protecting soil biodiversity.

RAU begins collaboration with the Organic Research Centre

21 Sep 2020

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has agreed a collaborative partnership with the Organic Research Centre in Cirencester (ORC) to expand industry links and research and teaching opportunities.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed virtually this week (17 September) by Jo Price, Vice-Chancellor of the RAU and Professor Neil Ravenscroft, Pro Vice-Chancellor (International), together with Dr Bruce Pearce, Director of Research and Innovation from the ORC and Lucy MacLennan, CEO.

“Happy Birthday, Royal Agricultural University!”

15 Sep 2020

As good wishes from alumni pour in, the oldest agricultural university in the English-speaking world marks its 175th anniversary with a special cake cutting ceremony.

Today (15 September) marks the ‘official’ 175th birthday of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU); for its first 169 years the Royal Agricultural College (RAC). The occasion was marked with a special cake cutting ceremony, with Vice-Chancellor Jo Price joined by Chair of Governors, John Pain, and Earl and Countess Bathurst.

Royal Agricultural University extends global reach with launch of Joint Institute in China

14 Sep 2020

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) today (Monday 14 September) opens a major Joint Institute with Qingdao Agricultural University (QAU) in China which will help to expand transnational higher education in the land-based sector.

In a very competitive process, the RAU/QAU institute was one of only 11 that were selected by the Chinese Ministry of Education to be established this year. In fact, the RAU is also the only small specialist university in the UK to have established a Joint Institute with endorsement from the Chinese government.

Top education award for Business School lecturer

04 Sep 2020

Senior Lecturer in Business Strategy Dr Inge Hill from the Royal Agricultural University’s (RAU) School of Business and Entrepreneurship has won an Education Award from the British Academy of Management.

Dr Hill has received the award in the Experienced Practitioner Category within the Education Practice Award competition. She is the first female award winner.

Alumnus funds prize to celebrate excellence in real estate and land management

02 Sep 2020

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched a generous new prize, funded by alumnus Richard Pilkington of Pilkington Farms Partnership, which will see the recipient awarded their final year tuition fee based on sustained, excellent, academic performance throughout the first two years of study.

The Pilkington Farms Partnership Prize will be given to the top, second-year undergraduate student in the RAU’s School of Real Estate and Land Management (RELM), with the final year’s fee

Research leads to new thinking on traditional horse diets

18 Aug 2020

A study by researchers at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has shown that high growth rates can be achieved in Thoroughbred foals when fed a high-fibre diet, compared to the traditional cereal-based feed.

Dr Simon Daniels and Professor Meriel Moore-Colyer, from the RAU’s School of Equine Management and Science, carried out their studies in collaboration with Eclipse Feeds in Ireland.

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