My name is Connie Smith and I studied Applied Equine Science with Business and having a placement year as well. I feel quite relieved about graduating. I'm also quite excited to sort of move on and see what comes next. Um and yeah, I think the thing I loved most about my course was definitely the placement year that I had and all the opportunities it gave me. Without it, I definitely wouldn't be where I am today and with the job opportunities that I've got lined up for me wouldn't have been possible without that placement year. So yeah, definitely that was the best thing. If you're thinking of coming here, put yourself into it. What you put in is definitely what you get out and take every opportunity and don't say no to anything.

I'm Dhaval Bhoi and I studied BSc Honours Agriculture at Royal Agricultural University. Well, I feel a bit emotional. RAU has become my home. Sorry, I just didn't want to cry. But it has become my home in three years. As an international student, I was feeling overwhelmed when I came here and I was a bit nervous, but eventually it turned out to be better than my home. It has become my second home and I don't want to go away from here.

I'm Poppy Scott and I studied Equine Science and Business.  I feel very very happy, very proud of myself to graduate with a First and happy and ready to see the real world. I've just loved pretty much everything you could imagine. All the people are lovely. All the course content is fantastic. All the academics are so helpful and willing to support you and it's just all together been a really good experience. I really enjoyed the Irish bloodstock trip that we did in April. That was from someone who isn't an equestrian background. I got to see how the industry works on the inside and it was really valuable. So that was definitely a highlight for me. You should 100% come and make the most of every opportunity you have here because you have so many and once you've gone you don't have access to a lot of it again. So I would say make the most of it.

My name is Babatunde Oseni. I'm from Nigeria. So I came here about four years ago to study Agri-food Business Management. I feel fulfilled. Very fulfilled. So I feel like I've gotten value for my money. So the school is a great school, great set up, great people. So yeah, I feel happy. I mean that chapter is closed now. So like the speaker said, it's the first day of the rest of our lives. So yeah, looking forward to it.

George Blackman, Rural Land Management. I'm absolutely chuffed, chuffed and honoured. It's absolutely delightful that my parents have come down, everyone's here. Everyone's just in a great mood and it's wonderful. I think it's the social cohesion of the RAU. Everyone knows everyone and we're just one huge friendship group. Everyone gets on and that means that you can have a brilliant time whoever you're with. Well, I'm starting on Monday a job as a graduate surveyor at Dalcour Maclaren, the surveying firm. So, I'm really looking forward to working on my RICS and CAAV with them.

My name is Kestrel Lambert and I've just finished Agricultural Technology and Innovation. Oh, it's so lovely. Everyone's been very nice. It's been very exciting, I think, as well, cus a lot of things seem to be going on and the weather has shifted several times already! I think a lot of people who don't, like myself, aren't coming from agricultural backgrounds and I think it's something that you should definitely be not afraid of. Everyone is very nice, very friendly, very welcoming, and I think there's not really any other place that would be appropriate for having an agricultural education other than the countryside as we are in right now. So, definitely if you feel afraid, just know you'll be welcomed with open arms and definitely do anything that your heart is set on to make the agricultural sector better.

So I'm Imogen Jones and I studied Environment, Food and Society. I'm Bailey Greatley and I studied Agri-farm Management. It's very emotional. Really emotional. Very proud. And what we were just saying as well, it's so lovely to see everybody all dressed up and see our professors again and uh yeah, such a celebration. I had a different experience coming to the RAU, I came as a bit of a more mature student even though I was only 23 I guess at the time, but for some that's quite old. And I love about the RAU the innovation that they support. So how progressive they were with supporting a lot of the projects that I was involved with that I thought was really ground breaking from such an historic university. I just found a complete sense of community here and I know that when I leave here I'm going to be spending time with people that I've met here for a long time. I just loved every moment of it from the sports, competing in netball, the lectures, learning things that I never knew and the support now going onto the future. I mean, we wouldn't be on the grad scheme that we are without the RAU. So, makes a massive difference.

So, we're very fortunate. We've both been accepted onto the Mole Valley Farmers Graduate Scheme, which we I don't know about you, but I first heard about here at the careers fair. Yeah. So, both heard about it here, and it basically involves a 15-month placement of doing everything within the business. So, Immie, I don't know if you want to talk about what you're doing now. So, I've started on the Forage and Fertilizer placement, and so that's basically looking at agronomy, grasses, whether that's for grazing or whether that's for silage, and I think you're on nutrition. I'm on to Nutrition, which I'm finding amazing. And I'm spending time with the nutritionist from the company on farm, how they go towards customers, how they make a difference, and it's I think we're both loving it. It's amazing. It's fab. Yeah. I can honestly say to anyone thinking, I've had the best three years of my life, and it makes me emotional to think that I'm actually not coming back. So if you're thinking about it, if you got a passion for agriculture, rural life, anything like that, this is the place for you, 100%.