10 Apr 2019

Oliver Brooks-Adams, RAU graduate with a First in BSc (Hons) Countryside Management, has been awarded a £500 prize for publishing a paper in the Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists’ Field Club (CNFC).

The paper, which was related to Olly’s dissertation, considered public access in conservation areas and the effectiveness of different signage in managing this. 

04 Apr 2019

David Bozward and Jonathan Brunyee (School of Business and Entrepreneurship) are working to develop a new initiative with the Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM) based in Bangalore. A Memorandum of Understanding was agreed and signed off in December, and David visited Bangalore in March to meet with academic and RAU alumni.

Dr John Mano Raj and Dr Vijaya Kumar, lead IIPM academics, recently visited the RAU to meet the team and to develop programme details.

04 Apr 2019

In 2019 50 students studying Business and Entrepreneurship went to Berlin in March on a successful and inspiring four-day study tour. First year degree students teamed up with a cohort from the Enterprise Society and MSc in Business Management to explore the city and its thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Groups visited a range of established and start-up businesses, including a curated concept shopping mall (Bikini Berlin), an agritech data company (365Farmnet), and an innovative surplus food retail outlet (Sirplus). 

28 Mar 2019

Original artwork, glittering sunglasses and a tourism company were just some of the growing student businesses on show at this year’s Cirencester youth market.

The event doubled in size from 2018 with twenty four stalls in total. Eight enterprises on show from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) included its own Muddy Wellies beer and Cotswold Hills dry white wine, as well as businesses ranging from clothing to marketing services.

25 Mar 2019

Visitors to the Royal Agricultural University (RAU)’s Lambing Weekend in Cirencester were rewarded with the sight of triplets and twins being born.

More than 600 people came to Harnhill Manor Farm to watch this key event in the rural calendar - twice as many as last year which was affected by snow.

28 Mar 2019

Harriet is a postgraduate student here at the University studying for an MSc in Agricultural Technology and Innovation and she is charting her everyday life in a series of pictures.

22 March 2019

Location: Outside Porter's Lodge, RAU Campus

21 Mar 2019

Angolan agriculture students are training in the UK in order to return home and kickstart the rural economy, in a ground-breaking partnership between leading Angolan telecoms company, UNITEL, and the RAU.

UNITEL is funding six talented Angolan students, selected from over 500 applicants, to follow a programme of postgraduate training at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester.

07 Mar 2019

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has been nominated for University of the Year, in a prestigious set of awards based on reviews from students themselves.

The RAU has made the shortlist of 10 universities competing for the top title in the 

06 Mar 2019

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) will be holding a lambing weekend at its Harnhill Manor Farm, near Cirencester, on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March 2019.

04 Mar 2019

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has become just the sixth university to be made a Centre of Excellence by the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE).

The RAU is the only small, specialist university to gain the prestigious accreditation, awarded for leading-edge enterprise practice and for making the development of students’ entrepreneurial skills a priority.