RAU academics to help battle antimicrobial resistance in the agrifood system

27 August 2024

A new network to understand and tackle how antimicrobial resistance impacts UK food production from farm to fork has been set up by a team including senior academics from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU).

 

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Situated in the stunning grounds of the Royal Agricultural University, since 2018 The Alliston Centre has been the home of Farm491, the RAU’s technology and innovation space focused on the future of farming and food systems, and The Growth Hub Cirencester, part of the wider Growth Hub Gloucestershire network and a business hub focused on launching, growing and scaling businesses in the Cotswolds.

Farm491 proudly supports AgriTech, AgriFood and farming entrepreneurs in the UK and internationally in converting their ideas or technological solutions into

eVisas, what you need to do

UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) is moving to a digital visa system from 1 January 2025.

This means the UKVI is replacing your student visas (in physical documents like BRP) with an online record of your immigration status (also known as an eVisa).

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University’s Farm491 agritech hub launches competition to foster innovation in the natural world

20 August 2024

An exciting new competition to encourage and support companies fostering innovation in our natural world is being launched by Farm491, the Royal Agricultural University’s innovation hub focused on the future of farming and food systems.

Generously supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the three-year series of the Farm491 Challenge Prize will enable companies, which are developing innovative ways to solve challenges in the natural world, to invest in their business and develop their product.

Adewale Ogunmodede

Biography 

Adewale Ogunmodede is an agricultural economist with over 12 years of experience in international development research and teaching. His work is driven by a deep passion for sustainable agriculture and the empowerment of youths and smallholder farmers. Adewale's contributions to the agriculture and food security sector are particularly notable in enhancing youth and smallholder crop productivity, food and nutrition security, and overall livelihoods.

Adewale Ogunmodede

Senior Lecturer in Business

BSc (Hons), MSc, PGCAP, Phd

PGCert in Retrofitting, Regeneration and Sustainability in Historic Buildings

This programme is designed to equip learners to pursue careers in historic built environment conservation, regeneration and retrofitting. It focuses on developing essential skills, methods and approaches to the repair and retrofit of historic buildings as well as inculcating the initiative, adaptability, decision-making and self-direction required for wider regeneration work. There is an emphasis on personal and professional development throughout the programme.

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RAU reminds students that it’s not too late!

8 August 2024

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is reminding students who may not receive the grades they were hoping for in their A-levels, when the results come out next week, that it’s still not too late to get a place at university.