MBA Food and Agriculture

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Leaders face urgent global challenges which are highly prominent in the food and agricultural sector. This course equips you with the leadership skills and specialist knowledge that is required to navigate dynamic business environments, whilst enabling you to take a strategic role in shaping the future of the sector.

Course overview

If you are struggling with the cost of attending open days, offer holder days, summer schools or taster days at the RAU's main campus you may be eligible for reimbursement of reasonable travel costs for yourself and up to two additional guests.

Eligibility for this bursary is in line with our Access and Participation Plan. You will need to be a UK resident and looking to study at undergraduate level (BSc, BA or FdSc programmes).

I chose to study the PhD at the RAU because of just the sheer number of connections they have. I’ve met some amazing people so far and I just don’t think that I would have been able to get quite the same level of connections if I had chosen to take the PhD elsewhere.

When I wanted to put in for my PhD I started looking for universities in the UK. The first school that popped up was the Royal Agricultural University. The culture, the diversity of the University and their values actually enticed me.

19 January 2024

Biography

Dr Tosin Lagoke is the business cluster lead and programme lead for BSc (Hons) Agricultural Business Management, BSc (Hons) Agri-Food Business Management, BSc (Hons) Business Management and BSc (Hons) Business Management (Top-Up). He is an alumnus of Oxford Brookes University, where he obtained a PhD in Business and Management. He has Bachelors and Master degrees in Agricultural Economics and a second Masters degree in International Business from Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University.

Dr Tosin Lagoke

Associate Professor in Business

PhD, MSc, PgCTHE, FHEA

My name is William Leschallas and I am the Head of Professional Engagement and Employability here at the Royal Agricultural University.

When you leave here with your foundation degree you will have that little bit extra – you will have studied for two years, you will have been in a work placement and you will have had the experience of higher education and we are training you up with a foundation degree, with real industry knowledge, to go out and gain the trust of clients.

4 January 2024

While some UK farmers see the advances in the development of cultured, or cell-based meat, as potential competition to traditional meat production, others from the farming community have suggested it could create a premium for pasture-reared meat.

Research into farmers’ attitudes towards cultured meat, published in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, reports the views of UK farmers about this potentially disruptive technology.

Accommodation fees to pay 2023-24

Room type	Location	*Annual Price Half Board**	Annual price Self-Catered
Standard single	George wing, Bledisloe Court, Coad Court	£6,652	N/A
Large standard single	Bledisloe Court	£6,885	N/A
Ensuite single	Coad Court,

Biography

Julia joined the University in December 2023 and has responsibility for the University’s development strategy. She works with donors to support the University’s strategic funding needs to enable its vision for the future and also works with our extensive alumni network to benefit students.

She has a background in income generation and external relations working previously for medical charity Cobalt, Cheltenham Festivals, Oxford Brookes University and Gloucestershire University.