Royal Agricultural University to screen ground-breaking new documentary

18 March 2024

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is proud to be one of the first universities in the country to screen Six Inches of Soil, a British independent feature documentary shining a spotlight on soil health and regenerative farming.

The film, which follows three new farmers on the first year of their regenerative journey, is an inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health, and provide for local communities.

William Leschallas

Biography 

Appointed as Staff Governor in March 2024.

William is Head of Employability and Professional Engagement and Senior Lecturer.

William joined the university in July 2018 after some 30 years in professional practice. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) and a Fellow of the Association of Agricultural Valuers (FAAV). Whilst at the RAU he has obtained Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He is proud to be a RICS Assessor.

Transcript of MSc Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security video

We have in mind overlapping and complex emergencies that we are currently facing as a human species. How do we think about these global challenges and suggest or propose solutions. It’s a small specialist university that focuses on this specific issue and specific topic and therefore our resources are geared towards empowering students to accrue and have those competencies needed for the sector.

Kin Wing (Ray) Chan

Biography 

Kin Wing (Ray) Chan is a Wellcome Research Fellow (2022-2025), specialising in industrial livestock production, digital farming and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in both the British and Chinese One Health systems. His research draws on insights from Human Geography, Veterinary Science, and Science and Technologies Studies to examine the interrelationships between precision livestock farming technologies, biopolitics, and farm animal production.

Dr Kin Wing (Ray) Chan

Wellcome Research Fellow

PhD Geography and Planning (Cardiff University, UK), MA Human Geography (University of Calgary, Canada),   BA  Hons (1st Class Honours) Geography (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)  

 

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Archaeology team appeals for help to uncover Elizabethan Manor with interesting Black history 

12 March 2024

Archaeologists from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) are appealing for help to find out more about a large Elizabethan house which once stood in, what is now, a Lydney secondary school’s playing fields.

The house - Whitecross Manor - was built in the 1570s for English mariner and landowner Admiral Sir William Wyntour, on land which is now home to the Dean Academy (formerly Whitecross School) in the town’s Church Road, but it was burned and demolished in April 1645 during the Civil War.

Transcript of FdSc Equine Management video

The main reasons to choose the Foundation Degree in Equine Management is really the blend of science, business and practical horse experience.

Tackling food security, climate change, and biodiversity – the role of land-based education

1 March 2024

A new Land-Based Education Manifesto, launched today by GuildHE and Landex, has been welcomed by the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) which also contributed to the report.

Food security, climate change, and the biodiversity crisis are major challenges and the two bodies which represent universities and colleges in the UK that deliver education and training related to agriculture and food believe that these educational institutions hold a central role in providing solutions.

Transcript of FdSc Business and Enterprise video

This course will equip you with much sought after business management skills that will help those students who are thinking about embarking on a managerial career or that will help you to manage your own business and grow your own business. In terms of the content you are going to learn, we have some very good modules, such as marketing people and organizations, business strategies and finance, that will help you to develop your practical and academic expertise in sustainable business management.

Lily Thomas

My RAU experience

I chose the RAU because I wanted to further my education in the equine industry. The lecturers are well respected within the industry and have the relevant equine knowledge. The RAU has brilliant reputation, also you are surrounded by friendly, hardworking and like-minded students.

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