23 October 2023

So, we all know about red, white, and even pink, wine, but a new collaboration between the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and the University of Worcester is looking at how grape growers might be able to make green wine.

The study, led by the RAU’s Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Duncan Westbury, will look at how effective wildflowers can be when it comes to making cleaner and greener wine in the UK.

13 October 2023

A young restaurant manager who went above and beyond to keep stranded and isolating students fed during the Covid pandemic has scooped the Rising Star award at last night’s Gloucestershire Live Business Awards.

Having initially started working at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) part time while he attended Cirencester College, Charlie Savage, 26, joined the RAU as a full time Catering Assistant in 2015 after leaving college.

12 October 2023

Farming and football don’t usually go hand in hand but the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is bringing the two together in a union which is benefitting both groups!

The Cirencester-based University has teamed up with two local football teams to give them a much needed “home ground” and a regular, year-round, place to train. In return, the University has been able to invest in improvements to the pitches and sports facilities at its main campus on the outskirts of the town.

11 October 2023

A rural land management student, who previously ran her own horticultural business, has been awarded this year’s Pilkington Farms Partnership Prize for being the top performing student in the first two years of her course at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU).

Victoria Menzies, 26, who is originally from Thakeham in Sussex, initially trained as a gardener, obtaining her RHS level 3 qualification before setting up Thakeham Garden Company which she ran for three years.