Dr Patricia Mathabe

Biography 

Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Technology.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy

Policy Ref: HR011

Policy Owner: Director of HR

Approving Body: VCEG

Executive Lead: Chief Operating Officer

Date Approved: May 2021

Policy Statement

1.1 The RAU values the dignity of each individual and recognises that the promotion of a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion is vital to success. The University is committed to the elimination of unlawful discrimination and the advancement of good relations between different groups, and seeks to celebrate diversity and provide an inclusive working environment.

PhD student, who makes sustainable rope from British wool, named as one of top 50 Women in Innovation in the UK

8 March 2023

A PhD student from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) who has made sustainable rope from British wool has won a coveted Women in Innovation award.

Kate Drury is one of just 50 winners, selected from more than 900 applications, in the annual Women in Innovation Awards, run by Innovate UK and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and announced today to coincide with International Women’s Day.

Professor Phil Murray

Biography 

Honorary Professor Agriculture, Food and the Environment

 

Professor Phil Murray is passionate about soil ecology, grassland and sustainable agriculture and has published over 100 papers on a wide range of related subjects. He retired from Rothamsted Research in 2017

Dr Patricia Mathabe

Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Technology.

PhD (Montana State University), MPhil (University of Cambridge), BTech (Vaal University of Technology)

Dr Caroline Buffery

Biography 

Caroline is a Senior Lecturer in Law on the Land and Property Modules in Real Estate and Rural Land Management.

She has been a Lecturer in law for a number of years, predominantly in Equity, Trusts and Land Law but also in other areas of Civil Litigation.

Caroline has a BSc, an LLM in Commercial Law, and was called to the Bar for the Inner Temple following the BVC. She also has a PhD in Law from the University of Birmingham.

Dr Caroline Buffery

Lecturer in Law 

BSc (Hons) (First), LLM Commercial Law (Cardiff University), BVC, PhD (University of Birmingham), FHEA: PGCap

Our values

As a University we have chosen five values to underpin our learning community.  These are the values which we will all work by and for which we want the RAU to be known.  We are:

Collaborative

We believe in the power of working together. We are stronger as a community of practice - inspiring each other, identifying shared goals, and providing reciprocal support leads to greater success.

University’s innovative recycled plastic flat wine bottle design scoops bronze at prestigious global wine awards

7 Feb 2023

An innovative, 100% recycled plastic, flat wine bottle being trialled by Cirencester’s Royal Agricultural University has scooped a bronze award in the Wine Design and Packaging category of the recent Global Wine Masters awards.

 

This is the first year that Cotswold Hills, the Royal Agricultural University’s award-winning wine and social enterprise based in Gloucestershire, has entered the international awards, and both staff and students are thrilled with the success.

Andrew Ellison

Biography 

Senior Lecturer

 

  • Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • RICS Registered Valuer and Registered Business Valuer
  • Director of Next Stage Theatre Company – a not for profit theatre company located in The Mission Theatre, Bath