In between my second and third years I completed a 20-week work placement with AgriAngels, an agricultural consultancy company which is part of The Farm Consultancy Group.

It was a great opportunity to use what I’d learnt in my degree in a practical way and to meet different stakeholders in the industry.

I worked closely with farmers to complete nutrient management plans from the initial soil sampling to the production of the completed report, and learnt to use accountancy and mapping software.

My placement experience

I’m in the second year of my BSc Applied Farm Management degree at the RAU and have just undertaken a 4-week work placement at the NFU Mutual Head Office in Stratford. Working alongside Charlie Yorke, Farming Propositions Consultant at NFU Mutual, I was able to get involved in several exciting ongoing projects, including research on precision technology.

When Alice Foster graduates in 2020, she knows her first step on the career ladder is secure thanks to making a success of her work placement.

Alice completed an eight week internship in the summer of 2019 with leading property consultants Fisher German, which has a long association of working with RAU graduates to help them into the profession.

Her positivity and willingness to take on a range of tasks at the Ashby de la Zouch office saw her rewarded with the offer of a permanent post which she’ll be starting in September 2020.

I attended the Royal Agricultural University for the one year MSc Rural Estate Management from 2009-2010. I originally chose the course because, compared to other courses available at the time, it was more comprehensive, was RICS accredited and was in a beautiful rural setting. Having passed the MSc I have gone on to gain a number of qualifications and become an equity partner and then, in 2019, establish my own company – Eldnar Consultancy.

I think that the RAU is a fantastic place to come to learn about the environment, because 80% of the countryside is farmed, and to learn how to reinstate our