19 Nov 2021

A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture in Uzbekistan visited the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) today with a view to collaborating with the RAU to develop the curriculum for a new International Agriculture University (IAU) in Uzbekistan.

Professor Munira Aminova, Project Leader for IAU, and Alan France, adviser to the Uzbekistan Minister of Agriculture, met with senior staff at the RAU including Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Ravenscroft; Steve Finch, Head of International Programmes; and Finance Director Simon Costa.

19 Nov 2021

Postgraduate students from Nepal, Turkey, and India will have the opportunity to apply for a scholarship to study sustainable agriculture and food security at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) under a joint initiative between the British Council and the UK Government’s GREAT Britain Campaign.

The GREAT scholarships are designed to attract some of the brightest postgraduate applicants from around the world to study at UK universities.

12 Nov 2021

Imagine a world in which smart packaging for supermarket-ready meals updates you in real-time to tell you about carbon footprints, gives live warnings on product recalls, and instant safety alerts because allergens were detected unexpectedly in the factory.

But how much extra energy would be used powering such a system? And what if an accidental alert meant you were told to throw your food away for no reason?

26 Oct 2021

The Angolan Ambassador to the UK, His Excellency Geraldo Nunda, visited the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) last week and met with students and staff.

The visit to the University’s Cirencester campus was part of a two-day programme in the region organised by Tewkesbury MP, and the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Angola, Laurence Robertson.

The Ambassador and his team were met by senior RAU staff and students before listening to presentations from academics and lecturers and visiting the University’s agri-tech incubator Farm491.

18 Oct 2021

Dr Lorraine Thomas, who has previously held senior leadership roles as Academic Director (Quality and Employability) at Anglia Ruskin University, London, and as Executive Dean at Newman University (a small and specialist university), has joined the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) as the University’s first Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students).

Lorraine, who has worked in the education sector for more than 30 years and has experience across a range of institutions from schools to universities, is a member of the RAU’s Executive Team and the Vice Cha

07 Oct 2021

Congratulations to RELM student Alice Crump who has won this year’s Pilkington Farms Partnership Prize which has paid for her final year’s tuition fees.

Alice, who has just gone into the third year of her BSc (Hons) Rural Land Management course, won the prize for being the top performing student in her second year.

She is the first winner of the prize, introduced last year by the Pilkington Farms Partnership and the RAU, which is designed to reward academic performance and to celebrate excellence and innovation in real estate and land management.

04 Oct 2021

Chinese higher education entrepreneur Tiger Wang, RAU Vice-Presidents Lord Bathurst and Simon Pott, and former Student Liaison Office Sarah Tennant-Bell, all received honours at the RAU’s recent Graduation ceremony.

Tiger Wang, Lord Bathurst, and Sarah Tennant-Bell all became honorary fellows of the RAU while Simon Pott was presented with the University’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award.

03 Sep 2021

The RAU is delighted to announce that it is one of the first UK universities to have signed up to a new scheme from the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA).

Commissioned by Universities UK and GuildHE as a voluntary exercise to demonstrate the commitment of UK higher education to deliver high quality trans national education (TNE) experiences for students, the Quality Evaluation and Enhancement of UK Transnational Higher Education Provision (QE-TNE) scheme relates to benchmarking and assuring the quality and standards of international teaching provision by UK univ

13 Sep 2021

Professor Peter McCaffery has been appointed as Vice-Chancellor at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) for the new academic year 2021-22, replacing Professor Jo Price who left last month.

Professor McCaffery, who has been Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the RAU since January, has worked in the higher education sector for more than 35 years and has leadership, management, teaching, and research experience across a range of institutions from further education colleges to USA Ivy League universities.