Agricultural students visit New Zealand
Final year agricultural students at Walford and North Shropshire College recently returned from a three week study programme in New Zealand. For the past nine years students on the agriculture course have been visiting Taratahi College which is situated on the north side of the island as part of a college exchange programme. This year […]
Harper Adams students awarded show scholarships
Scholarships were presented during the society’s annual show at Staffordshire Showground yesterday (Weds) to Harriet Wilson, Devinia Redfern and Katie James. Matthew Brookes and Anna Holdcroft were unable to attend the presentation. The society offers a number of scholarships each year to students based in the geographic area the society covers. This year the students […]
Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship awarded to Cranfield student
Cranfield University is a core partner in The Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship, which challenges postgraduate students and their academic tutors to innovate for a circular economy*. Chidi is originally from Nigeria and will be studying Cranfield’s MSc in Economics for Natural Resource and Environmental Management. He is currently a consultant in the forestry sector in South Africa, […]
Top FUW Bursary students plan sheep breeding careers
Winner of the £1,000 first prize, Dafydd Fôn Ifan, lives on the family farm, Tŷ Mawr, Llanrhaeadr, Denbigh, and runner-up Miriam Elan Davies, of Maenarthur, Pontrhydygroes, Ceredigion, received £500. Both attend Llysfasi College, near Ruthin, Denbighshire. Dafydd’s family keep around 1,200 sheep and 20 beef cattle. He studies Agriculture Level 3 on four days a […]
Zara Phillips launches Range Rover Evoque Wise Scholarship at the Royal Windsor Horse Show
The Range Rover Evoque WISE Scholarship will provide a £9,000 bursary to three female students or apprentices who would like to explore a career or further studies in engineering. In addition the winners will be provided with mentoring support from both Land Rover senior engineers and WISE representatives. In launching the campaign Zara spoke about […]
French scholar designs unmanned aircraft for farmers at Shropshire university
A French postgraduate student has completed seven months research at Harper Adams University developing an unmanned aircraft for use in agriculture. Marc-Alexandre Favier, from Bourg-en-Bresse, in eastern France, came to Harper Adams as part of his Masters in Mechatronic Systems – Engineering from the University of Osnabruck in Germany. He will return to Germany on […]
Adam Henson hosts Young Farmers’ road safety course
Young farmers will attend a Brake 2young2die road safety session at television presenter Adam Henson’s Cotswold Farm Park on 13 April 2013 as part of a nationwide campaign to save lives on rural roads. The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs’ Drive it Home campaign, supported by NFU Mutual, aims to reduce the number of […]
Harper Adams invests in campus to improve student facilities
Three new buildings are being constructed as part of the plan – an additional teaching block, an agricultural engineering building which will also accommodate and support the National Centre for Precision Farming, and a Veterinary Services Centre. Dr David Llewellyn, Vice-Chancellor, said: “We are pleased to see progress being made with three major projects which […]
New Potato Council Studentships
As part of the new look AHDB studentship scheme to be launched this summer, Potato Council has announced that it will fund four studentships starting in Autumn 2013. Addressing industry priorities as outlined in the Potato Council’s R&D strategy 2012-15, the aim of the studentship scheme is to produce original research, leading to benefits to […]
