THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 2017 WINNER UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR CONTENTS Introduction 02 Our International Approach 04 Teaching and Learning 06 Research 10 Student Life 16 Essential Information 22 02 Introduction “HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY DELIVERS CONSISTENTLY OUTSTANDING TEACHING, LEARNING AND OUTCOMES FOR ITS STUDENTS. IT IS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY FOUND IN THE UK. ”TEF judging panel Introduction 03 As the world’s population grows, so do our demands on the planet. Managing this natural resource has never been so important. Joining Harper Adams is your opportunity to take on this global challenge. Studying here and taking on some of the world’s biggest challenges is your key to a great career. We have a 98 per cent graduate employment rate - the joint highest in England. Student satisfaction here is also outstanding. At 93 per cent, we’re in the top six UK universities. A LONG-HELD REPUTATION FOR A GLOBAL INSTITUTION IN THE HEART OF EXCELLENCE THE UK Established in 1901, we’re proud to have We’re set on a 550-hectare farm in the been delivering vital agri-food education heart of England, but our outlook and ideas for more than a century. But we are also are global. There are students from more forward-looking and are officially best than 30 countries on campus, working with Modern University 2018*. lecturers and businesses from all over the world. Our education is top quality: we hold a Gold rating from the Teaching Excellence A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT TO STUDY Framework (TEF), a UK-Government We know that there’s a lot to think about assessment which recognises excellent when you’re studying in the UK, so we’re here learning and teaching in universities and to help. We’ll give you priority for on-campus colleges delivering degree courses. accommodation if needed, help you settle in, and provide free language and study skills On campus, you’ll find cutting-edge facilities support. Our student support team is on including a £2.93 million Agricultural hand to answer any questions you have. Engineering Innovation Centre and a £4 million food innovation centre. All of our research has been declared of international quality, with more than 50 per cent either world leading or internationally excellent+. *Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018 +Research Excellence Framework (REF2014) 04 1 OUR INTERNATIONAL APPROACH Our International Approach 05 We have a thriving and growing international student community on campus, are creating ever more relationships with overseas institutions, and developing international research and study opportunities. Our students come from more than Agricultural University. We also have a UK- 30 different countries, including Brazil, China cultural exchange programme for UK Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Dominican students to visit China. Republic, Ghana, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Malawi, Nigeria, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Harper Adams staff regularly travel overseas Syria, Thailand, and the USA. Around a third to participate in international collaborative of our research students are international, research and academic teaching exchange many from developing and emerging links. Furthermore, we are an active economy countries, and are primarily participant in the EU Erasmus programme. working on food security projects. Many students complete their placement Our internationalisation strategy continues year abroad or work overseas after to develop and create new overseas graduating. To support this outward mobility, relationships with major academic the university offers modules in French, institutions in key countries such as German and Spanish, and has introduced Indonesia, New Zealand, South Africa, China, informal classes in Mandarin Chinese. Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and the USA. harper.ac.uk/international Opportunities for staff and student academic exchange and for future research collaborations are expanding and Harper Adams is increasingly recognised as a high quality international institution. We have lots of students from China who study here for at least one year as part of a successful academic partnership with Beijing University of Agriculture, or through international BSc and MSc programmes with Huazhong Agricultural University and China 06 2 TEACHING & LEARNING Teaching and Learning 07 Why study at Harper Adams? 115 6 1 years of delivering top Top six for student Best Modern University quality higher education satisfaction 20181 98% Gold 1 graduate employment, award for teaching3 first for student joint highest in England2 experience4 800 £413,000 £20m+ students living on awarded in annual invested in the campus campus student scholarships5 over the last decade 1 1 100% first in the UK for student University of the Year of research conducted support, job prospects, 20176 by Harper Adams is of courses and lecturers6 international quality and more than 50 per cent is either world leading or internationally excellent7 1 The Times Good University Guide 2018 5 Harper Adams Development Trust 2016/17 2 HESA 2016 6 Whatuni 2017 3 TEF 2017 7 Research Excellence Framework 2014 4 Times Higher Education UK Student Experience Survey 08 Teaching and Learning Undergraduate courses COURSE LENGTH All degrees are sandwich courses and include a BSc (Hons) and BEng (Hons): Four years placement year working in industry. All courses are MSci and MEng: Five years BSc (Hons) except where indicated. harper.ac.uk/study AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING • Agriculture • Agricultural Engineering MEng / BEng (Hons) • Agriculture with Animal Science • Automotive Engineering (Off-Highway) MEng / • Agriculture with Crop Management BEng (Hons) • Agriculture with Farm Business Management • Mechanical Engineering MEng / BEng (Hons) • Agriculture with Mechanisation • Product Support Engineering ANIMAL SCIENCES FOOD SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & • Animal Behaviour and Welfare (clinical) INNOVATION • Animal Behaviour and Welfare (non-clinical) • Food and Public Health Nutrition • Animal Health and Welfare • Food Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship • Animal Production Science MSci / BSc • Food Manufacture with Marketing • Bioveterinary Science MSci / BSc • Food Sustainability Management • Food Technology and Product Development APPLIED BIOLOGY • Food Technology with Nutrition • Applied Biology • Applied Biology with Agroecology PROPERTY & LAND MANAGEMENT • Applied Biology with Biotechnology • Real Estate • Applied Biology with Business Management • Rural Enterprise and Land Management • Rural Property Management BUSINESS • Agri-Business VETERINARY NURSING & ANIMAL • Agri-food Marketing with Business PHYSIOTHERAPY • Business Management with Marketing • Veterinary Nursing • Veterinary Nursing with Companion Animal COUNTRYSIDE, ENVIRONMENT, WILDLIFE Behaviour & GEOGRAPHY • Veterinary Nursing with Small Animal • Countryside Management Rehabilitation • Countryside and Environmental Management • Veterinary Physiotherapy • Geography and Environmental Management • Wildlife Conservation and Environmental ZOOLOGY Management • Applied Zoology • Zoology with Entomology • Zoology with Environmental Management Teaching and Learning 09 Postgraduate study LEVELS OF STUDY Want to advance in Most of the following courses can be studied as: • Postgraduate Diploma (PgD) your career, move into • Masters Degree (MSc) a different specialism, Some can be studied as a Master of Research (MRes) (see page 13) or get a second harper.ac.uk/pg chance in life? Start your journey here. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION • Agricultural Sciences and Production Systems • Poultry Production • Ruminant Nutrition APPLIED ECOLOGY • Agroecology • Conservation and Forest Protection • Ecological Applications • Entomology • Integrated Pest Management • Plant Pathology AQUACULTURE • Aquaculture ENGINEERING • Applied Mechatronic Engineering [February start-date] FOOD BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT • Food Industry Management • International Agri-business and Food Chain Management LAND MANAGEMENT • Forestry Management • Rural Estate and Land Management 10 3 RESEARCH Research 11 “STRATEGIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH UNDERPINS HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY’S MISSION TO PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE FOOD CHAIN AND RURAL ECONOMY. OUR RESEARCH AND REACH-OUT STRATEGIES ARE FOCUSED TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF RURAL SUSTAINABILITY. ” Professor Peter Mills Deputy Vice-Chancellor 12 Research We’ve created an environment where students, staff and industry work together on research with real-world impact, taking on some of the biggest global challenges facing our expanding population. We’re improving animal welfare, tackling food scarcity, and developing new farming technologies. The work we produce is shaping professional practice, government policy and the application of new technologies. Research 13 Studying for a research qualification at Harper Adams could change your future, and the world around you. harper.ac.uk/research Research degrees Whether you’re looking to extend your KEY FACTS studies or add to your industry experience, • Choose from a one year (MRes), two year (MPhil) this is your opportunity to gain a deeper or three year (PhD) research degree knowledge of the biggest challenges that we • Great job prospects in industry, government face. organisations and academia • Unique facilities surrounded by 550 hectares of We’ve been developing and awarding university farmland research degrees for more than two decades • Fortnightly research seminar programme and building our links with agri-business • Your own office space and personal computer since the very beginning. As a result, 90% of Harper Adams