Landmark 2016

NEWS

Second year equine students Cordelia

Marshall and Lydia Morrison helped

organise the Longines FEI European

Eventing Championship at Blair Castle

(September 2015), as part of their 20-

week work placement. Working in the

organisers’ office they gained a valuable

insight into the running of a prestigious

equestrian competition, which involved

teams from all over Europe.

Cordelia and Lydia worked alongside

a number of RAU alumni, including:

April Clough on the media team,

Jenny Meiklejohn, Lucie Charlton,

and Verena Smith on the organising

team, and Charlie Egar who worked

for Henson Franklyn on the branding.

Spectators enjoyed the familiar voice of

Mike Tucker, international commentator

and RAU alumnus and Governor. The

whole event was given a royal finale with

HM The Queen presenting the medals

to the winning teams and riders.

In April 2016, hundreds of

second year students entered the

workplace worldwide, in a bid to

gain valuable hands-on experience

and key employability skills.

FEI work placement

for equine students

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Mystical May Ball

On Friday 27 May, students celebrated the end of term at the

Arabian Nights themed May Ball 2016. It was a fantastic event

and a great way to round off an excellent academic year.

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Colin Cole, who studied agriculture at the Royal Agricultural University (1950-1952),

visited our Cirencester campus whilst on holiday with his two daughters and three

granddaughters in June 2016. He met the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chris Gaskell,

and was given a tour by Teresa North, which brought back many happy memories.