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Professor Price is currently Head of the
University of Bristol Veterinary School and
Head of the School of Clinical Veterinary
Sciences, a position she took up in 2009.
Prior to this, Professor Price was Professor
of Veterinary Anatomy at the Royal
Veterinary College, University of London,
and Chair of the College’s Basic Science
Department, having previously worked at
University College London, the University
of Sheffield, and the University of Bristol.
Professor Price qualified as a veterinary
surgeon from the University of Bristol in
1983 and spent a number of years in
clinical practice in the UK and overseas
before entering research and academia.
Professor Price’s research has focused
on deer antler regeneration and bone’s
adaptation to mechanical loading.
Alongside her more fundamental research,
Professor Price has for many years also
worked on the pathogenesis and prevention
of musculoskeletal injuries in horses,
having a particular interest in biomarkers
and fracture prevention and more recently
on the epidemiology and genetic basis
of fracture, joint, and tendon injuries.
Professor Price said: “I’m delighted
and honoured to have been chosen
to be the next Vice-Chancellor of the
Royal Agricultural University. It’s a great
privilege to be given the opportunity of
leading an organisation that has been
at the forefront of agricultural education
for over 170 years. This will make a
family hat-trick of association with the
University, since both my father and
son have been students there.”
Meet the new
Vice-Chancellor
Professor Joanna Price has
been appointed as the new
Vice-Chancellor of the RAU.
This year marks the retirement of the Vice-Chancellor,
Professor Chris Gaskell, and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor,
Professor Paul Davies, after nine years and 30 years
respectively. The University looks forward to welcoming
the new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Joanna Price,
on 1 September.
A decade of development at the RAU
• The RAU celebrates its new status as
a University in 2013, and Cirencester
becomes a university town
•
50% increase in student numbers
(now more than 1,200) from over
47 different countries, studying
on 30 undergraduate and
postgraduate degree courses
• Launch of the new School of Equine
Management and Science, opened
by HRH The Princess Royal in 2014
•
RAU ranked in the top 10 in the UK
for degree completion, academic
services spend and facilities
spend – recognising improved
facilities across campus
(The
Complete University Guide 2016)
• Graduate employability at an all
time high: recent figures show
98.2% of undergraduates are in
employment or further study within
six months of leaving the RAU
•
Increased links with local
communities, including annual
Convocation ceremonies now
held in Cirencester Parish Church
– attended in 2015, in the 170th
year of the RAU, by University
President HRH The Prince of Wales
• Restructuring of University farms
including the mainly arable Coates
Manor Farm; the purchase of 491
acres of mixed farmland at Harnhill
Manor Farm; improved equine
facilities at Fossehill Farm
•
£1.2m investment by the RAU and
the Frank Parkinson Trust in the
Rural Innovation Centre at Harnhill
Manor Farm, sharing cutting-edge
knowledge between agricultural
production and applied research
• RAU in the top 10 universities in 2015
for renewable energy production and
biomass consumption, and ranked
top university in England for carbon
reduction in relation to income
•
Farm491 agritech incubator
launched in 2016 with £5.5m
funding from GFirst LEP
(Gloucestershire Local Enterprise
Partnership), the Elizabeth
Creak Charitable Trust, private
donations, and RAU investment
“It’s a great privilege to be given
the opportunity of leading an
organisation that has been at the
forefront of agricultural education
for over 170 years.”
Professor Joanna Price
LANDMARK 2016