Landmark Issue 19 2021 SINGLE PAGES

ISSUE 19 | 2021 15 TEACHING & LEARNING We already have a strong reputation for fostering partnerships with some of the world’s leading businesses, government bodies and organisations in the agritech sector. Our intention is to expand this further, providing students with a breadth of academic and professional opportunities globally. We have recently been successful in a bid to secure funding for GREAT scholarships, in collaboration with the British Council. This will enable us to offer scholarships to taught postgraduate students from India, Indonesia, Kenya and Mexico. All of our students benefit from programmes like this, as they share their different world experiences in their particular disciplines. In September this year, we were also delighted to announce a major Joint Institute with Qingdao Agricultural University (QAU) in China which will help to expand transnational higher education in the land-based sector. In a very competitive process, the RAU/QAU Institute was one of only 11 that were selected by the Chinese Ministry of Education to be established this year. In fact, the RAU is also the only small specialist university in the UK to have established a Joint Institute with endorsement from the Chinese government. Named 'The RAU Joint Institute for Advanced Agritechnology at QAU', this partnership will see double- award degrees offered across four BSc (Hons) programmes; Agriculture; Environment, Food and Society; International Business Management; and Food Production and Supply Management. The degrees will be delivered at the QAU campus, with students being taught in English by both RAU and QAU academics. The Vice-Chancellor remarked: The timing, as Covid-19 heightens awareness of such major issues as international food security, global food supply chains and the interdependence of agribusiness in today’s world, undoubtedly provides us with a platform through which we can make a sustained contribution to improving people’s health and welfare, on a global scale. Extending our global reach “The ability to share insight, knowledge and expertise across global boundaries is vital if our graduates are to provide the solutions needed to tackle key emerging issues and shape the future of sustainable food production in the face of climate change.” Find out more about the GREAT scholarships online: greatbritaincampaign.com