Landmark Issue 19 2021 SINGLE PAGES

ISSUE 19 | 2021 33 INDUSTRY & LEADERSHIP RAUresearch and policy thinking is big news. Conceived by Founder Robert Jeffreys Brown Queen Victoria granted the Royal Charter to the Royal Agricultural College (RAC) RAU obtains consent from the Chinese Ministry of Education to open the RAU Joint Institute for Advanced Agritechnology at Qingdao, China Launched our state-of-the art £4.2 million Alliston Centre. Awarded TEF Silver. The first phase of our Farm491 project opened at the University’s Harnhill Farm First received funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Appointment of Professor Joanna Price as first female Vice-Chancellor Privy Council awarded the College full University Status Professor R (“Bobby”) Boutflour becomes Principal of the College Prince of Wales became President of the RAC The first modern degree programme was launched – BSc (Hons) in Rural Land Management 1842 1845 1931 1982 1984 2001 2013 2016 2018 2017 2020 Our timeline ... 175 years at the forefront of agricultural education