2024

The LSE iQ podcast, produced by a small team in the LSE Communications Division, has won best branded podcast at the Independent Podcast Awards. The monthly podcast where LSE academics, and other experts, answer one pressing question per…

Action is desperately needed to reform the social security system, according to new research that tracked the same individuals over more than a decade of austerity. The paper, supported by a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant,…

More than one third (35%) of business meetings are considered unproductive, with the overall annual cost to firms of unproductive meetings estimated at $259 billion in the United States and £50 billion ($64 billion USD) in the United…

A member of Paragon Veterinary Group’s farm team has become one of the first in the country to gain a pioneering new qualification from Harper Adams University. Karen McNeil has just gained a Vet Technician higher level 5 apprenticeship …

An globally-renowned expert in robotics whose research tackles real-world challenges globally has been named a new Professor of Engineering at Harper Adams University. Professor Fernando Auat Cheein will be working within the…

A new online learning course aiming to raise awareness of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) issues in UK agriculture has been launched. The course was launched by Nuffield Farming Scholarships, sponsored by McDonald’s and The School…

Leading academics from Harper Adams University have been honoured  at an event at the House of Lords celebrating the achievements of trailblazers in the UK’s food and farming industry. The prestigious event, hosted by the Rt Hon…

A Harper Adams University alumnus has been announced as the winner of the 2024 NFU Cymru / NFU Mutual Dairy Stockperson of the Year Award. William Davies from Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, received the award at this year’s Welsh Dairy…

The challenges facing the UK veterinary education sector – and how the Harper & Keele Veterinary School (HKVS) has evolved to tackle them – have been explored in an inaugural lecture. During his inaugural lecture as the…

Harper Adams University Vice-Chancellor Professor Ken Sloan has been named the new Chair of Higher Education representative body GuildHE. His three-year term, which begins today, November 1, will see him lead the organisation that…