Harper Adams news


Health experts put Newport civic ball chefs in clear

Health inspectors today said they had found no evidence to link the illness of dozens of high-profile guests at a civic ball at Newport’s Harper Adams University College to food served at the venue.


Research cash boom at Harper Adams University College

Exciting new farming techniques which will see food waste used to generate fuel and electricity will be developed at Shropshire’s only university after £100,000 of funding was secured.


20 people ill after Newport civic ball

Telford & Wrekin health inspectors have been called in after a number of people, including two mayors, fell ill after the annual civic ball in Newport.


Farming Talk: Goal to train lonely women vital farm skills

While researching for my Masters dissertation in Design Management with Staffordshire University, I have explored the benefits of Care Farming to people with farming and horticultural connections and how the Women’s Food & Farming Union can seize opportunities to reach out to local communities to provide a much- needed service by identifying and fulfilling the [...]


School dinner scraps to power Harper Adams

Left over food from four county schools will be recycled and turned into power and energy at a university college in Shropshire as part of an innovative pilot scheme.


Farming Talk: Opportunities still out there to aid farmers

Having just attended a Green Breakfast meeting held by Natural England at Harper Adams University College, Newport, I return nicely full and having not eaten a single green thing!


Shropshire student dies in horror crash

Tributes were today paid to a 21-year-old Harper Adams student who died following a road smash in Somerset.


Shropshire’s egg producers facing tough times

Egg producers in Shropshire face a tough year ahead because of increased competition, higher energy prices and a raft of Euro red tape.


Shropshire pig academy to open for budding farmers

A pioneering new academy for prospective pig farmers is due to open in Shropshire. The Fresh Start Pig Academy is designed for anyone interested in setting up and running a pig farming business.


Student homes plan for old Newport sorting office

Newport’s former Royal Mail sorting office is to be transformed into three student houses.


Harper Adams University aim to extend student bar

Shropshire’s only university has applied to extend its bar – to enhance the ‘student experience’ saying it had changed its priorities as a result of the increase in student fees.


Power station sparks into life at Harper Adams

An energy plant which converts thousands of tonnes of waste into electricity has sparked into life at Shropshire’s Harper Adams University College.


Is this the tractor of the future?

Designers at Shropshire’s Harper Adams University College have dreamed up their vision of a futuristic tractor with dozens of innovative features.


Hats off to Harper Adams graduates

More than 600 former students flung their caps in the air to celebrate as they graduated from Shropshire’s university college in Edgmond, near Newport.


Harper Adams University College joins UK top 50 list

Shropshire’s Harper Adams University College has been named in the UK’s top 50 and the number one in its class.


Farming college Harper Adams among best in country

Students have ranked Harper Adams University College as one of the best in the country – putting it just behind the great seats of learning, Oxford and Cambridge.


Shropshire pair taking on the milkshake market

Harper Adams University College graduates William Jones and Harry Blake are on a mission to make milk topple the pops – and bottled water – in the drinks market.


Live Q+A: University tuition fees – Thursday 26 May – 1-3pm

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Post your advance questions for a live Q+A session on university tuition fees on Thursday 26th May.


£1.25m fellowship for Harper Adams lecturer

A Shropshire university lecturer has secured a £1.25 million fellowship to train the next generation of horticultural experts.


Harper Adams to charge students £9,000 for courses

Students face a big hike in the cost of obtaining a degree in Shropshire as the county’s university college announced it is planning to impose the maximum fee of £9,000 for its courses.

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