The assets of the RAU are not the personal property of the v-c to use as a cash cow.
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G Herbert
6 years ago
What would the resultant cash boost be used for? The university's V-C is only a caretaker, not an owner of RAU and its assets.
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Javier Barron
6 years ago
Dont sell it!
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Charlotte
6 years ago
Defo should not be sold, it’s an ag uni which should have a farm
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Richard Wild
6 years ago
Absolutely the RAU should not sell off Harnhill Manor.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Do not sell the farm it is an asset to the university
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Anonymous
6 years ago
I Learnt so much on this farm whilst at the College
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MR PETER EDWARDS
6 years ago
Ex RAC
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Andrew GJ
6 years ago
Harnhill Farm is such an asset to the College for its organic status and differing factors from the other associated land with the College. Yes you’ve got to drive there from the College but it wasn’t difficult when I was there 30 years ago, so I can’t imagine it to be any different now. It would be such a disaster and a shame if the College sold it - what would they do with the money and Organics is a big necessity to be persuaded.
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Michael Smith
6 years ago
WE need further education in sustainable farming
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J Moore
6 years ago
Fight your students ? No no no
Fight for your farm ? Yes yes yes
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Stephen Fuller
6 years ago
The priorities for developing the next generation of leaders in agriculture need to be re-evaluates. Farmers and farming and thus by extension the reality of life of working farms should be at the centre of this.
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Will
6 years ago
A great institution like this should be buying farms not selling off what few they have, what a narrow minded decision.
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WILLIAM MANN
6 years ago
Students in any field need practical experience in their field. For a University to flog off those fields is not only narrow-minded, but narrows the minds of future students.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
How can you even think about selling off your farms . A agricultural uni needs farms for the students . What you should be doing Rau is looking at raising finance from a deal with investors like Sir ROGER DYSON etc . To secure your future as a ag uni .
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Sophie
6 years ago
Such a shame that an agricultural uni is selling its farm. An extremely good learning resource for students.
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Jean M Turner
6 years ago
A university of 1,200 students, competing against much larger institutions needs every advantage it can muster. It is essential to control land resources for excellence in research and good practice for students. It is crucial for integrity of imaginative teaching and learning environments, to provide the highest quality of education, synonymous with its position as a top agricultural university. To forfeit a valuable asset like Harnhill represents a grievous body blow to the RAU, to the infrastructure and the flexibility to address future requirements. The figures in companies house do not support financial loss at Harnhill.
Already too many excellent staff have left this venerable establishment with more in the process of moving on. Apparently, the recently appointed leader of agricultural studies has promised that courses will not be compromised despite a reliance on partnership schemes with local farms.
Surely such interactions will be subject to the modus operandi at individual partner farms so how can that be right for an agricultural university of this calibre?
Heavy reliance on partner enterprises without the main university farm at Harnhill, is likely to limit and corrupt research and learning programmes; each partner farm will follow farm business models peculiar to the farm businesses involved.
The university farm, independent and available for a multitude of learning processes should provide motivation, stimulation and practical experience with extra qualifications for students and those in the larger rural community.
Adaptations, changes of focus, involving the university in imaginative and financially productive research and initiatives is essential to sustain the standards expected from this venerable institution. It should never rid itself of land which makes that innovation possible.
An interesting aside is that many of this year’s agricultural students were moderated down by the university for their degrees. Is thi
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Caroline Marsh
6 years ago
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The best practice in agriculture and land management is essential to maintaining and improving global biodiversity. Don't sell Harnhill Manor Farm - it is essential for students to see best practice in action to allow them to take their learnt skills out into the global environment to benefit us all.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Students are going to be deprived of a vital training asset.
The assets of the RAU are not the personal property of the v-c to use as a cash cow.
What would the resultant cash boost be used for? The university's V-C is only a caretaker, not an owner of RAU and its assets.
Dont sell it!
Defo should not be sold, it’s an ag uni which should have a farm
Absolutely the RAU should not sell off Harnhill Manor.
Do not sell the farm it is an asset to the university
I Learnt so much on this farm whilst at the College
Ex RAC
Harnhill Farm is such an asset to the College for its organic status and differing factors from the other associated land with the College. Yes you’ve got to drive there from the College but it wasn’t difficult when I was there 30 years ago, so I can’t imagine it to be any different now. It would be such a disaster and a shame if the College sold it - what would they do with the money and Organics is a big necessity to be persuaded.
WE need further education in sustainable farming
Fight your students ? No no no Fight for your farm ? Yes yes yes
The priorities for developing the next generation of leaders in agriculture need to be re-evaluates. Farmers and farming and thus by extension the reality of life of working farms should be at the centre of this.
A great institution like this should be buying farms not selling off what few they have, what a narrow minded decision.
Students in any field need practical experience in their field. For a University to flog off those fields is not only narrow-minded, but narrows the minds of future students.
How can you even think about selling off your farms . A agricultural uni needs farms for the students . What you should be doing Rau is looking at raising finance from a deal with investors like Sir ROGER DYSON etc . To secure your future as a ag uni .
Such a shame that an agricultural uni is selling its farm. An extremely good learning resource for students.
A university of 1,200 students, competing against much larger institutions needs every advantage it can muster. It is essential to control land resources for excellence in research and good practice for students. It is crucial for integrity of imaginative teaching and learning environments, to provide the highest quality of education, synonymous with its position as a top agricultural university. To forfeit a valuable asset like Harnhill represents a grievous body blow to the RAU, to the infrastructure and the flexibility to address future requirements. The figures in companies house do not support financial loss at Harnhill. Already too many excellent staff have left this venerable establishment with more in the process of moving on. Apparently, the recently appointed leader of agricultural studies has promised that courses will not be compromised despite a reliance on partnership schemes with local farms. Surely such interactions will be subject to the modus operandi at individual partner farms so how can that be right for an agricultural university of this calibre? Heavy reliance on partner enterprises without the main university farm at Harnhill, is likely to limit and corrupt research and learning programmes; each partner farm will follow farm business models peculiar to the farm businesses involved. The university farm, independent and available for a multitude of learning processes should provide motivation, stimulation and practical experience with extra qualifications for students and those in the larger rural community. Adaptations, changes of focus, involving the university in imaginative and financially productive research and initiatives is essential to sustain the standards expected from this venerable institution. It should never rid itself of land which makes that innovation possible. An interesting aside is that many of this year’s agricultural students were moderated down by the university for their degrees. Is thi
The best practice in agriculture and land management is essential to maintaining and improving global biodiversity. Don't sell Harnhill Manor Farm - it is essential for students to see best practice in action to allow them to take their learnt skills out into the global environment to benefit us all.
Students are going to be deprived of a vital training asset.
The principal should be stepping down too