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Harper Adams University was founded in 1901 and is set on a 494-hectare farm. It specialises in agriculture and areas like the planet's development, food production, land management and sustainability.
The uni is located in the middle of England in the county of Shropshire. Due to its location, transport access isn't the best, as the nearest train station is Telford Central, which is 10 miles away from the uni, however, you'll probably find more direct train services from the slightly further away stations of Stafford and Shrewsbury. There's a regular train service from Birmingham International to both Telford Central and Shrewsbury. Birmingham Airport is the closest airport and is situated around an hour south of the university.
Despite the lack of a major city or town, there's still a good social scene at Harper Adams. The Students' Union puts on events like fancy dress parties, comedy nights, film nights and themed balls. There are also numerous clubs and societies to join and the campus has a large main bar, as well as a cosy inn. Off-campus you'll find clubs, bars, cafes, shopping opportunities and more.
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4.2Most first-year students at Harper Adams live on campus, within walking distance of all the uni's facilities. The on-campus halls are all within a short distance of each other. You can choose between catered and self-catered options, depending on what your meal-time preferences are.
Catered halls include breakfast and dinner from Monday to Friday, as well as communal kitchen facilities. You're also able to choose between en suite and shared bathroom residences.
All options include free parking on-campus, a regular cleaning service and free internet access in all rooms. The campus accommodations are very safe and include round-the-clock security services, campus-wide CCTV and card entry systems.
Most uni halls are available on a 40- or 42-week contract, with a few 36-week letting options which require students to vacate the halls (including their belongings) during the Easter break. Prices currently range from around £4,457 to £6,877 per year.
If you'd rather not live in uni accommodation, there are off-campus living options too. This is more common with second and third-year students, however. Most of the off-site student living options are within a six-mile radius of the uni in Newport and Edgmond.
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4.1All students at Harper Adams do a placement year as part of their course. As well as this, the uni has relationships with more than 700 businesses. As a result, graduates often have strong job prospects.
During your placement year, you'll get real work experience that will be valuable when you apply for future jobs, especially as students often end up going back to work at the same place where they did their placement.
The uni also has a careers service that can help improve your job prospects in several ways. The service can help you write your CV, improve your job applications and prepare you for interviews and assessments. You'll also be able to get help with looking for job vacancies, including placements, part-time roles and graduate positions.
Additionally, several of the uni's courses are accredited by professional bodies like the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the Institution of Agricultural Engineers. This gives industry credibility to the uni's degree programmes and helps students build their professional networks.
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Harper Adams has a development trust that works with industry and alumni to offer scholarships to its students. The uni offers around £500,000 in scholarship funding per year. These are awarded based on academic and extracurricular merit, as well as personal circumstances.
The scholarship payments can go towards student fees and living costs and don't need to be paid back. Specific subject departments will often offer scholarship opportunities just for their students.
For example, the Butchers' and Drovers' Charitable Institution Bursary is available to all first and second-year full-time students whose degree or future employment plans are relevant to the meat and livestock industry. The scholarship is worth up to £5,000 per academic year (not including placement years).
Additionally, the Hubbard Breeders Scholarship is open to second-year BSc and first-year FdSc students who are interested in a career in the poultry sector. It's worth £4,500 and employment with Hubbard Breeders during the placement year.
More information about the available scholarships and their eligibility criteria can be found online on the uni's funding pages.
Harper Adams University concentrates on courses in the subjects of agriculture, sustainability, food production, animal sciences, engineering, land management and business. The uni's rural campus and excellent facilities help with the teaching of these environmental courses and allow students to easily conduct research in the field.
Most courses at Harper Adams are studied full-time and include a placement year as part of the course, meaning they're studied over four years. However, some degrees can be studied part-time. For example, there are several advanced veterinary nursing degrees that are studied part-time over two years.
You'll also find top-up degree courses that are studied full-time over one year, as well as extended degree programmes that last five years, e.g., applied zoology.
The uni also offers flexible degree programmes that have no fixed time frame or method of learning. These courses can fit around your personal circumstances and can be studied at your own workplace if you wish.
It should be noted that several of the four-year courses can be done over three years if you already have at least two years of full-time, relevant work experience.
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