Forge Your Future

As schools and colleges return after the summer break, many minds start to focus on the future – including potential career paths and study options.

With this in mind, Harper Adams University is preparing to host an open day on its stunning Shropshire campus on October 9th, to introduce future students to its courses, staff, facilities, social opportunities and more.

“If you care about what we eat and how we look after our planet and everyone and everything living on it, you’ll find a degree course that matters to you at Harper Adams,” says Outreach Manager Kimberley Chadwick, who leads the University team that connects with school pupils and college students to help them identify where their future might lie. sustainable future – and with the highest UK graduate employment rate, combined with extensive industry connections, a degree from Harper Adams could be excellent for your career prospects. We offer courses in agricultural sciences, animal health and welfare, business management, the environment, the food supply chain, mechanical engineering, land and property management and more.

“One of our challenges, as a team, is that we are dealing with careers many youngsters might never have heard of. But while that is a challenge for us – it’s an outstanding opportunity for them. Take the food and drink production sector, for example. It employs around four million people in the UK and yet many food lovers think their only career options are in catering or hospitality.

“But they could become professionals throughout the entire food supply chain – handling logistics, developing new products, becoming a food marketing genius – the opportunities are vast of often well rewarded.

“The same can be said across all of our subjects. What matters is to focus on think you are passionate about and then speak to people in the know. Go to open days, chat to lecturers and to students, explore career case studies – there are loads online – and see what sparks your interest. You never know where it might lead!” n