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Harper Adams University College is the UK’s leading provider of specialist higher education and research for the food chain, rural and land-based industries. Undergraduate, postgraduate and PHD subjects cover every aspect of food production, from agricultural engineering to food marketing, land management and animal health and welfare. For more information visit www.harper-adams.ac.uk

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First students graduate from meat management course

THE first students to complete the PgC Meat Business Management course at Harper Adams University have now graduated. A ceremony took place at the Butcher's Hall in London, where the students were presented with their certificates from Master of the Worshipful Company of Butchers, Mark Adams and Harper Adams Vice-Chancellor, Dr David Llewellyn. The course is designed to provide staff from the meat industry with the knowledge and skills required to increase the effectiveness, efficiency and profitability of their employers' businesses and to develop their own career potential within

Initial findings prove Marmite to be ‘iconic’

INITIAL findings from research conducted at Harper Adams University have found that Marmite is a truly ‘iconic’ brand and that most people love the product. A study has taken place during the last year to determine what proportion of the population likes or dislikes Marmite, whether it is seen as an ‘iconic’ brand, and if those people who indicated that they loved Marmite, whether they were able to tell the difference when compared to rival products. The work was also carried out in countries that have native yeast extract spreads, including Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Postgraduate wins prestigious travel award

Postgraduate Harper Adams University student, Aled John, will soon be travelling across Continental Europe as a result of winning the prestigious Gary Baker Scholarship award. It was presented at a recent Worshipful Company of Butchers court lunch in March by Master of the Butchers’ Company, Mark Adams. Aled, who graduated from the BSc (Hons) Agri-Business course with a first class degree last September, is now employed by Anglo Beef Processors as a graduate trainee and is taking the PgC Meat Business Management course at Harper Adams. He intends to visit meat plants in Germany,

Testing Marmite – do you love it, or hate it?

Researchers at Harper Adams University College investigate public's perception of MarmiteYOU might love it, you might hate it, but researchers at Harper Adams University College are hoping to find out what the public really thinks of popular spread, Marmite. Questionnaires have been distributed and taste tests have taken place to calculate what proportion of the population likes or dislikes the product, whether it is seen as an ‘iconic’ brand, and if they do like it, whether they can tell the difference when compared to rival products. The research is being replicated in other

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