Pumpkin18
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RAU doesn't do a proper sandwich year, just April to October of year 2. It's a great weakness of their course.
RAU does offer it but very few students opt for the year.
RAU doesn't do a proper sandwich year, just April to October of year 2. It's a great weakness of their course.
RAU does offer it but very few students opt for the year.
It's not built into the course like Harper. So any student at RAU who opts for it is effectively dropping back a year.
It’s not really “dropping back a year” as such, if so then you could argue that all the Harper students have dropped back a year compared to the RAU students
No. Harper is a 4 year course. The 2016 cohort will graduate 2021.
RAU is a 3 year course. The 2016 cohort will graduate 2020, except Jonny who did a year's placement, who will graduate 2021. See how it now appears that Jonny has dropped back a year compared with his cohort?
You are correct. Neither my wife or I can work a calendar, it's how we ended up with our son.Hmm a 4 year course starting in sept 2016 would graduate in July/October 2020, no?
The point I’m getting at is that it’s not that he dropped back a year, it’s that he chose take advantage of the opportunity and do a full year in industry. Yes he will graduate a year later than his cohort but he will also have a year in industry to show for it.
You are correct. Neither my wife or I can work a calendar, it's how we ended up with our son.
True. But do not underestimate the social effects of effectively being s year behind his peers on return to Uni.
I believe the course would be much strengthened by having a full sandwich year.
Well as someone who came from a non-farming background I'd better never say anything about farming again then.More folk from non farming backgrounds getting a degree, thinking they know it all and ending up in non farming jobs employed for their knowledge of farming.
Well as someone who came from a non-farming background I'd better never say anything about farming again then.
I did my pre-college year with another 18 yo female who was going to Cirencester (she was from the middle of London with, like me, no experience prior to her pre-college placement). She would have started RAC in Sept 1985.RAC as it was then back in the early 80s turned down the missus saying they didn't accept women on to the agric course.
She went to Harper instead and ended up with me.
Hurrah for RAC (bunch of tossers)
I did my pre-college year with another 18 yo female who was going to Cirencester (she was from the middle of London with, like me, no experience prior to her pre-college placement). She would have started RAC in Sept 1985.
I think it makes your eyes water ,so i'm told"Don't knock it till you've tried it, ducky."
Or so I was once told...
Hartpury only do a full yr sandwich, on the basis that their students are actually employable, not a degree course though.You are correct. Neither my wife or I can work a calendar, it's how we ended up with our son.
True. But do not underestimate the social effects of effectively being s year behind his peers on return to Uni.
I believe the course would be much strengthened by having a full sandwich year.
Sorry, just being cynical but I have come across several folk educated to degree level yet lack in common sense/understanding the basics. The idea of trying to attract students from a diverse background into Ag and related careers doesn't sit right with me, too Iikely to get those with unrealistic expectations of what farming is about. I see it with vets, watch the programmes on TV, go to college, get qualified yet are completely useless.Well as someone who came from a non-farming background I'd better never say anything about farming again then.
Hartpury only do a full yr sandwich, on the basis that their students are actually employable, not a degree course though.
Sorry, just being cynical but I have come across several folk educated to degree level yet lack in common sense/understanding the basics. The idea of trying to attract students from a diverse background into Ag and related careers doesn't sit right with me, too Iikely to get those with unrealistic expectations of what farming is about. I see it with vets, watch the programmes on TV, go to college, get qualified yet are completely useless.
Not that being from a non Ag background should be a barrier to anyone being involved in Ag or related industries, those with a real interest will do alright/well I'm sure.
Not sure how you should phrase it, how do you attract the "right" people to the industry? I'm not convinced colleges should be targeting students from urban/ethnic backgrounds, but background shouldn't make a difference to those who really want to be involved in the industry. Good luck to those with the drive, enthusiasm and passion to succeed.
Been there lately? All the halls of residence have been bulldozed now for a number of years. They were only built in the 1970's for goodness' sake. WAC is sadly no more and I'm not at all sure whether there's a librarianship college. Are there many librarian jobs left in these computerised days. Maybe not.Putting the Welsh Agriculture College and the Librarians College on the same campus in Aberystwyth was a work of genius!