You are utterly incompetent! How is this anything but a huge loss for uk ag!??? I cannot wait to see the back of this government.

UNAS 125 year anniversary Dinner at the Riyal Scots Club in Edinburgh on the evening of Friday 20th June to coincide with the Royal Highland Show booking via the latest UNAS Newsletter

Will have our annual catch up with Hemmy at Project in 2 weeks time. Agronomy Field Course starts Monday 2 nd June

A massive thanks to Stephen Siddorn for hosting the Agronomy Field course today at Percy Farms a great experience for our students to engage with a Velcourt farming business

This Thursday, at the Lincolnshire Show, for those who had the pleasure of studying in the North East! Paul Bilsborrow 🇺🇦 Harry Huddart

A brilliant take down of the reckless tech-bro optimism of Cardiff University management plans. "A flagship national university cannot be run like a tech startup." Indeed, *no* university should be run like that! iwa.wales/agenda/2025/06…

Lancaster VC: there is no money and ~600 staff are getting sacked Also Lancaster VC: ooooh I love those curtains at £4k. What planet do these dafties live on?

A serious question here as to why a government is bailing out incompetent management?

My 4th visit to China for a mix of work, meeting up with old friends and sightseeing but this time accompanied by my son. Starts in the wonderful city of Wuhan and started Day 1 with memories of previous visits in 2000, 2002, and 2007

Some wonderful sights of Wuhan

A Newcastle University reunion ⁦Newcastle University Alumni⁩ in Changsha with l-r Prof Wenxue Wei (academic exchange in Soil Science from Wuhan 1996/7), Prof Fangjie Zhao (PhD Agriculture 1988-92) and Prof Jinshui Wu (Postdoc researcher in Soil Science 1988-92)

Could be an extra long UNAS reunion weekend in store!!

In today’s universities, academics exist mainly to prop up administration Research? Too costly Knowledge? Too messy Teaching? Classes crammed to bring in money Bureaucracy has replaced scholarship as the function of universities — fully endorsed by senior management

Took some clearing after 24 years but now ready for the next occupant

We’ll welcome Southport Football Club to Craik Park next week in the Emirates FA Cup third qualifying round 👋 #UpThePeth

For those attending UNAS 75 th reunion dinner this weekend on Saturday 1st of November please note that the venue is now The Platinum Suite at St James Park and not The Assembly Rooms as first advertised Timings remain the same ie 7 for 7.30 and the bar will be card only

A large number from the class of 2000 heading to St James Park this weekend for the 75th UNAS reunion dinner ⁦Newcastle University Alumni⁩ ⁦University of Newcastle Agricultural Society⁩

The 75th ⁦University of Newcastle Agricultural Society⁩ reunion weekend begins with a Seniors lunch in the Northern Stage on campus

A top guy this one and a true Geordie

Horizon Europe CROP MATCHING kick- off meeting in Thessolaniki looking at sustainable cropping practices for small-scale farms in Europe