COLLEGE CALENDAR
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Kate Oleszko is a 21-
year-old fourth year
degree student on an
Agriculture with Animal
Science course at Harper
Adams in Shropshire
THE big move of housemates seemed to go smoothly. As fast as Colin and Sarah piled boxes and boxes of stuff into their cars, Dave and Emma were bringing boxes in.
Dave brought a massive, wide-screen surround-sound TV with him and it fits perfectly in our lounge. We are very grateful Dave!
They both seem to be settling down ok in our mad house. Sarah has gone to a great room in halls where she can see the rugby pitch from her bedroom window. Im sure we will both spend many a Wednesday afternoon watching the backsides on the pitch!
Valentines Day seemed just another normal day until a mysterious parcel arrived containing a card and a toy dog with a red rose in his mouth. The postmark was Nottingham. I didnt think I knew anyone from Nottingham – especially not that well. So whoever you are, are you going to let me know or do I have to work it out?
Meanwhile, we have all had to prepare poster presentations of our Investigational Projects. It had to show a summary of what we have done so far including results and expected conclusions. This proved harder than I first expected – there is only so much you can fit onto an A1 sheet.
Ive been lucky enough to be part of a Welsh TV programme about Harper Adams which was shown on S4C. It was an insight into Harper and looked at final year students work. There was also a group discussion of where us students see agriculture going over the next few years and what we hope to do in the future? Will smaller farms be taken over or their owners have to run the business alongside another job? Theyre questions that will have a real impact on our future.
It made me think about my future more carefully. I have always wanted to be in agriculture, but the question now is will it be a life-long career? I would like to think so but, there again, just over a year ago I would have said that foot-and-mouth was a problem of the past.