 Carter Jonas has established a sponsored award for second year students on Harper Adams' Rural Enterprise and Land Management (REALM) honours degree course. The awards scheme provides students with a real life case study location and generous cash prizes for the three who produce the best work as a result.
Andrew Black, an associate in the Shrewsbury branch of the company and a graduate of BSc (Hons) REALM at Harper, established the sponsorship scheme. He says: "This really is an exciting project and will help to forge very strong links between the Harper Adams and Carter Jonas. The students studying on the REALM course really are the lifeblood of the surveying industry, and we are delighted to be able to assist in their education to help them achieve their intended goals of becoming chartered surveyors." Black recently visited the Edgmond campus to give the students feedback on their work and present prizes to the first round of winners. Christopher Edmunds, 20, from Cockermouth, Cumbria, produced the best report. The first runner-up was Lucy Roberts, 19, from South Crosland, West Yorkshire, who had completed work experience in the Huddersfield office of Carter Jonas before commencing her studies at Harper Adams. The second runner-up was 19-year-old Thomas Bright from Clun, Shropshire. The assignment requires students to prepare a professional report and particulars as if they were assistant surveyors working for Carter Jonas's Shrewsbury office. Simon Keeble, REALM courses manager, says: "This really is a very practical and important prize, tailored directly to assist the students in preparation for their sandwich year, which is a compulsory part of all Harper Adams degrees. "It takes the students away from traditional academic studies, and puts them into a real-world setting, which can only be a good thing. It enables the students to form strong links with big firms such as Carter Jonas and it is further enhanced because Andrew is a Harper graduate." |
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