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Its good - Business Development Harper Adams University Employee Review

5.0
30 Jan 2026
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Pros

Relaxed vibe, nice people, tangible impact

Cons

Perhaps the relaxed vibe could lead to problems

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Harper Adams University Response
1mo
Thank you for taking time to write about your experience of working at Harper Adams. We appreciate your feedback.

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2.0
10 Oct 2025
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Pros

Some fantastic colleagues and a beautiful location to work

Cons

It has become a coercive environment following a change in most of the senior management team in recent years. With a new VC came a focus on changing ‘culture’. This culture change dominates everything. The management have little experience of the land based sector which should be our core business. The vice chancellor predominantly focuses on his comfort zone, diversity, sexual orientation, etc, all important issues but his position on land based issues should not be a mystery by contrast. Student satisfaction has crashed, staff moral is the lowest I have experienced. It seems disciplinary and grievance cases are increasing as one of the ways the new culture’ is being rolled out.

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Harper Adams University Response
8mo
Thank you for taking time to write about your experience of working at Harper Adams. We appreciate your feedback. The Vice-Chancellor, Ken Sloan, is a great champion of the land-based sector and recognises the strengths of Harper Adams University, which is why he returned to the UK to take on the leadership of the University. His belief - shared by many across the University - is that the excellence that Harper Adams offers across its portfolio of courses should be available to people from all parts of society and he's committed to making that happen. Ken's commitment to nurturing the University community, and his way of engaging with that community, reflects his leadership style and not everyone may warm to that. However, it is a style of leadership which is inclusive and that welcomes feedback and offers multiple opportunities to provide that.
4.0
2 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Very good manager - Lovely co-workers - Interesting work

Cons

- Workload felt like a lot

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Harper Adams University Response
1mo
Thank you for taking time to write about your experience of working at Harper Adams. We appreciate your feedback.
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