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Angela Karp

Director for Science Innovation, Engagement & Partnerships

Angela Karp

Email: angela.karp@rothamsted.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 1582 938 855

Festival engagement Credit: Layton Thompson/Rothamsted Research

Vote Rothamsted

Our recent Festival of Ideas, which attracted over 8,000 visitors, has been shortlisted in this year’s Herts Tourism Awards.

18 Oct 2018

LEAF teenager survey

TEEN SURVEY REVEALS ATTITUDES TOWARDS FOOD AND FARMING

Research reveals that despite teenagers feeling disconnected from farming, many of today’s young people are interested in how their food is produced and science’s role within that.

16 Oct 2018

Princess Royal at North Wyke Credit: Rothamsted Research

LIVESTOCK ON ROYAL AGENDA

HRH The Princess Royal visited our Devon campus today to hear about a new chapter in sustainable livestock production and the 60-year heritage on which this builds.

24 Sep 2018

Teenage Education Day Credit: Rothamsted Research

TEENAGERS TAKE ON AGRICULTURE

There was a buzz of hands-on excitement and challenging inquiry today as teenagers came face-to-face with worms and cereal fields, insects in a grain silo...and the trade-off tree.

12 Sep 2018

Wormscience booklet Credit: @wormscience

GET TO KNOW YOUR WORMS IN 30 MINUTES

Calling all farmers: join the first national survey of earthworms on farmland and discover how they support environmental stewardship and improve crop productivity sustainably.

07 Sep 2018

wheat field Credit: Rothamsted Research

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR WHEAT

A major international research collaboration has revealed what makes wheat tick, promising discoveries to combat disease and produce higher yields more sustainably in tough conditions.

16 Aug 2018

Ash Dieback Credit: Kevin King, Rothamsted Research

MODEL WAY TO PROTECT TREES

Reducing year-to-year variability in the demand for trees for planting could reduce the import of exotic pests and diseases that can damage local forests and woodlands.

15 Aug 2018