Finding the right degree and career path has motivated me to work hard to achieve the best results I can. “Harper felt right for me from the moment I stepped out of my car at an open day and inhaled a good waft of poultry manure. Soon after this epiphany, I discovered the BSc (Hons) Countryside and Environmental Management course at Harper. “With hindsight, it should have been obvious to me a lot earlier that a career in the rural sector would tick all the right boxes. I enjoyed living in different places and learning new things, but I still felt I hadn’t found the right career. After I left secondary school, I tried a variety of jobs and courses as I tried to find a career that felt right for me. “I did not come to Harper Adams straight from the farm though.
“Nowadays, I greatly appreciate how growing up on the farm has shaped who I am and how I see the world. “I also developed a deep appreciation of the natural environment and an understanding that agriculture and the environment are intrinsically co-dependent. I enjoyed getting stuck in with the practical farm work and spending time with livestock. “Eventually we got the hang of it and I grew up covered in mud, lifting bales, checking sheep and moving cows. My parents worked hard to get the farm back in working order, often assisted by kind neighbours and my brother and I contributing as best as we could. “As the farm was owned by a conservation organisation, we were expected to manage the farm in an environmentally conscious way. When I was four years old, my parents made the decision to move from a two-up-two-down terraced, mining cottage to a remote 200 acre, hill farm in the upper Towy Valley. The 25 year-old from Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, said: “My decision to study a BSc degree in Countryside and Environmental Management at Harper stems from a passion for the countryside that started in my childhood. The first Paul Wilson scholarship has been awarded to Harper Adams University BSc (Hons) Countryside and Environmental Management student Ellen Humphrey.Įllen’s passion for the countryside stems from her childhood after her parents moved from a terraced cottage to live on a farm. “Harper felt right for me from the moment I stepped out of my car at an open day and inhaled a good waft of poultry manure."
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