sending off uni application anyone studied equine anything??

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Hi, i know this may be controversial but wanted to know who has studied what and where I am just applying I am most interested in Hartpury and Cirencester to study equine business and management and off to both open days next week but would love to know peoples experiences.It is something I have thought about for a long time and finally decided to pursue thanks to my amazing parents!

Please please let me know you opinions on schools, facilities, teaching level. I am quite academic and still want to be pushed intellectually but decided to follow my heart so just interested. Thank you all in advance
 
If you're pretty academic, have you considered doing a normal business orientated degree and getting work experience with large event organisers such as Musketeer (Burnham International, Bleinham, etc)? I've just heard quite a few stories about the equine related degrees not being as useful when it comes to finding jobs unless you've got the decent experience under your belt...
 
I have a BSc (Hons) Equine Studies. Spent my first year at Hartpury on the Equine Science course. To be honest, I really regret doing it - I was actually shoved out the door of a recruitment agency when asked what degree I had. I really wish I'd have gone straight into employment, I'd be so much further up the ladder if I had. I don't use my knowledge at all, and I now work in the financial industry with a view to becoming a bookkeeper and get into accounting.

However, I know a couple of people who have done well with their equine degrees - very few of my classmates work with horses at all, but I know a few of them are very high up their career ladders.. after doing Masters degrees, of course.

On a relative scale, I thought Hartpury was good. They try to be as academic as they can be, and have good facilities.
 
Hi,

I have a BSc (Hons) Equine Management at Moulton College and am doing an MSc (Hons) Equine Science part time online with Edinburgh.

Although other people I studied with are not still working in the equine industry some are! I am a freelance dressage trainer and run my own yard, my education is a back up to my teaching; which I love!

I would recommend it if you have a clear direction on where you want to go with your studies and know this would help. I found it very liberating to be studying something I was actually interested in!

Good Luck with your application!

XxX
 
thank you both yes that what i though re hartpury being the more academic. Yes have toyed with applying for straight business or business and econ and may apply for both as I probably wort apply to 5 equine courses. Hadnt considered really going straight into work really... thank you!!
 
DressageFilly said:
Hi,

I have a BSc (Hons) Equine Management at Moulton College and am doing an MSc (Hons) Equine Science part time online with Edinburgh.

Although other people I studied with are not still working in the equine industry some are! I am a freelance dressage trainer and run my own yard, my education is a back up to my teaching; which I love!

I would recommend it if you have a clear direction on where you want to go with your studies and know this would help. I found it very liberating to be studying something I was actually interested in!

Good Luck with your application!

XxX
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thank you, this is really helpfull!! :)
 
I started studying Equine Performance at Hartpury and ended up dropping out after three months, totally wasn't what I wanted to do or what I expected it to be. But I was at Hartpury for a year for college so it was quite a big change. I ended up working in a couple of dead end jobs and am now searching for something a bit more long term. To be honest I'm glad I left! I can now do something more useful! Realistically I was never going to get anywhere good working with horses. Other people may, I still know people studying at Hartpury, in their last year I think, and some of them are great and have a future ahead of them. Others I can see not having anywhere to go and will end up doing something totally unrelated.

I think if you're totally serious about doing something equine and you have some way of getting yourself into the equine world after your degree, fine, but if you're doing business I'd do a non equine course because then you can always angle it towards equine in the future. It's less limiting.
 
Yeah I see what you mean! Its been something ive been thinking about for ages but I just cant see myself doing anything else. I will definitely apply to some non-equine courses thought after speaking to you guys at least that way it is less specific so thank you!
 
Hartpury is lovely :) if you were to pick a university on a people/facility based decision (not that you would! :p) i would pick there every time. I did my alevels there & loved it. I started a joint degree 1/2 equine studies at a diff uni/college & despised it the work was boring and of an unchallenging nature and I didnt learn a single piece of useful new information which I could apply to my work with horses. For my second yr I have swapped equine for politics and so now do a joint philosophy politics degree which I love :). If you are academic I would recommend doing a business studies degree as others said. You could always work in the equine industry whilst at uni so you would still have equine related experience but a broader understanding of how business works which you could apply to a lot more. As others said sometimes equine degrees are not recognised by some employers. Another option is events management degree which would leave you well placed for jobs in admin/event organisation at large competition venues if this is something you are interested in :). If you know exactly the industry you want to go in, that an equine degree is appropriate for the jobs you would want and that you think you would enjoy equine business more then go for it :) & I cant recommend hartpury enough. Personally I would do the pure business degree or who knows maybe you could do a joint with something else that interests you/is relevant to your career choice :) I know I regret starting equine and am having to work harder to catch up in yr2 of politics after wasting a yr on equine! Just try and make the most of whatever you pick and remember to consider whether you think you will be able to achieve a 2.1 in whatever degree you do as a 2.2 isnt much use any more if you do have to fall back on your degree for an unrelated job with some employers. Good luck :)
 
I did a BSc (hons) Equine and Human Sports Science with Harper Adams through warwickshire college, moreton morrell. I loved it there, its a great campus with a good balance between academic studies and pastrol care/fun. It's taken me 3 years to where I am now and a lot of practical experience rather than my degree. I am now practice manager for a small animal veterinary practice. I look back and see I could have got here many years ago without uni but going gave me the chance to grow up and experience life!
 
Hi, I would have focus on exactly what you want to do long term job wise and pick a degree specific to that. Make sure the employment you seek recognises the degree you do, otherwise it is a little bit of a waste of time/money.

I studied Equine Science at Hartpury, and while mostly I had a great time, I have ended up doing something completely un-horse related. I think as a degree it is a little too general, especially if you want to work in a higher paid equine career.

My outcome of going into an non-horsey career was mainly due to circumstances at the time, I had a very bad riding accident and was off horses for a while, however I'd love to start all over again and do something in the industry! I hate being stuck in the office all the time!
 
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