Carrie de Silva is a Visiting Professor of Real Estate Practice Law at Harper Adams University, an Honorary Professor at the Royal Agricultural University and a consultant trainer with Sava. She has taught on RICS accredited courses, predominantly for rural practice, for towards three decades and delivers CPD, specialising in civil and criminal liability for financial loss or personal injury. She is a former Vice-President of the British Federation of Women Graduates and continues to administer their doctoral scholarships programme. She has written case books on negligent valuation, trees and plants, health and safety and a Gazetteer of Agricultural Education and Research. Current research interests include early women in the professions.