Ayr events

SRUC’s annual careers event a big success

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

Scotland’s Rural College recently hosted a successful careers event at its Ayr campus. The event attracted 620 students attending from SRUC’s six regional campuses and pupils from local high schools....

Categories: Advice, Ayr, Ayr events, Campus, SRUC Events and Work-based Learning Tags: alumni, AYR, Careers, events, graduate scheme, opportunities, SRUC Ayr and SRUCSA

Wonky Competition!

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Take part in SRUC’s 2018-19 student competition! Showcase your creativity, entrepreneurial flair and innovation. Impress the expert judging panel with your wonky produce ideas. Total prizes £800 cash plus the...

Categories: Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Business, Campus, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming and SRUC Subjects Tags: #student, Competition and students

New Entrants to Farming

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

The Scottish Government is committed to developing opportunities to encourage new entrants into the farming industry. A government working group, Farming Opportunities for New Entrants (FONE), has begun work and...

Squirrel Appreciation Day

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

The 21st January is Squirrel Appreciation day (oh yes it is #squirrelappreciationday) so we thought we would gather a few fun facts: Their scientific name is Sciurus vulgaris. There are...

Happy International Tongue Twister Day!

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Well… who knew?! The second Sunday in November is International Tongue Twister day apparently. Here are some you can have a go at… How many times you can say each...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Advice, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Oatridge, Oatridge events, SRUC Events and Student Life Tags: language, tongue, tonguetwister and twister

Why are Open Days important?

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Before making your final course choices, it’s important to visit the Open Days on offer to make its going to be the right place for you! The chances are that...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Study level, Sustainability and Veterinary Nursing Tags: Open day, open days and visit

Pumpkins!

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

We are having a lovely response so far to our pumpkin carving competition. You can find details on your local campus facebook page – competition closes on Friday. Also, in...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Campus, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Oatridge, Oatridge events and SRUC Events Tags: alumni, halloween, pumpkin, SRUCAlumni and SRUCcess

World Mental Heath Day 10th October – What to do if you need a bit of extra support…

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

The 10th October 2017 is World Mental Health Day – an opportunity to acknowledge that everyone is likely to need a bit of extra support at some time in their life. The...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Study level, Sustainability, Veterinary Nursing and Work-based Learning Tags: #mentallhealth, #studentsupport, #wmhd, #wmhd17, #wmhd2017, health, Health and Wellbeing, planner, planning, student support, support and wellbeing

Volunteering

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Taking the leap into College life is all about creating experiences so making time for voluntary work, in between studying, can add even more value to your time at College...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student opportunities, Study level, Sustainability and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #student, charitable, charity, cv, environment, Environmental, students, sustainable, volunteer, Volunteering, Volunteers, work and work experience

Word Ladder Challenge

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Here’s a wee puzzle for you – Change one letter at a time, always making a real word – how many steps does it take you to get from Wheat...

Categories: Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr events, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Edinburgh events, Elmwood events, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, SRUC Events, Student Life and Sustainability Tags: Competition and quiz