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Edinburgh zoo representatives

Walk on the wild side

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Shona Warwick

Students are set to take a walk on the wild side following a collaboration between Scotland’s Rural College and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS). Classes could use immersive...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Barony, College, HN Level and Student opportunities Tags: Animal Care, Animals, Barony, Edinburgh Zoo, SRUC Barony and SRUCBarony
Stressed Ken

Stress Awareness Month

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

April is Stress Awareness Month. Whether you’re feeling that your mental health is excellent or that things are not so good, we can all struggle with the sense of feeling...

Categories: Advice, Barony, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Oatridge, Student Life and Uncategorized Tags: Advice, Edinburgh, learning support, mental health, scotland, SRUC, Stress, stress awareness month and study support
NC engineering students at Jaguar Land Rover

Engineering study tour

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Shona Warwick

The NC Engineering students from Barony embarked on their annual study tour.  They had a very interesting four day tour, leaving Barony on the Monday morning and travelling down to...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Barony, College, Land-based Engineering, Student opportunities and Student Visits Tags: Barony, engineer, Engineering, Land-based engineering, SRUC Barony, SRUCBarony, Student Visits, Study Tour, Study Tours and Study Visits

Forestry apprentices use cutting-edge technology

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Shona Warwick

Scotland’s Rural College is the first institute in the UK to have used cutting-edge technology to log students’ progression towards operating forest machinery. At the start of Scottish Apprenticeship Week...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Apprenticeships, Barony, Campus, College, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills and Uncategorized Tags: apprentice, apprenticeship, Forestry, John Deere, modern apprentice, Modern Apprenticeship and SRUCBarony
MSP Emma Harper with students

Barony Digital Classroom Launch

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Shona Warwick

Our new state-of-the-art digital classroom was unveiled last week at Barony. It is believed to be the first of its kind in the region. SRUC has invested around £80,000 to...

Categories: Agriculture, Animal Care, Barony, College, Degree, Forestry and Arboriculture, HN Level, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Student opportunities, Uncategorized and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #Agriculture, Animal Care, Engineering, Forestry, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based engineering, rural skills, SRUC Agriculture, SRUCBarony and Veterinary Nursing
students at Breathing Space presentation

Mental health campaign launch

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Shona Warwick

NHS 24 launched their new Breathing Space campaign ‘You Matter, We Care’ with the help of SRUC staff and students at Barony recently. Minister for Mental Health Claire Haughey welcomed...

Categories: Agriculture, Animal Care, Barony, College, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Student opportunities, Uncategorized and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #mentallhealth and SRUCBarony

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

Welcome to new students 2018

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Our Principal, Wayne Powell, records a welcome video to all our students each year. You can watch this online here: Link to the video on Vimeo    

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Gardening Scotland, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Subjects, Study level, Sustainability and Veterinary Nursing
vet nursing students with tortoise and cow

All Creatures Great and Small

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Shona Warwick

We have become one of only two institutions in Scotland – and only ten in the UK – to offer a degree in Veterinary Nursing. Welcoming our first intake next...

Categories: Barony, Degree, HN Level, Uncategorized and Veterinary Nursing Tags: Animal, RCVS, SRUC, SRUC Barony, SRUCBarony, Vet Nursing, Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing
image of a path

Change Your Path

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

You know how the saying goes “Find a job you love and you will never work another day in your life”. Confucius, the wise Chinese philosopher makes that sound easy...

Categories: Aberdeen, Ayr, Barony, Change your path, Edinburgh, Elmwood and Oatridge Tags: Change your path, mature student, return to learning, SRUC and SRUC mature student