Barony

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    

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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
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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
Andrew Neilson

Young Farmer of the Year

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

The inaugural Young Farmer of the Year award turned out to be a six-way battle of SRUC alumni. Andrew Neilson, who gained an NC in land-based engineering from the Barony...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Barony, Land-based Engineering, SRUC Subjects, Student Life and Student Successes Tags: #Agriculture, awards, land-based, Land-based engineering, SAYFC and SRUCcess
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Students awarded at prizegiving ceremony

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Shona Warwick

Hardworking students have been presented with certificates and prizes at the annual awards ceremony at Barony Campus in front of an audience of friends and family. More than 30 prizes were...

Categories: Agriculture, Animal Care, Barony, Barony events, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based Engineering, Student Successes, Uncategorized and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #Agriculture, Animal Care, Engineering, Forestry, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based engineering, Rural and Estate Skills, SRUCBarony, Vet Nursing and Veterinary Nursing
Aleisha

International Women into Engineering Day

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Shona Warwick

Today, Saturday 23rd June is International Women into Engineering Day. ​​International Women in Engineering Day is an international awareness campaign to raise the profile of women in engineering and focuses...

Categories: Barony, Land-based Engineering and Uncategorized Tags: #srucstudent, Engineering, Land-based engineering and SRUCBarony
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Fun in the Sun at Barony Open Day

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Shona Warwick

A sunny warm afternoon attracted more than 3000 visitors to Sunday’s Open Day at Barony Campus. The day allowed the public to get up close to everything that happens on...

Categories: Agriculture, Animal Care, Barony, Barony events, Campus, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering and Veterinary Nursing Tags: Animal Care, Engineering, Forestry, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based engineering, Open day, Rural and Estate Skills, SRUC Barony, SRUCBarony and Veterinary Nursing

#SRUCcess for the SRUC Marketing Team

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has been shortlisted for two prestigious national higher education marketing awards. SRUC has been named as a finalist in two categories in the Higher Education Information...

Categories: Aberdeen, Ayr, Barony, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Oatridge and SRUC Events

Why are you doing this?

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

We asked our current students what motivated them to study their course…. here are the full results: There are some variations by subject area – those studying subjects related to animals are...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Business, Countryside Management, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Poultry, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student Successes, Sustainability and Veterinary Nursing

Mental Health Awareness Week: Combatting stress

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

We’ve put together a video featuring tips on how to combat stress, in support of Mental Health Awareness Week.

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Ayr, Barony, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Oatridge, Student Life and Student opportunities Tags: mental health, Mental Health Awareness, SRUC and SRUCSA