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LGBTQI+ History Month Icons – Elizabeth Bishop
For LGBTQI+ History Month 2021 members of SRUC’s Rainbow Staff Network will be blogging about someone who is an LGBTQI+ Icon to them. The first in the series is Elizabeth...
Horticulture with Plantsmanship Specialist Project
Specialist Project Overview by Horticulture with Plantsmanship student Rebecca Cross During the second year of Horticulture with Plantsmanship, students have the opportunity to carry out a specialist project and undertake...
Student Profile – Jillian Gordon
Jillian Gordon from Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders studied Bioscience and Applied Animal Science at SRUC Edinburgh campus before embarking on a PhD. We asked her why she originally chose SRUC...
A Day in the Life of a Garden Design Student
SRUC Edinburgh Garden Design student Kristyna Andrlova shares her day with us. It’s morning! So cold it makes you want to stay in the bed all day. Then I look...
SRUC tops UK list for SME consulting income
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) provides more business value to SMEs than any other higher education institution in the UK. This is according to a new study by Universities UK that...
SRUC Edinburgh Student Awarded Norvite Scholarship
SRUC Edinburgh student Christopher Ruddock is one of two winners of The Norvite Scholarship which is a competition for 4th year students based on their Honours project. The winner receives...
My Honours Project by Amy McLuckie
Applied Animal Science student and now SRUCSA Co-President Amy McLuckie focused her honours project on the effects of environmental enrichment on piglet behaviour. Amy was recently nominated for the first...
Dyslexia and Higher Education by Jillian Gordon
As it is dyslexia awareness week, I thought it would be a sensible time to share with you all my story of dyslexia. Dyslexia was first discussed with me when...
From Cooking Up Sauces to Protecting Natural Resources
Declan Harper previously worked as a chef, working in various kitchens and pubs in and around Edinburgh but decided to change his path and is now studying Environment Management at SRUC...
Meet the SRUC Edinburgh Library Assistant
It is Libraries Week and so to celebrate we would like to shine a light on the SRUC Edinburgh campus library assistant, Martina Sjolund. How did you become a librarian?...