Edinburgh

Grow Careers Event Blossoms at The Botanical Gardens

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Kenneth Brooksbank

Wednesday 20th February saw Edinburgh’s Botanical Gardens host a series of speeches from world renowned horticulturalists as part of the ever popular ‘Grow Careers’ day. The event, aimed at raising...

Categories: Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Horticulture, Horticulture & Plantsmanship and Landscaping Tags: botanical gardens, Horticulture, Horticulture and Plantsmanship and landscaping
team Bayet

College Street Party

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

This year marks 20 years of Gardening Scotland at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh and to mark the occasion, this year will see the introduction of a brand new...

Categories: Campus, Edinburgh, Garden Design, Gardening Scotland, Horticulture, Horticulture & Plantsmanship, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student Successes and Student Visits Tags: Edinburgh, Elmwood, garde design, Gardening Scotland, Horticulture, Oatridge and SRUC
Gretna Hedgehog

Jarlath Flynn’s Amazing ‘Gretna HedgeHog’ Photo

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Anouska Curzon

SRUC’s very own Jarlath Flynn took the internet by storm today with his incredible photo of a Starling Murmuration. His photo, which features around 60,000 starlings took the shape of...

Categories: Campus, Countryside Management, Edinburgh and Uncategorized Tags: Countryfile, Countryside management, gretna Hedgehog, Jarlath Flynn, SRUC, SRUC Edinburgh, Starling Murmuration and twitter
Carol Thompson

Book Week Scotland – Staff Recommmendations

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Anouska Curzon

Applied Animal Science lecturer Carol Thompson tells us about one of her favourtite books for Book Week Scotland. (One of) My favourite books is ‘Some We Love, Some We Hate,...

Categories: Advice, Animal Science, Campus and Edinburgh Tags: Animal Science, Applied animal science, book week scotland, Edinburgh, SRUC and SRUC Edinburgh
Gerard O'Brien

Book Week Scotland

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Anouska Curzon

For Book Week Scotland we asked staff and students at Scotland’s Rural College to tell us about a book that they love. We start the week with a brilliant recommendation...

Categories: Advice, Campus, Edinburgh, Garden Design and Uncategorized Tags: book week scotland, books, derek jarman, Edinburgh, Garden Design and SRUC
Jennifer Cadger

No Business Like Sow Business

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Anouska Curzon

Jennifer Cadger is a lecturer in Rural Business Management for Year 1 students at SRUC in Edinburgh. Cultivate caught up with her to find out more about her role and what...

Categories: Advice, Business, Campus, Degree, Edinburgh, HN Level and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, #SRUCEdinburgh, Advice, business, business degree, lecturer, Rural Business, Rural Business Management and SRUC

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
James Ripley Librarian

The Talented Dr. Ripley – Interview With The Librarian

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Anouska Curzon

It’s Libraries Week (8th – 13th October 2018) this week and to celebrate we wanted to show off some of our amazing librarians here at SRUC. James Ripley is the...

Categories: Advice, Campus, Edinburgh and Uncategorized Tags: #SRUCEdinburgh, Advice, information, librarian, libraries week, library, references, research and SRUC

MSc Induction Study Tour 2018

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

New students embarking on our taught postgraduate courses at the Edinburgh campus spent their first couple of days on a study tour, staying overnight at SRUC’s Wigwam Accommodation in Tyndrum....

Categories: Edinburgh, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Postgraduate, Student Visits and Sustainability Tags: #SRUCVisits, environment, field trips, food security, masters, MSc, plant health, postgraduate, Study, visit and visits

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