Oatridge

Gardening Scotland 2019- Oatridge entries

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Kenneth Brooksbank

Oatridge has announced its first team to represent the campus at this year’s Gardening Scotland event running from May 31st- June 2nd. The team, which is led by Elizabeth Callaghan, is...

Categories: Garden Design, Horticulture, Oatridge, Oatridge events, and Uncategorized

Oatridge Student is Carter-Patterson medal recipient

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Kenneth Brooksbank

Tyler Tovey, who began his journey with us at Oatridge as a certificate student, has been awarded the prestigious Carter-Patterson medal by the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society(RCHS). When Tyler first...

Categories: College, Horticulture, Horticulture & Plantsmanship, Oatridge, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, and Student Successes Tags: awards, rchs, tovey, and tyler
Chris Smillie

Unknown Pleasures Of Countryside Management

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Anouska Curzon

Chris Smillie is a lecturer in Countryside and Environment at SRUC Oatridge; we found out more about what led him in to teaching at SRUC and what his passions are...

Categories: Campus, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Oatridge, Sustainability, and Uncategorized Tags: Countryside, Ecology, Edinburgh, environment, joy division, Oatridge, 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

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
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Change Your Path

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Rich Gordon

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
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SRUCSA Sports Day at Oatridge

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Anouska Curzon

On 23th May 2018, SRUCSA organised it’s first ever Sports Day. The event was held at SRUC Oatridge Campus during lunchtime and was supported by the Sports and Activities Officer...

Categories: Oatridge, Oatridge events, Student Life, Student opportunities, and Student Successes Tags: active. shady, mental health, Mental Health Awareness, Oatridge, sport, Sports Day, SRUC, and SRUCSA

SRUC Oatridge’s Pathway users win pallet garden prize

Posted on June 29, 2018 by sruc

Pathways service users from Linlithgow won a silver gilt for their pallet Garden at Gardening Scotland. The pallet garden was on display all Saturday and Saturday at the event at...

Categories: Gardening Scotland, Horticulture, and Oatridge
Sarah Scott - Equine student at SRUC Oatridge.

Sarah Scott – Horse Care

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Sarah Scott, 25 had a previous  career as a housekeeper/waitress before changing her path to study equine with us at Oatridge. Sarah aspires to get a job in the equine industry, and...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Change your path, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level, Oatridge, Professional Certification, Student opportunities, and Student Successes Tags: Change your path, Equine, mature student, Return to study, and SRUC Oatridge
Bric-A-Brac Beach Balcony Garden

Gardening Scotland Pop-Up gardens

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Along with our show garden A Wee Natural Gallery, students from all of our horticulture-teaching campuses (Edinburgh, Elmwood and Oatridge) produced stunning pop-up gardens to display at Gardening Scotland. All...

Categories: Ayr, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Garden Design, Gardening Scotland, Horticulture, Oatridge, Student Life, and Student Successes Tags: Garden Design, Gardening Scotland, Horticulture, Pop-up garden, SRUC, SRUC Edinburgh, SRUC Elmwood, and SRUC Oatridge