Agricultural Technology

Sustainable Development Goals

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow

“ The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Science, Biological Sciences, Business, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Organic Farming, Poultry, Renewables, SRUC Subjects, Sustainability and Uncategorized Tags: development, global, goals, SDG, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable development goals and United Nations

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

Let’s clear the air

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Clean air day (21st June) seems a good day to highlight the contribution SRUC is making to the Farming for a Better Climate programme. Farming for a Better Climate (FFBC)...

Categories: Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal Science, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Renewables, Student Life, Sustainability and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, #cleanairday, agricultural, air, air quality, carbon, climare change, climate, emissions, environment and Environmental

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

Turn off the lights and turn on the fun for Earth Hour

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Anouska Curzon

Earth Hour is the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, inspiring millions of people to take action for our planet and nature. On Saturday 24th March at 8.30pm switch...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural Technology, Ayr, Barony, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Oatridge and Sustainability Tags: Earth hour, Earth hour 2018 and SRUC
Snowdrops

Researching and Protecting the Environment at SRUC

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

The importance of the environment is increasingly recognised in society and includes issues such as climate change, land management, habitat loss, pollution control, sustainable development and energy conservation. We are...

Categories: Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Campus, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Organic Farming, Renewables and Sustainability Tags: climate, climate change, courses, Ecology, Ecosystem, Energy, environment, Environmental, Environmental Management, Environmental Resource Management, environmental science, Farming for a Better Climate, Rural Policy Centre, sac consulting, sustainability and sustainable
Sophie in lab

Press for Progress film competition

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Lights… Cameras … Action … The 8th of March is International Women’s Day and with Scotland’s Women in Agriculture Task Force SRUC is planning to promote #PressforProgress by launching a...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Oatridge, Renewables, Student opportunities and Sustainability Tags: #Agriculture, Film Competition, SRUC Study and Women in Science

Aberdeen Degree Students’ Egg-celent Visit

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

  Degree students from SRUC Aberdeen campus enjoy an insightful visit to Farmlay Eggs       First week back from the Christmas holidays and the students of SRUC Aberdeen...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Degree, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Poultry, Renewables, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student Visits, Sustainability and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, Eggs, FarmlayEggs, FoodIndustry, Poultry, RuralBusinessManagement, SRUCAberdeen, UKAriFoods and UKFarming
Solar panels

SRUC Advent Calendar: 13th December

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Climate change is driven largely by our reliance on fossil fuels. Setting fire to millions of years of stored carbon in a very short space of time is creating a...

Categories: Advent Calendar 2017, Agricultural Technology, Ayr, Renewables, Student Life and Sustainability Tags: Green Technology, renewables, Renewables and Environmental Technology and SRUC Ayr
Sheep on hill. SRUC Hill and Mountain Research

International Mountain Day

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

In 2003 the United Nations General Assembly designated December 11th “International Mountain Day”. The aim: to create awareness about the importance of mountains in everyday life and to highlight opportunities...

Categories: Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Campus, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Renewables, SRUC Subjects, Sustainability and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, countryside and environmental management, Countryside management, Environmental Resource Management, Green Technology, hills, International Mountain Day, Mountain, Renewables and Environmental Technology, research and SRUC Research