Agriculture

Agriculture: Caitlin Ross

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow

Upon finishing high school, Caitlin took the chance to gain valuable work experience in agriculture before enrolling at SRUC’s Oatridge campus. Having been interested in the industry from a young...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Campus, HN Level, Oatridge and Student Successes Tags: #Agriculture, #hnd, Oatridge and SRUC

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
Erica next to tractor

Scottish Apprenticeship Week- Erica Taylor

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Kenneth Brooksbank

Erica Taylor- Agriculture- crops Erica joined SRUC at the start of the harvest in 2017, her work, in a very male-dominated workplace was inspiring to those around her and she...

Categories: Agriculture, Apprenticeships, Student Life, Student Successes and Work-based Learning Tags: apprenticeship, erica taylor, MA, Scottish Apprenticeships and SRUC
MSP Emma Harper with students

Barony Digital Classroom Launch

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Shona Warwick

Our new state-of-the-art digital classroom was unveiled last week at Barony. It is believed to be the first of its kind in the region. SRUC has invested around £80,000 to...

Categories: Agriculture, Animal Care, Barony, College, Degree, Forestry and Arboriculture, HN Level, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Student opportunities, Uncategorized and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #Agriculture, Animal Care, Engineering, Forestry, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based engineering, rural skills, SRUC Agriculture, SRUCBarony and Veterinary Nursing
students at Breathing Space presentation

Mental health campaign launch

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Shona Warwick

NHS 24 launched their new Breathing Space campaign ‘You Matter, We Care’ with the help of SRUC staff and students at Barony recently. Minister for Mental Health Claire Haughey welcomed...

Categories: Agriculture, Animal Care, Barony, College, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Student opportunities, Uncategorized and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #mentallhealth and SRUCBarony

Opening doors to the agriculture industry, and progressing within the field

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Joanna Foubister is a Trainee Agricultural Consultant at the SAC Consulting Office in Stonehaven. “I applied to study SRUC’s MSc Agricultural Professional Practice after deciding I wanted to pursue a career...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Postgraduate and Student Successes Tags: #Agriculture, agricultural, consultancy, consulting, MSc, Postgrad, postgraduate, practice, professional, sac and SRUCAberdeen

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
Gareth Austin

Learning From A Distance

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Anouska Curzon

SRUC Alumnus Gareth Austin wanted to study either horticulture or agriculture but there were no courses available close to where he lives so he decided that distance learning would be...

Categories: Advice, Agriculture, Distance Learning, Horticulture, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Student Life, Student Successes, Study level and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, #SRUCHorticulture, alumni, Distance Learning, Horticulture, Organic Farming, SRUC and SRUC Alumni
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