Land-based Engineering

Barony Family Fun Open Day

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Shona Warwick

More than 2,000 people flocked to the Barony campus for a family fun open day. Dog agility displays and demonstrations by Suco Sled Dogs pulled in the crowds, while children...

Categories: Agriculture, Animal Care, Barony, Barony events, Change your path, College, Degree, Distance Learning, Forestry and Arboriculture, HN Level, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Uncategorized and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #Agriculture, Animal Care, Engineering, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based engineering, rural skills, SRUC Barony, Vet Nursing and Veterinary Nursing
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Barony Prizegiving

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Shona Warwick

Students were urged to “attack their careers with a positive attitude” at the annual awards ceremony at the Barony campus. Prizes were awarded to students who had made particular achievements,...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal Care, Barony, Barony events, College, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #Agriculture, Animal Care, animal nursing, Barony, Engineering, Forestry, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based engineering, rural skills, SRUC Barony, SRUCBarony, Vet Nursing and Veterinary Nursing

Forgework: Holly Loftus

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow

Holly came to SRUC to study forgework, something she had wanted to learn more about for many years. Having come from what might seem quite an unrelated background, with a...

Categories: Equine and Horse Care, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge and SRUC Subjects Tags: forgework
NC engineering students at Jaguar Land Rover

Engineering study tour

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Shona Warwick

The NC Engineering students from Barony embarked on their annual study tour.  They had a very interesting four day tour, leaving Barony on the Monday morning and travelling down to...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Barony, College, Land-based Engineering, Student opportunities and Student Visits Tags: Barony, engineer, Engineering, Land-based engineering, SRUC Barony, SRUCBarony, Student Visits, Study Tour, Study Tours and Study Visits
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Celebrating SRUC’s Apprentices for Scottish Apprenticeship Week

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Kenneth Brooksbank

This week is Scottish Apprenticeships week and to mark this, we will be telling the story of our apprentices, from Engineering to Horticulture. To kick us off is Nathan Allardyce, a...

Categories: Apprenticeships, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge, Student Life, Student Successes and Work-based Learning Tags: apprenticeship, Engineering, learn, Modern Apprenticeship, Oatridge, scotland, SRUC, Tractors and work-based learning
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

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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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
students with awards

Students awarded at prizegiving ceremony

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Shona Warwick

Hardworking students have been presented with certificates and prizes at the annual awards ceremony at Barony Campus in front of an audience of friends and family. More than 30 prizes were...

Categories: Agriculture, Animal Care, Barony, Barony events, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based Engineering, Student Successes, Uncategorized and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #Agriculture, Animal Care, Engineering, Forestry, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based engineering, Rural and Estate Skills, SRUCBarony, Vet Nursing and Veterinary Nursing