Land-based Engineering

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

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

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...

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

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 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

International Women into Engineering Day

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Shona Warwick

Today, Saturday 23rd June is International Women into Engineering Day. International Women in Engineering Day is an international awareness campaign to raise the profile of women in engineering and focuses...

Categories: Barony, Land-based Engineering and Uncategorized Tags: #srucstudent, Engineering, Land-based engineering and SRUCBarony

Fun in the Sun at Barony Open Day

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Shona Warwick

A sunny warm afternoon attracted more than 3000 visitors to Sunday’s Open Day at Barony Campus. The day allowed the public to get up close to everything that happens on...

Categories: Agriculture, Animal Care, Barony, Barony events, Campus, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering and Veterinary Nursing Tags: Animal Care, Engineering, Forestry, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based engineering, Open day, Rural and Estate Skills, SRUC Barony, SRUCBarony and Veterinary Nursing

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...