Land-Based and Rural Skills
Forestry apprentices use cutting-edge technology
Scotland’s Rural College is the first institute in the UK to have used cutting-edge technology to log students’ progression towards operating forest machinery. At the start of Scottish Apprenticeship Week...
Barony Digital Classroom Launch
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...
Mental health campaign launch
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...
Welcome to new students 2018
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
Fun in the Sun at Barony Open Day
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...
Why are you doing this?
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...
School pupils enjoyed a Taste of their Future at Barony
Over 170 school pupils gained the opportunity to try out different practical tasks at the “Taste of Your Future” event that was held on the Barony Campus at Scotland’s Rural...
SRUC and Ringlink shared Apprenticeship in Agriculture
To continue with the theme of MA week we wanted to share with you all the new shared apprenticeship scheme launching this year. The Ringlink and SRUC shared Apprenticeship in...
New Entrants to Farming
The Scottish Government is committed to developing opportunities to encourage new entrants into the farming industry. A government working group, Farming Opportunities for New Entrants (FONE), has begun work and...
Donald Ferguson, BSc (HONS) Horticulture
Donald Ferguson had previously spent 7 years abroad so when he returned home he wanted to be involved in an industry away from the office environment. He was always interested...
