Land-Based and Rural Skills

From Beauty to Beasts

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

An agriculture student who started her career as a beauty therapist has graduated with a first class honours degree in Agriculture from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). Mum-of-two Katie Dubarry, who...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Change your path, Degree, Edinburgh, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Student Life and Student Successes Tags: #Agriculture, Change your path, Degree, Farming, graduation, scotland and SRUC

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
prizegiving

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

Arthur Johnson – a life-changing experience

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow

Arthur came to SRUC having struggled to find his passion professionally; he opted to study

Categories: Campus, College, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Oatridge and Student Successes Tags: Countryside, Countryside management, environment, Environmental, management, park ranger, Ranger, Rural, rural skills and skills

Business: Rebecca Bradley

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow

Rebecca Bradley is currently in the final year of the BA (Hons) Rural Business Management course and is very much looking forward to graduating. Rebecca grew up on the family...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Business, Degree, Land-Based and Rural Skills, SRUC Subjects, Student opportunities and Student Successes Tags: business, Degree, management, RICS, Rural, Surveying and surveyor

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

Forestry apprentices use cutting-edge technology

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Shona Warwick

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...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Apprenticeships, Barony, Campus, College, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills and Uncategorized Tags: apprentice, apprenticeship, Forestry, John Deere, modern apprentice, Modern Apprenticeship and SRUCBarony
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