Land-Based Skills

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, Activity Tourism, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, City & Guilds, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Gardening Scotland, Golf, Green & Renewable Technology, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Horticulture, Hospitality, Introductory, Land-based Engineering, Land-Based Skills, Landscape, Modern Apprenticeships, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Renewables, Rural & Estate Skills, Short Courses, Sports, SRUC Subjects, Study level, Sustainability, and Veterinary Nursing
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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 Engineering, Land-Based Skills, Rural & Estate Skills, 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...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Business, Countryside Management, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf, Green & Renewable Technology, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-based Engineering, Land-Based Skills, Landscape, Oatridge, Poultry, Renewables, Rural & Estate Skills, Sports, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student Successes, Sustainability, and Veterinary Nursing
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School pupils enjoyed a Taste of their Future at Barony

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Shona Warwick

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...

Categories: Agriculture, Animal Care, Barony, Campus, Distance Learning, Forestry and Arboriculture, HN Level, Land-based Engineering, Land-Based Skills, Rural & Estate Skills, Uncategorized, and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #Agriculture, Animal Care, Arboriculture, Barony, chainsaw, Engineering, Forestry, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based engineering, Rural and Estate Skills, rural skills, SRUC Barony, SRUCBarony, and Veterinary Nursing
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SRUC and Ringlink shared Apprenticeship in Agriculture

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Rich Gordon

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...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Barony, Campus, Land-based Engineering, Land-Based Skills, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Rural & Estate Skills, Student opportunities, and Study level Tags: #Agriculture, MA week, Modern Apprenticeship, SRUC Barony, and SRUC Oatridge

New Entrants to Farming

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

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...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Business, Campus, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based Skills, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Rural & Estate Skills, and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, consulting, Farming, and sac consulting
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Donald Ferguson, BSc (HONS) Horticulture

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Rich Gordon

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...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Ayr, Barony, Change your path, Degree, Edinburgh, Elmwood, HN Level, Horticulture, Land-Based Skills, Landscape, Oatridge, Student opportunities, and Student Successes Tags: Change your path, HNC, Horticulture, and Landscape

NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Post-Graduate Bursary

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Craig Simpson –  Recipient -Case Study Craig Simpson, who lives and works on the family farm in Dirleton, East Lothian, talks about how winning the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Post-Graduate...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Barony, Business, Degree, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Land-based Engineering, Land-Based Skills, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Student Life, Student opportunities, Student Successes, and Study level Tags: #Agriculture, award, Bursary, NFU Mutual, postgraduate, and Scholarship
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Happy World Soil Day!

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Rich Gordon

Today is World Soil Day. To celebrate we have decided to highlight SRUC’s research of Crop and Soils Systems. What we do Our research is intended to underpin the development of resilient and...

Categories: Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, Horticulture, Land-Based Skills, Organic Farming, Renewables, and Sustainability Tags: Crop and soils Systems, crops, Soil, SRUC, SRUC Research, and World Soil Day

Aberdeen BSc Countryside Management’s journey to Glen Clova

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Rich Gordon

  On Wednesday the 11th October, BSc Countryside Management students from SRUC Aberdeen set off for wonderful day of field tripping. The group, accompanied by lecturers Denise Ronald and John...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Advice, Animal & Biological, Countryside Management, Degree, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Events, Green & Renewable Technology, Land-Based Skills, Rural & Estate Skills, Student Life, Student opportunities, Student Successes, Student Visits, and Uncategorized Tags: CountrysideManagement, environment, SRUCAberdeen, and StudentVisits