Agricultural & Landbased

Forestry: Cameron McLean

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow

Cameron McLean completed the Certificate in Forestry course at Barony Campus, and then acquired more experience working for a forestry contractor. A chance subsequently came up to apply for an...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Barony, Campus, College, Forestry and Arboriculture, SRUC Subjects and Student Successes Tags: forest, Forestry, Forestry Commission and machine

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

Agriculture: Caitlin Ross

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow

Upon finishing high school, Caitlin took the chance to gain valuable work experience in agriculture before enrolling at SRUC’s Oatridge campus. Having been interested in the industry from a young...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Campus, HN Level, Oatridge and Student Successes Tags: #Agriculture, #hnd, Oatridge and SRUC

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
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

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
Wonky Veg

Wonky Produce Competition Closing Soon

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

With less than 2 weeks to go until the closing date to enter the Wonky Produce competition, and with a prize fund of £800 up for grabs, we spoke with...

Categories: Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, SRUC Subjects, Student Life and Uncategorized Tags: Competition, Edinburgh, environment, food waste, produce, scotland, SRUC, supermarkets, vegetables and wonky produce

Opening doors to the agriculture industry, and progressing within the field

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Joanna Foubister is a Trainee Agricultural Consultant at the SAC Consulting Office in Stonehaven. “I applied to study SRUC’s MSc Agricultural Professional Practice after deciding I wanted to pursue a career...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Postgraduate and Student Successes Tags: #Agriculture, agricultural, consultancy, consulting, MSc, Postgrad, postgraduate, practice, professional, sac and SRUCAberdeen

Wonky Competition!

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Take part in SRUC’s 2018-19 student competition! Showcase your creativity, entrepreneurial flair and innovation. Impress the expert judging panel with your wonky produce ideas. Total prizes £800 cash plus the...

Categories: Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Business, Campus, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming and SRUC Subjects Tags: #student, Competition and students

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