Agricultural & Landbased

Joanna Foubister receives her award

Joanna the ‘Farming Hero’

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Rich Gordon

Joanna Foubister, a student here at SRUC, has been hailed a “British Farming Hero” for helping to draw attention to the issue of mental wellbeing in agriculture. Along with colleagues...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Business, Campus, Distance Learning, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Student Life, and Student Successes Tags: #Agriculture, Are Ewe Okay, awards, Distance Learning, Joanne Froubister, SAYFC, SRUC Aberdeen, SRUC Alumni, SRUC Ayr, and SRUCcess

The importance of food security

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Rich Gordon

With it being World Food Day, our Principal and Chief Executive Professor Wayne Powell has taken some time to share his thoughts about the importance of food security.  

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Horticulture, Hospitality, Oatridge, Poultry, and Sustainability Tags: #Agriculture, food, food security, SRUC, SRUC Aberdeen, SRUC Ayr, SRUC Barony, SRUC Edinburgh, SRUC Elmwood, SRUC Oatridge, Wayne Powell, and world food day

Crisps and Chocolate becoming extinct?!

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

There was an interesting article in The Guardian recently which highlights the plight of some of our relied-upon food crops, brought on by external and environmental impacts such as climate...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Campus, Degree, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, and Sustainability Tags: #Agriculture, #climatechange, #guardian, #WFD2017, #WorldFoodDay, agricultural, agricultural biodiversity, agrobiodiversity, biodiversity, chocolate, climate change, coffee, crops, ecosystems, environment, Environmental, food, food security, management, MSc, Postgrad, postgraduate, potatoes, sustainability, sustainable, The Guardian, and world food day

World Mental Heath Day 10th October – What to do if you need a bit of extra support…

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

The 10th October 2017 is World Mental Health Day – an opportunity to acknowledge that everyone is likely to need a bit of extra support at some time in their life. The...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Study level, Sustainability, Veterinary Nursing, and Work-based Learning Tags: #mentallhealth, #studentsupport, #wmhd, #wmhd17, #wmhd2017, health, Health and Wellbeing, planner, planning, student support, support, and wellbeing

Animal Behaviour and Welfare Visit

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Rich Gordon

Earlier in the week, the Animal Behaviour & Welfare degree class from Aberdeen Campus, attended the biannual Animal Welfare Day at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh. The event was in...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Biological Sciences, Business, Countryside Management, Degree, Edinburgh, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, SRUC Events, Student Life, Student opportunities, Student Visits, Uncategorized, and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #Agriculture, #SRUCVisits, Animal Care, and SRUCAberdeen
Rural Alert Infographic

Rural Watch Scotland

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Rich Gordon

Make sure you know what’s going on in your area & help keep yourself safe from crime by signing up to the Rural Watch Scotland alerts scheme. Scotland’s rural communities...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Barony, Business, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge, Organic Farming, and SRUC Subjects Tags: Police Scotland. Security, Rural Watch Scotland, Safety, SRUC, SRUC Aberdeen, SRUC Ayr, SRUC Barony, SRUC Elmwood, and SRUC Oatridge
Eleanor MacIntosh being presented with her STEM comptetition award.

STEM Competition 2017

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Rich Gordon

Earlier this year, we worked in cojunction with STEM Learning (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) to run a competition open to secondary school students. The idea was that the participants...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, and Veterinary Nursing Tags: SRUC, STEM, STEM Competition 2017, and STEM Learning
SRUC Careers Event Poster 2017

Careers Event 2017

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Rich Gordon

The annual SRUC Careers event is back again for 2017, and this year is taking place at SRUC Elmwood. It’s open to everyone and you can arrange for transportation to...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Barony, Business, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Student Life, and Student opportunities Tags: Careers Event, careers fair, Graduate Placement, SRUC Ayr, SRUC Barony, SRUC Edinburgh, SRUC Elmwood, and SRUC Oatridge

Cultivate: Issue 2

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Rich Gordon

The second issue of our printed counterpart to Cultivate online is now available at your campus. Pick up a copy now from your campus or view the digital version! We’re...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Animal & Biological, Ayr, Barony, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Golf & Greenkeeping, Horticulture, Hospitality, Oatridge, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student opportunities, and Student Successes Tags: Cultivate, Education Office, Magazine, SRUC Aberdeen, SRUC Ayr, SRUC Barony, SRUC Edinburgh, SRUC Elmwood, and SRUC Oatridge

Volunteering

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Taking the leap into College life is all about creating experiences so making time for voluntary work, in between studying, can add even more value to your time at College...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student opportunities, Study level, Sustainability, and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #student, charitable, charity, cv, environment, Environmental, students, sustainable, volunteer, Volunteering, Volunteers, work, and work experience