Agricultural & Landbased

Girl riding on horse back

Crowds flock to Barony Open Day

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

A sunny bright afternoon brought nearly 3000 visitors to 2017’s Open Day at Barony Campus. The day was a great success allowing the public to get up close to everything that...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Barony, Business, Campus, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Organic Farming and SRUC Subjects Tags: #Agriculture, Agility, Animal Care, Arla, charity, Dumfries, Equine, Food Tasting, Fundraising, Open day, SRUC Barony and Tractor

Climate Change, Food Security and SRUC

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

There is a great deal of information out there about Climate Change and global food security at the moment, and much in the press this week about Donald Trump’s decision...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Organic Farming, Renewables, Sustainability and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, agricultural, agricultural science, biological science, biology, climate, climate change, climate change agreement, crops, election, environment, Environmental, excellence, food, food security, general election, genetic, genetically modified, global, global academy, paris, REF, renewable, renewables, research, sciences, sistainability, snap election, technology, trump and vote
Aberdeen students visit Barra Berries in OldMeldrum

A ‘Berry’ Inspiring Visit

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

2nd Year Rural Business Management and Agriculture students from SRUC Aberdeen enjoyed a visit to Barra Berries at Barra Castle, Old Meldrum. The students undertaking Rural Business Diversification visited Barra...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Business, Degree, HN Level, Student Life and Student Visits Tags: #Agriculture, #SRUCVisits, Aberdeen, Barra Berries, business, business management, RBM, Rural, Rural Business and SRUC Aberdeen

Student Hits New Heights at the Farmers Club Awards

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Bridgit Edmonstone

Aberdeen student, Robbie Stevenson has won Bronze at the Farmers Club Pinnacle Awards for Excellence in Business Management at a prestigious ceremony held recently in London. The awards, now in...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Business, Campus and Student Successes Tags: ##studentawards, #Agriculture, #awardwinner, #bronze, #farmersclub, #hnd, #orkney, #pinnacleawards, #srucstudent, #student, #undergraduate, Aberdeen, award, SRUC and SRUC Aberdeen
STEM competition poster

Schools STEM Competition

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Win £200 in our Schools STEM Competition – Grow your Future with Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and STEM. Deadline 17th May 2017! Open to all Secondary School pupils (S1 to...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, 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, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Study level, Sustainability, Veterinary Nursing and Work-based Learning Tags: Animal Science, biological, biology, chemistry, Competition, Environmental, environmental science, geography, physics, science, sciences and STEM
Elmwood Campus garden in bloom

National Gardening Week 2017

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Is there anything more amazing than the sight of a well-maintained garden, full of life? No? Didn’t think so. From Monday April 10th – Sunday April 16th, gardeners across the...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Ayr, Barony, Campus, Countryside Management, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Garden Design, Landscaping and Oatridge Tags: #SRUCEdinburgh, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, National Gardening Week 2017, SRUC Aberdeen, SRUC Ayr, SRUC Barony, SRUC Edinburgh, SRUC Elmwood and SRUC Oatridge

Four facts for St. Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

It’s St. Patrick’s Day today which has become something of a global phenomenon where “everyone is Irish” and synonymous with imbibing “too much sherbet”, so to speak. However, the day...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Ayr, Barony, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Horticulture, Oatridge and Student Life Tags: Clover, Horticulture, Shamrock, SRUC Aberdeen, SRUC Ayr, SRUC Barony, SRUC Edinburgh, SRUC Elmwood, SRUC Oatridge and St. Patrick's Day
Laura Hopcroft

Sterling Silver!

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) was awarded a Silver award at the prestigious College Development Network Marketing Awards, in the category of ‘Promotional Literature’. The award was presented for the Marketing...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Elmwood, 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, Poultry, Professional Golf, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Study level, Sustainability and Veterinary Nursing Tags: award, awards, cdn, ceremony, college, course, courses, development, marketing, network, postcards, prize, promotion and promotional
SRUC Aberdeen Staff at the Royal Northern Spring Show 2017

Royal Northern Spring Show 2017

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

As is annual tradition, SRUC attended the Royal Northern Spring Show 2017 on Wednesday 1st of March at the Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.   One of Scotland’s first major events...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Business, Campus, Countryside Management, Land-Based and Rural Skills and Land-based Engineering Tags: #Agriculture, Aberdeen, Landbased, Princess Royal, Royal Northern Spring Show, Rural and SRUC Aberdeen
Stephen Moore receives an award from Alasdair Straker of BAGMA at the Lantra awards.

Stephen Moore – modern apprentice award

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

SRUC is celebrating Skills Development Scotland (SDS) Modern Apprenticeship week – March 6-10 2017, showcasing the benefits apprenticeships bring to individuals, businesses and the economy via their students achievements and...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge, Professional Certification, Student Life, Student Successes, Study level and Work-based Learning Tags: #Agriculture, Engineering, LANTRA, Modern Apprenticeship, SRUC Oatridge and Tractors