Equine and Horse Care

fire safety

Fire Safety Training at Oatridge

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

A group of National Certificate in Horse Care students at SRUC Oatridge Campus participated in an afternoon of “Fire Safety Awareness” training.  This linked in with their Safe Working Practices...

Categories: College, Equine and Horse Care, Oatridge, Student Life and Student opportunities Tags: fire safety, horse care, Oatridge, SRUC and training
Horse event

Passport to horse health

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Kenneth Brooksbank

SRUC staff and students with Minister for Rural Affairs Mairi Gougeon (Front L-R: Professor Wayne Powell, Mairi Gougeon MSP, Sam Muir, David Hopkins, Louise Bulmer and Emily Stewart. Back L-R:...

Categories: Campus, Equine and Horse Care, Oatridge, SRUC Events and Student opportunities Tags: #SRUCOatridge, Equine, Mairi Gougeon and MSP

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
Sarah Scott - Equine student at SRUC Oatridge.

Sarah Scott – Horse Care

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Sarah Scott, 25 had a previous  career as a housekeeper/waitress before changing her path to study equine with us at Oatridge. Sarah aspires to get a job in the equine industry, and...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Change your path, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level, Oatridge, Professional Certification, Student opportunities and Student Successes Tags: Change your path, Equine, mature student, Return to study and SRUC Oatridge

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, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Business, Countryside Management, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Poultry, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student Successes, Sustainability and Veterinary Nursing
From left to right Tomas, Kaitlin, Morbhan, Hollie

Reflecting on HND Equine

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

“We were surprised to learn so many career paths are available in the Equine sector” -thus Equine Studies  students Tomas, Morbhan, Hollie and Kaitlin reflected back on their event management...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level and Oatridge Tags: Equine, Equine Studies, HN Equine Studies, horse and SRUC Oatridge

Alison Hosie – Working with Police Horses

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

“After working for several years in small animal roles I knew I wanted to return to working with horses. I felt that enrolling on the HNC Equine Studies course would...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Change your path, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level and Oatridge
Tomas Zuffa stands with a horse

Tomas Zuffa – HND Equine Studies

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Tomas Zuffa travelled from his home country Slovakia, to Scotland, in order to study at SRUC. Tom is currently studying for HND in Equine Studies having achieved the Higher National...

Categories: Change your path, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level, Oatridge, Student opportunities, Student Successes and Study level Tags: Change your path, Equine, horse care and SRUC Oatridge
Two horses standing in a paddock with a festive wreath on the fence

SRUC Advent Calendar: 3rd December

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Equestrianism is a diverse and family friendly sport that is a popular and a healthy activity for all ages. The equine industry is thriving. Equine businesses include riding schools, livery...

Categories: Advent Calendar 2017, Equine and Horse Care, Oatridge and Student Life Tags: equestrian, Equine, horse, horse care, SNEC and SRUC Oatridge
Alison Hosie with Horse in field

Alison Hosie HND Equine Studies

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

  After working for several years in small animal roles I knew I wanted to return to working with horses. I felt that enrolling on the HNC Equine Studies course...

Categories: Equine and Horse Care, Oatridge and Student Life Tags: #hnd, Equine Studies, HNC, HND Equine Studies, horse care, Oatridge, SRUC and SRUCOatrdige